Lets look at Edgar Alan Poe's The Black Cat
English Language Arts: Speaking and Listening
SL.9-10.2
Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or
formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Objectives:
SWBAT compare and contrast original work with various adaptations.
SWBAT cite specific parts of a text or narrative to provide support for their claim.
Source: California Common Core State Standards
Government provided English Learner Adaptation of The Black Cat
Read The Black Cat starting on page 34.
Source: YouTube: Edwin León
“Edgar Allan Poe - The Black Cat with Subtitles (Read by Christopher Lee).” YouTube, YouTube, 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-Qbedgqyws.
“Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller.” U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of State, americanenglish.state.gov/resources/edgar-allan-poe-storyteller.
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Black Cat. Moyer Bell, 1994.
