Edgar Allan Poe:

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Edgar Allan Poe

• His Contributions to American Literature

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Audience

• The relevant characteristics of the intended
  learners for the Edgar Allan Poe Project include
  high school American Literature students, grades
  11-12, probably an advanced English or College
  Prep course based on the material of the
  assignment.

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Instructional Objectives

• I want the learner to learn as much as possible
  about Edgar Allan Poe and what he endured in his
  personal life to become one of the 19th centurys
  best-known authors. I want the students to be
  able to work on their own, work on task, work in
  a group of four members, share ideas and
  information and multi-task several assignments
  (writing, art, dramatic presentation, oral
  presentation) in one project.

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Pedagogy

• My instructional strategies include having the
  students research facts and information from
  Edgar Allan Poes life, read his poems and short
  stories and incorporate several learning and
  discovery techniques into the project such as
  acting a scene from one of Poes poems or short
  stories, creating an painting or sculpture of
  Poe, writing an essay and creating a timeline of
  Poe and Americas life during the early 1800s.

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Pedagogy

• If the members of the group are interacting,
  sharing and contributing to the group, the
  learner should be able to handle and work within
  the required field laid out by the teacher for
  the assignments and project.

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Active Response

• I will ask the learner to demonstrate his
  understanding through repeated behaviorism
  techniques. The students will take several
  complex tasks and break them down into simpler
  tasks such as researching Poes life and reading
  texts of his writings to incorporate into a
  timeline and dramatic presentation.

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Active Response

• The learner will also demonstrate constructivism
  techniques. The project will encourage students
  to make sense of Poes writings and discover
  things themselves about Poe to use in the
  assignments for the project.

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Feedback

• The learner will receive feedback on his actions
  taken through interaction with members of his
  group. The group will also receive feedback from
  their classmates in a presentation to the Poe
  Committee, otherwise known as their classmates.
  The teacher will also provide feedback for the
  members of the group throughout the project.