NAME: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATE:_______________ BLOCK:__________ “The Tell-­‐Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe Preliminary Assignment SECTION 1: NONFICTION ARTICLE (background information) Directions: Read the following passage. Use your active reading strategies – CODE THE TEXT, ANNOTATE, and WRITE COMMENTS showing your thoughts about the article. The Evil Eye Belief in the Evil Eye crosses many cultures and is rooted in folklore. A person possessed of an Evil Eye is believed to have the ability to harm people simply by looking at them in a particular way. Belief in the Evil Eye can be found in the ancient Greek and Roman cultures. It spread throughout Europe and persists in some Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, and Christian traditions. Often a beautiful or wealthy person is the victim of a curse cast by someone with an Evil Eye who is jealous of his or her good fortune. The curse may be deliberate or unintentional. A variety of charms or talismans are worn by believers to ward off the Evil Eye. Holt McDougal Literature Book Grade 8 – Common Core Edition -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐ QUESTIONS: 1. What is the main idea of the nonfiction passage? 2. How might someone who believes in the Evil Eye react to someone they think possesses/has the Evil Eye? Justify using text-­‐based evidence. 3. How does this relate to what you learned about talismans during the unit on “The Monkey’s Paw”? SECTION 2: Anticipation Questions Directions: Write out whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. 1.
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People who are insane always know they are insane. _________________ It is possible to love someone and choose to kill them. _________________ Insane people cannot distinguish between what is real and what is not real. _________________ Someone can have such sensitive hearing that they can hear another person’s heartbeat and can even hear all noises in the whole earth. _________________ 5. A person who is insane can think of and carry out a clever plan. _________________ 6. A person who is sane can choose to control their emotions. _________________ 7. Some criminals do not feel any guilt at all for crimes they have committed. _________________ 8. A person’s eye can have the ability to harm another person. _________________ 9. It is possible to be temporarily insane. _________________ 10. People who have committed crimes always act nervous. _________________ SECTION 3: ABOUT THE AUTHOR DIRECTIONS: Read About the Author on pg. 81 (Literature book). Then go to the link and watch the video. Take notes on important/interesting information and write comments. Use notebook paper if needed. http://video.scholastic.com/services/player/bcpid1842760475?bctid=1078328616001 NOTES FROM TEXTBOOK & VIDEO MY COMMENTS SECTION 4: PREVIEW WORDS TO NOTE Directions: Look over the list of words below. Categorize the Words to Note in the chart by deciding if the words would go with the characters, the conflict, the plot, or the setting. Then, make a prediction about the short story “The Tell-­‐Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. - mad (not angry)
- nervous
- arrogant (prideful)
- terror
- midnight
- disease
- officers
- mockery
- woodenplanks
- heartbeat
- Evil Eye
- suspicious
- suspenseful
- tell-tale (tattletale)
- Death (note the capital D)
- motive/motivation
MAIN CHARACTER(S) CONFLICT (problem) PLOT & MOOD SETTING Words: Words: Words: Words: PREDICTION: I think the story will be about…