Southern+Gothic+Literature

As part of the honors English II class, students study short stories from the Southern Gothic genre. These stories pair well with Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Assessment activities in this unit include podcasts, research essays, and skits. As members of collaborative groups, students read and analyze two stories by Edgar Allen Poe--"The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." After discussing traits of each narrator, students worked to create a skit based on the popular television show, "Law and Order." Groups had two options for the setting of their skit--the interrogation room or the court room. As you can see, each group had a much different take on how to bring Poe into the 21st century!

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