The Tell-tale Heart/multi-media Kit (a Read-along Radio Drama)

A man is driven to murder by the "evil eye" of the old man for whom he works. For several nights he looks in on the old man, but each night he finds the eye closed. On the eighth night he finds the eye wide open and staring. Driven to madness, he murders the old man and disposes the cut-up corpse under the floor boards of the old man's bedroom. The next morning, the police come to investigate a scream heard by a neighbor, the murderer brings them into the bedroom and visits with them. Soon, the murderer insanely imagines that he can hear the beating of the old man's heart and becomes convinced that the police also hear it. Panic overcomes him, and he confesses, telling the police to rip up the floor boards. <P>READ-ALONG RADIO DRAMA KITS are literature units for the reading and language arts classroom. The kit includes: A CD recording of the radio play with full cast and sound effects; A word-for-word read-along script; Duplication rights for word-for-word script and student activity sheets; Ready-to-use student activity sheets (Cloze Activity, Sequence Activity, Vocabulary Activities, Literal Comprehension Activity, Listening Skills Activity, Crossword Puzzles, A list of Writing/Discussion Questions); A literary terms study packet; Teaching suggestions w/answer keys; Strategies for teaching read-along in the secondary classroom; An annotated script of the original story; A sample lesson plan; Using Read-Along Radio Dramas. (Tell-Tale Heart Read-Along Radio Drama is recommended for grades 6 through adult. CD recording is 17 min.)