2. Is it possible for guilt to eat you from
the inside out? Justify your answer with
personal examples.
It is ___ possible for guilt to eat you from the
inside out because ___. For example ___.
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3. How does the narrator’s speech patterns
attribute to the tone of the text?
The narrator’s speech patterns attribute to the
tone of the text by ___.
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4. Agenda and Objectives
Agenda
1. Warm Up
2. Tell Tale Heart
3. Wrap It Up
Objective
Analyze a short story for how
central characters’ qualities
influence resolution of central
conflict independently by
annotating the text and using a
Frayer model with deeper
reading.
5. Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
• Published in
1843
• Poe’s most
famous
short story.
• January 1809 – October 1849
• One of earliest American short story
writers
• Most entertaining theory about his
death – he died of being forced to
vote for a particular political candidate.
6. Write about a
time you did
something that
you regretted.
Describe how
that felt.
First Draft:
As you read, think about your
Experience with regret. Is it similar
or different?
Second Draft:
Reread the text up until the
moment that the main
character confesses (pg. 2, para. 4).
Find 5 clues that he is experiencing
regret.
Through speaking with your
partner(s), determine 5 new
clues.
Collaboration:
Based on the imagery provided in
paragraphs 4 and 5, illustrate the scene.
Third Draft:
