Class Work

You have 1/2 of the class time to return to your groups to prepare your presentation for Thursday.

See the posting from October 17 for details.

During the other half of the class, we will be reading "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe.

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15638

Before we begin, what do you know about ravens?

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/raven/




http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178713

For homework, read one of these other tales featuring the raven and:

• summarize the story
• tell how the raven is alike or differs from the ordinary bird
• share the theme of the story - what is the message?
• http://www.shades-of-night.com/aviary/birdfict.html Other stories of ravens may be found at this site.