It has taken hours, and my back is killing me, but I believe I have put together a quality close reading lesson for "The Tell-Tale Heart" using two of the signposts from Notice and Note: Contrasts & Contradictions and Again & Again. My goals for this lesson were to: have students connect our Sketch and Stretch vocabulary lesson to the words within the text connect our introductory lesson for Contrasts & Contradictions in "The Horror" to "The Tell-Tale Heart" teach a second signpost, Again & Again be EXPLICIT in all teaching I began by reading "The Tell-Tale Heart," marking up my text, identifying the above elements and making some teaching notes: As I was reading, I was making a sample CC/AA reading log. You can see that I do not always think in order. Using all of my notes, I created my presentation, adding my nerdy sense of humor throughout. I have an underlying goal to educate on all things 1980s. If I had to endure the torture, so should they! I am definitely going to have to do some proofreading tomorrow. I am a bit delirious at this point (and not Eddie Murphy style), but I was determined to crank this baby out tonight. Any and all feedback is welcomed. As always, I will post feedback from the lesson as we progress through the next week.