The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe – Adapted Story, Comprehension Questions and Vocabulary Activities – Version A

Are you including or integrating a student into a secondary English-Language Arts general education class ? Is this class reading or will be reading The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe? Then look no further! This product has been modified to help students with moderate to severe disabilities access the curriculum at a comprehensible level! All the hard work has been done for you! Just hit print and you are ready to go!

This is Version A of The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe. This adapted story has been modified in the following ways:

Main ideas – Main ideas from this short story have been extracted to make them more comprehensible.

Simplified vocabulary -Simplified words have been used to help students understand some of the language used

within the short story thus increasing text comprehension.

Visuals -Visuals have been embedded within every short story to help illustrate some of the topics discussed. The

use of visuals make the novel more accessible for students who struggle with reading comprehension.

Summarization– Each short story has been summarized thus making these modified versions shorter.

Communication board – to help students who are non-verbal answer questions about the short story

Here is what you get with this purchase :

1.) Adapted version of The Black Cat short story
2.) Three levels of reading comprehension questions to help you differentiate based on ability level
3.) Communication board (to help students who are non-verbal discuss the short story).
4.) Answer Key for all the comprehension questions

You get all these great differentiated materials ready to use, saving you valuable time to focus on other essential things!