ENGLISH 1 EDGAR ALLEN POE NOV. 29, 2012

                                                              ENGLISH 1

                                                             THURSDAY

                                                      NOVEMBER 29, 2012

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DO NOW:  THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL THEORIES CONCERN THE DEATH OF EDGAR ALLEN POE.  BASED ON THEINFORMATION GIVEN ON PAGES 184 TO 186 “POE’S FINAL DAYS,” MAKE OR DRAW A TIMELINE OF POE’S FINAL DAYS UNTIL HIS DEATH.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ PAGE 189 “IF ONLY POE HAD SUCCEEDED WHEN HE SAID NEVERMORE TO DRINK” AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. ACCORDING TO BURTON R. POLLIN AND ROBERT E. BEBEDETTO, WHAT IS THE MAJOR WEAKNESS OF DR. BENITEZ’S THEORY?
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SATEMENTS THAT CONTRAST THE BIOGRAPHY WITH POLIN AND BENEDETTO’S LETTER IS NOT TRUE” (A) THE BIOGRAPHY STATES THAT DR. MORAN EVENTUALLY CLAIMED THAT POE DIDN’T DIE FROM DRINKING TOO MUCH, BUT THE LETTER STATES THAT DR. MORGAN PROVIDED EVIDENCE FOR THIS THEORY (B) OPLLIN AND BENEDETTO REFER TO POE’S LETTERS AS EVIDENCE, BUT THE BIOGRAPHY DOES NOT (C) THE BIOGRAPHY DOES NOT DISCUSS THE RABIES DEATH THEORY, BUT THE LETTER DOES (D) THE LETTER DOES NOT REFER TO JOSEPH WALKER’S DESCRIPTION OF POE, BUT THE BIOGRAPHY DOES
3. WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA OF THE LETTER BY POLLIN AND BENEDETTO?

GUIDED PRACTICE:  REREAD PAGE 189 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT WAS THE OTHER EVIDENCE IN THE PETS THAT POE OWNED WHICH SHOWED THATY POE WAS NOT EXPOSED TO RABIES?
2. WHO WAS JOSEPH WALKER AND WHAT WAS HIS CONTACT WITH POE?
3. POE MADE PROMISES TO INDIVIDUALS TO REFORM.  WHO DID HE MAKE THESE PROMISES TO?

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4. WHAT ARE THE SYMTOMS OF RABIES?
5. WHAT ARGUMENT DO POLLIN & BEBEDETTO MAKE IN THE FIRST AND SECOND PARAGRAPHS THAT SUPPORT THEIR CLAIM THAT POE’S DEATH WAS NOT CUASED BY RABIES (ANIMAL INFECTION)?
6. WHAT WEAKNESS DOES BENITEZ ADMIT TO IN HIS THEORY?

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: READ “RABIES DEATH THEORY” ON PAGE 190 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT IS THE STRONGEST PIECE OF EVIDENCE DR. BENITEZ PRESENTS IN HIS LETTER TO DEFEND HIS THEORY?

2.WHAT INFORMATION DOES DR. BENITE GIVE TO US CONCERNING THE INCUBATION PERIOD

WHAT IS THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF RABIES?

4. WHAT DOES THE DATA REVEAL?  WRITE THIS DATA.
5. IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN BATS AND RABIES
6. HOW MANY CASES OF HUMAN RABIES WERE DETECTED?

CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING: SUMMARIZE THE TWO ARTICLES ON PAGES 189 AND 190.

HOMEWORK: IMAGINE YOU WERE WRITING A BIOGRAPHY OF POE.  WRIT THE LAST FEW PARAGRAPHS OF YOUR BOOK, IN WHICH YOU TELL ABOUT POE’S DEATH.  IN YOUR DISCUSSION, SYNTHESIZE (PULL TOGETHER) THE INFORMATION FROM THE FOUR SOURCES THAT YOU HAVE JUST READ BY PARAPHRASING THE IDEAS IN THE TEXT AND THEN COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE POINTS.  END THIS ASSIGNMENT BY DRAWING YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS BASED ON THE READINGS.

EXIT TICKET: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWINGF SATEMENTS IS THE BEST SYNTHESIS OF THE INFORMATION IN THESE FOUR SOURCES?

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(A)  POE WAS A TORTURED GENIUS

(B)   POE’S SYMPTOMS COULD POINT TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CAUSES OF DEATH.

(C)  ALL THEORIES SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT POE DIED DRUNK.

(D)  POE’S ILLNESS WOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTLY DIAGNOSED BY MODERN DOCTORS.