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Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the unreliable biographers

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A lesson plan for grade 11 English Language Arts

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In this EDSITEment lesson, students become literary sleuths, attempting to separate biographical reality from myth. They also become careful critics, taking a stand on whether extra-literary materials such as biographies and letters should influence the way readers understand a writer’s texts.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

English Language Arts (2004)

Grade 11

  • Goal 5: The learner will interpret and evaluate representative texts to deepen understanding of literature of the United States.
    • Objective 5.02: Analyze the relationships among United States authors and their works by:
      - making and supporting valid responses about the text through references to other works and authors.
      -comparing texts to show similarities or differences in themes, characters, or ideas.