A Multimodal Approach To Edgar Allan Poe Using Drawing To Understand An Author's Style

True! Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" makes readers nervous. But how? Young scholars create a drawing while listening to a reading of Poe's eerie tale to understand how writers create the mood of their stories and what their writing style contributes. After sharing their image with a partner, class members conduct a close reading of the story and identify imagery, similes, metaphors, and literary devices Poe uses to create the single effect of the story. The lesson ends with a gallery walk where class members leave post-it note comments for the artists.