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This document provides information about teaching a unit on famous American authors. It includes objectives and standards for the unit, which are to help students learn about famous authors and identify their works. The document then presents background information on four famous American authors: Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Ernest Hemingway, and Toni Morrison. For Edgar Allan Poe specifically, it provides details about his life, writing style, and some of his most famous works like The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart.

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Famous American Authors

Objectives
• By the end of class, students will know background information about famous 
American author.
• By the end of class, students will be able to identify works from famous American 
Authors.

Objectives  California Common Core State Standards
• CCSS.ELA‐Literacy.RI.11‐12.7.

and  • Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media 

Famous American Authors
or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a 
question or solve a problem. 
Standards • CCSS.ELA‐Literacy.SL.11‐12.2.
• Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media 
(e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve 
American Literature Unit problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any 
discrepancies among the data.
English Language Arts – 11th Grade • CCSS.ELA‐Literacy.SL.11‐12.5.
• Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and 
Mr. Omar Martinez interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, 
reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

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Table of Authors
Edgar Allan Poe Walt Whitman Ernest Hemingway Toni Morrison
In the next minute, write down as many things as you 
can about a famous/favorite author. (ex: Name of 
author, books, facts, etc.)
Quick‐Write  Photograph

and Pair‐
Share:  Next, turn to a partner and share your information to 
each other. 
Background 
Information
Famous 
Writing Style
Authors Finally, write down some information about your 
partner’s author that stood out to you. (ex: Why did 
they choose that author? Have you heard about the  Famous Works
author before?)

Reminder Visual
Educational Hook (Interprersonal)
Table Organizer

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Famous American Authors

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe – Style/Works

• January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849 Famous works


• American short‐story writer, poet, critic, and editor. Writing Style • The Raven

• • Narrative poem about a talking raven draws the 
“Father of the detective story” • Many of his works were romantic writings. main character to madness
• Joined the army due to poverty. • Romanticism – movement that focused on  • The Tell‐Tale Heart
emphasizing, inspiration, subjectivity, and the 
• Married his younger cousin Virginia. primacy of the individual • Short gothic fiction which deals with sanity and 
• Cause of death uncertain. • Wrote about the occult, satanic ideas, terror, and 
murder.

sadness. • The Masque of the Red Death
• Short gothic fiction which is believed to be about 
the inevitability of death.

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Edgar Allan Poe – Short Biography Edgar Allan Poe – Visual Reminder

Now you try! Example Images
• Watch the short biography provided about  • Using the information presented earlier 
Edgar Allan Poe. and on the video, what images come to 
• Write down any information which stands out  mind which you can use to remember 
to you. Edgar Allan Poe or his works?
• Try to find an image you can use on your table. • Draw any images which would help you 
on the table provided earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x‐387NMCR6w&t=1s
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Famous American Authors

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman – Style/Works

• May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892 Famous Work


• American renaissance poet, 
• Leaves of Grass
Writing Style • Collection of poetry.
journalist, essayist.
• Influenced by the Romantic movement in literature and  •
• Labeled as “The father of free  art.

Whitman’s most famous and popular work.
Went through nine variations all throughout his life.
verse” • Believed the poet should “Express his own personality in 
• Franklin Evans
• Gained more recognition in 

his verse”
Extensively used free verse. • Temperance novel
Europe than US.
• • First novel by Whitman.
• Died after his health continued to 
Poems are filled with religious faith, fertility, sex, nature.
• Rag‐to‐riches story.
decline after a stroke.

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Walt Whitman – Short Biography Walt Whitman – Visual Reminder

Now you try! Sample Images
• Watch the short biography provided about  • Using the information presented earlier and on 
Walt Whitman. the video, what images come to mind which 
• Write down any information which stands out  you can use to remember Walt Whitman or his 
to you. works?
• Try to find an image you can use on your table. • Draw any images which would help you on the 
table provided earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nla‐JDEp4jw&t=1s
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Famous American Authors

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway – Style/Works

• July 21 1899 – July 2, 1961 Works


Style •
• American novelist and short‐story writer.

The Sun Also Rises
Writings deal with war. • Early and enduring modernist novel. Hemingway’s 
• Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. • Economical and understated style. greatest work. Characters are based off real people 
and events.
• Noted for the intense masculinity of his  • Reflections to his experiences of war.
• The Farewell to Arms
writings and his adventurous life. • Developed the “iceberg theory” • Set during Italian World War 1. First‐person account of 
• Large influence on American and British  • Facts float above water, the supporting structure and  an American serving in the Italian Army.

fiction in 20th century.
symbolism operate out of sight.
• The Old Man and the Sea
• Simplistic prose style. •
• Died by suicide.
Last major work by Hemingway. Tells story of an 
aging Cuban Fisherman who struggles with a marlin.

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Ernest Hemingway – Short Biography Ernest Hemingway – Visual Reminder

Now you try! Sample Images
• Watch the short biography provided about  • Using the information presented earlier and on 
Ernest Hemingway. the video, what images come to mind which 
you can use to remember Ernest Hemingway 
• Write down any information which stands out 
or his works?
to you.
• Try to find an image you can use on your table.
• Draw any images which would help you on the 
table provided earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JQDe0GCNHg
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Famous American Authors

Toni Morrison Toni Morrison – Style/Works

• February 18, 1931 ‐
Works
• The Bluest Eye
• American novelist, editor, and professor.
• First novel by Toni Morrison. Tells the story of a young 
• Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize‐ winning novelist. Style African‐American girl with an inferiority complex 
following the Great Depression. 
• Known for epic themes, exquisite language, and richly 
• Selected for the Jefferson Lecture detailed African‐American characters. • Beloved
• The highest honor for achievement in the humanities. • Strong ties to politics and social issues. • Set after the American Civil War. Inspired by the story 
of Sethe, a slave who escaped slavery in 1856.
• • “Postmodern Feminist”
Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. • A Mercy
• Story of mothers and daughters and primitive 
America. Reveals what lies beneath the surface of 
slavery.

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Toni Morrison – Short Biography Toni Morrison – Visual Reminder

Now you try! Sample Images
• Watch the short biography provided about  • Using the information presented earlier and on 
Toni Morrison. the video, what images come to mind which 
you can use to remember Toni Morrison or her 
• Write down any information which stands out 
works?
to you.
• Try to find an image you can use on your table.
• Draw any images which would help you on the 
table provided earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVUB4g2IUI&t=1s
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Closing Activities

Now you try!
Sample Table: Writing Response:
• Using the author that you shared with a  • Following this presentation, is there an author 
partner earlier, fill out the following chart with  that we discussed that interests you further? 
information about the author you chose. What did you like about the 
author/presentation that interested you?
Name Background Info Writing Style Famous Works

Culminating Question/Activity

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