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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow preview
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Cover slide for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, introducing a comical ghost story
Opening slide of the literature presentation
Author background slide identifying Washington Irving's occupations, life dates, and New York birthplace
Author background before the story overview
Story background slide explaining the Headless Horseman's Hessian origins, death in battle, and haunting
Background on the Headless Horseman legend
Setting slide describing the story's 1790 countryside near Tarry Town and the haunted glen of Sleepy Hollow
Setting overview before the plot summary
Plot summary slide tracing Ichabod's rivalry with Brom, pursuit of Katrina, ghostly chase, and disappearance
Plot summary from courtship to disappearance
Character overview slide describing Ichabod Crane as superstitious, Brom Bones as tough, and Katrina as rich
Profiles of the story's three central characters
Vocabulary slide defining 12 story terms, including bevy, burthen, capacious, chanticleer, and cognomen
Vocabulary definitions preceding the theme overview
Theme overview slide discussing imagination, fear, class structure, and how people are valued for merit
Theme overview before the story text begins
Opening story text slide describing Tarry Town, the quiet valley of Sleepy Hollow, and local superstitions
First slide of the story text
Story text continuation introducing the Headless Horseman legend and Ichabod Crane's role and appearance
Second slide of the story text
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Grade 7, 8, 9

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About This Product

This power point product has twenty slides and contains the text and images of this classic short story by Washington Iring. It can be used as a lesson as well. It does contain general assignments and a quiz with answers.

It is a great resource for the classroom teacher and can be used multiple times.

What's Included

Included is:

Author information,

story information

story text

images to enhance

assignments

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