Annabel Lee Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan in English III
I. Objectives
A. Analyze the emotions of the persona through the words and phrases used in the poem.
B. Distinguish a scene, character, moment, or event from one stanza of the poem by
making an illustration of their respective stanza.
C. Contribute to a group discussion that analyzes and evaluates the poem.
II. Lesson Title

Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
Reference: various sources online; artwork activity adapted from Kelly Shaggy’s lesson plan
Materials: copies of Annabel Lee; typewriting paper or Oslo paper; coloring and drawing
materials; pencil; markers; erasers
III. Procedure
A. Before Reading (7 minutes)
1. Hand out copies of the poem “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe.
2. Show a picture of Edgar Allan Poe. Ask “If you are going to select an actor to portray
as Edgar Allan Poe, who would you choose?” “What can you say about his physical
features?” etc. Discuss the background of the author. (See
http://poestories.com/biography.php)
3. Unlock difficult words.

a. Seraphs – (Show a picture. Then have the students give sentences using the
word.)
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b. Coveted – (Use it in a sentence then have the students guess the meaning.)
c. Kinsman - (Use it in a sentence then have the students guess the meaning.)
d. Dissever – (Use in a sentence then have the students guess the meaning.)
e. Sepulchre – (Show a picture. Then have the students give sentences using the
word.)
B. Motivating Question and Motive Question (3 minutes)

1. Describe a place where you want to go to if you are in a date with your beloved.
2. In the poem we are about to read, describe the setting that the persona was talking
about in the poem.
IV. During Reading (7-10 minutes)

1. Read the poem aloud.
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2. Ask the whole class to read aloud in unison.
V. After Reading
A. Discussion Questions: (7-10 minutes)
1. Who was Annabel Lee?
2. What happened to Annabel Lee when her highborn kinsman came?
3. What could have happened to cause her death?
4. What are some key emotions that you picked up on or felt while reading the poem?
5. What specific lines or passages caused you to feel these emotions? Why?
6. What are the themes touched on by the poem?
B. Artwork (30 minutes)

1. Form groups of 6 students (Approximately 8 groups per class.)
2. Instruct students to bring out their typewriting paper/Oslo paper.
3. Assign one stanza per group.
4. Each person in the group will be assigned one stanza from the poem. Then, they
have to graphically respond by means of a drawing:
a. A scene, character, moment, or event from the poem
b. An image or picture that came to mind while he was reading; it could be a
memory or scene from his own life.
c. An abstract form that represents a thought or feeling he got from the reading –
an explosion, a thunderbolt, a pattern, etc.
5. Each student has to write a 5- to 7-sentence paragraph explaining his artwork. Give
15 minutes to do the task.
6. Instruct students to explain and discuss their outputs with their group mates. Give
the group 10 minutes for the group discussion.
7. Then, call one student per group to share the most interesting work/output.
VI. Assignment
1. Define and give examples of the following figures of speech:
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Hyperbole
d. Personification
e. Metonymy
f. Synecdoche
g. Oxymoron
h. Apostrophe
2. Bring colored paper, markers and other decorative materials.
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ANNABEL LEE
By Edgar Allan Poe
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
I was a child and she was a child,

In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,

In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in heaven,

Went envying her and me –
Yes! – that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love

OF those who were older than we –
Of many far wiser than we –
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling – my darling – my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
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Lesson Plan in English III

II. Lesson Title

3. Unlock difficult words.

B. Motivating Question and Motive Question (3 minutes)

IV. During Reading (7-10 minutes)

B. Artwork (30 minutes)

2. Bring colored paper, markers and other decorative materials.

I was a child and she was a child,

And this was the reason that, long ago,

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,

But our love it was stronger by far than the love

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams

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