This document provides a thematic unit plan for teaching a short story by Edgar Allan Poe called "The Tell-Tale Heart". The unit spans 9-11 days and incorporates standards in literature, reading comprehension, and arts integration. It includes objectives, activities, assessments, and a methodology. The plan aims to develop skills in diversity, creativity, leadership, and social transformation through close analysis of the suspense genre and characters in the short story.

1. Michael J. Sosa Cardona Thematic Unit: Reading Comprehension (Revised) Practice Teaching Integration: Arts
Theme Literature Objectives Standards/ Attributes ECA Activities Assessment Materials Methodology Dates of Comments Four core
Selection Expectations and Values Achievement values
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on for Tale Through 12.1 to risk to Board Approach 2-3 days Target
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textbook students Creativity, Motivational Act Comprehens Dictionary them
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Timeless 12.1 and social Statement of Internet 3-4 days on Edgar for suspense.
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the 12.4 Activities: on the page and the use
suspense of diverse
genre 1. Students will The kinds of
get familiarized vocabulary methods and
Identify with the words will be techniques to
and concept of written on approach
analyze suspense and the notebook; them.
the the title of the they will
author of story. come on the Creativity:
the short test. Develop skills
story 2. Students will for better
know who Edgar writing and
Allan Poe is and Day 3:The communicati
L2: the vocabulary reading will ng, making
Skill/Conc words in the be read out- students
ept: story. loud. more creative
Through and
the Vocabulary: Day 4: the imaginative
conceptua Acute initial activity through this
lization Dissimulation will be “what process of
phase, the Profound came first: appreciation.

2. students Sagacity the chicken or
will: Crevice the egg?” Leadership:
Gesticulations Develop
Summariz Derision another
e the vision of the
story Conceptualizati Day 5: world by
on Activities: Students will reflecting and
Identify answer reacting to
and 3. Read the questions to what is right
organize short story analyze from wrong
events character and
4. Identify setting Social
Describe important (character in Transformati
and events and terms of how on
Analyzes Identify he feels, Make an
character sequence of thinks, and impact on
and events in the acts) society by
setting story learning more
Day 6: Discuss about the
L3: 5. Answer the world and
Strategic closed and homework how this one
Thinking: opened given the day works in
questions before and order to make
Through regarding see how this a difference
the character and connect to and change it.
applicatio setting (when the story by
n phase, and where). analyzing the
the situations
students Application given
will: Activities:
Day 7: The
Relate Homework: capital
story to Bring a punishment
real life newsletter material will
situations about murder; it be to relate
could be from and compare
any newsletter to the reading
in the world, to create
L4: online even. consciousness
Extended about life and
Thinking 6. Discuss the the meaning
homework to of it. Debate

3. Through relate to the on this issue.
the story and reflect
applicatio on it. Day 8: Review
n phase, the short
the 7. Give students story and the
students a handout about material that
will: capital was taught
punishment to for a test and
Apply relate to the give students
concepts story. Debate on guide
learnedfro the issue by questions to
m the asking some react to the
short questions. short story.
story
8. Give Day9:
homework to Students will
react to the take the post
short story (to test.
be handed in on
the day after
class) and
review the short
story.
9. Examination
on the short
story
post-test