👻 HOMESCHOOL SPOOKYDAYS: Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore”

The spooky stories and poems of the great American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) are Halloween favorites the world over. If you’d like to add some literary spookiness to your homeschool this Halloween, why not light a candle, turn out the lights, and treat yourself and your students to Poe’s classic poem “The Raven,” read by famed British actor Christopher Lee (1922–2015). (You may remember him as Saruman in The Lord of the Rings.)

Here’s a printable copy of the text so your students can read along by candlelight. (So much wonderful vocabulary! Circle every special word to look up later in your family dictionary.)

And if “The Raven” isn’t enough Poe for you (how could it be?), here’s a playlist of more than two hours’ worth of Poe stories read by the “Sherlock Holmes” of the silver screen, the great Basil Rathbone (1892–1967):

• ➢ Basil Rathbone Reads Edgar Allan Poe (youtube.com)

What spooky literary discoveries have you and your students been making in your homeschool this Cygnus Term? 🎃

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