By: Alicia Briley & Amber Harrison Teaching Guide Welcome Everyone to “The Raven” Podcast! Here is a podcast created for other fellow present and future educators that are interested in teaching the Gothic and Romantic literary periods to their elementary … Continue reading “The Raven” Podcast
Project Description: Hi welcome to our project! Mallory and I be discussing “The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe. We are going to use a lesson plan to explain the story. The first slide is an initiation, which will include a video showcasing one of the important lessons in the story. We want the students to not only be able to answer the questions but find references in the story. We want you to tell us how the story makes you feel. As the PowerPoint goes on, we will discuss three intelligences: Spatial, Interpersonal, and Interpersonal. We have several activities … Continue reading Welcome to our Lesson Plan!
Welcome to my last and final blog post! It has been very fun building my final project this semester. I really enjoyed putting together all the final touches for the project on teaching Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart.” My … Continue reading Reflection on How to Teach “The Tell-Tale Heart”
By: Alicia Briley Throughout the research project, I’ve had many successes. I consider the ability to come up with artistic ideas and work together with my partner quite a success. I think my greatest achievement for this project would be … Continue reading Reflection on “The Raven”
This project has brought a lot of successes for the both of us. I think my greatest achievement is that I now view myself as a more creative person because I had to stretch my mind when creating ideas and … Continue reading Reflection on Researching “The Raven”
Hi, Everyone, welcome to my third blog post! I hope you are as excited as I am to talk to you about “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe. I understand that Poe is really morbid and creepy, but they are very important underlying themes that can be found in his stories, but we will only be focusing on this story today. My partner and I have created a lesson plan for this story so get ready to dig deep and start thinking about possible themes and lessons that this story is trying to send to its readers. Our goals … Continue reading Blog Post #3
By: Alicia Briley The literary period of Romanticism was artistic, musical and an intellectual movement that originated in Europe. Romanticism focused on emotion and individualism as well as nature. The Gothic literary period of American literature is just a sub-genre of Romanticism. The Gothic period occurred from the year 1800 to 1850. Since Gothic literature is a branch of fiction presented through many combinations of horror, mystery and romantic elements. Our lesson plan will be focusing on teaching 4th graders a poem. We decided on “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe and the teaching tool will be doing is a … Continue reading “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe being Taught to 4th Grade Elementary Students Through Musical & Natural Intelligences
The gothic and romantic are classic literary time periods in English that many readers enjoy. “The Raven,” by Edgar Allan Poe is a representative example of these literary periods, and is a poem that many know and love. In order to effectively teach this work to a fourth-grade class, we have decided to create a podcast as a resource for fellow elementary educators to listen to and take ideas from. In the project, we want to focus on Gardner’s naturalistic and musical intelligences. I believe this is a great resource for other educators because with our podcast, we can be … Continue reading Approaching “The Raven” Using Music and Nature. Geared for Elementary Students.
The short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” is by Edgar Allen Poe. It is a very morbid story, but Poe always leaves behind an important lesson for all of his readers. In this story the message is that guilt can ruin us and destroy people. It is better to be honest and set your guilt free. As a future educator it is part of my job to constantly keep the children engaged. I know that this can be a difficult thing for teachers to deal with and that is where the mutiple intelligences come in. Every student learns in a different … Continue reading The Tell Tale Heart
I have decided that I would like to teach, “The raven” by Edgar Allan Poe. This is a classic piece of literature in the Romantic and Gothic period. I would like to pursue this piece of work because on the … Continue reading Exploring Romanticism and ‘The Raven”
By: Alicia Briley Amber and I have chosen to do our research on ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe. We have chosen to reflect on this poem because it has a great amount of symbolism and tells an interesting tale. … Continue reading Teaching “The Raven” through Creativity
Hi everyone welcome to blog post number two! When majoring in education, it is insightful to manufacture a pleasant teaching style. Something that I strive for my students is to use a various series of intelligences. Every student learns at a different pace and different style. An important segment to keep in mind is trying to keep the students intrigued and eager to learn new material. Some students learn visually, cooperative learning and inquiry based. By teaching with a variety of learning techniques, this reaches the accommodations for all students. A great story that I believe impacts young minds is … Continue reading Importance of a Powerful message
American Literature for Elementary Education 