Day 1

Poe's Short Stories Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Cracking the Code

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Work

    Objective:

    Students will practice their code-breaking skills like in “The Gold Bug.”

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3

    Structure:

    Before beginning the activity, make sure students read this article: “Top 10 codes, keys and ciphers” https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/sep/10/top-10-codes-keys-and-ciphers

    To start the activity, lead a short discussion using the following questions:

    · What does the article say about codes? (Summarize the article.)

    · What code(s) most appeal to you? Why?

    · Which codes seem the most difficult to crack?

    · Which codes seem the most difficult to break?

    Remind...

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