TPCASTT for Annabell Lee

Today we did another TPCASTT learning strategy to analyze the poem Anabell Lee by Edgar Allan Poe.  We read about his life and death.   We had a class discussion about his life.  We then read the poem and began analyzing the poem.  Students predicted what they poem would be about simply by observing the poem name.  Then they paraphrased the poem.  They looked for literary elements that we have been discussing and also looked for implied meaning in the poem.  They then will try to decide the tone of the poem and if there is a shift in the poem.  They will then revisit the title to see if their prediction was correct and they will record the meaning behind the title of the poem.  They then have to decide the theme of the poem.  Students did not finish and will have a chance to finish tomorrow.