Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Raven”
8th grade language arts
You will create a children’s book retelling Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, “The Raven.”
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It should be told in child friendly language that a kindergartener would understand.
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Your “kid friendly” creation should be colorful and beautiful. You may choose how to do this.
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You will decide how long your book will be and how you will retell the story.
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Remember that when retelling the story you want to accurately tell the story with appropriate details
from the poem. If you want to challenge yourself consider using quotes from the story.
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Poe’s mood is important so make sure that your story conveys his creepy, dark, and depressing tone
in your book.
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Please use the table below to review how you will be graded. You will get three grades for this
summative project.
Score
Length
Accuracy/Mood
Creativity
5
8 or more pages
Retold the story with
Extremely creative use
complete accuracy and
creatively conveyed Poe’s
of words and images.
mood.
4.5
6-7 pages
Retold the story with
accuracy and creatively
conveyed Poe’s mood.
4
5 pages
Retold the story with some
accuracy and attempted to
convey Poe’s mood.
3.5
4 pages
Retold the story with small
errors in accuracy and
attempted to convey Poe’s
Very creative use of
words and images.
Creative use of words
and images.
Some creative use of
words and images.
mood.
3
3 pages
Retold the story with
several errors in accuracy
and was not able to convey
Not many creative words
and images.
Poe’s mood.
2.5
(not passing)
1-2 pages
Was not able to retell the
story and was not able to
convey Poe’s mood.
No attempt at creative
words and images.