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• For many high school readers, science fiction, supernatural fiction, and horror are genres that maximize engagement with literature. “From Beyond” by H.P. Lovecraft is a compelling short story that features elements consistent with those genres: advanced technology, parallel realities, alien life, and more. With this bundle of high school resources covering “From Beyond,” English teachers will save valuable time at home without sacrificing rigor in the classroom. Included are the following: a multiple choice, plot-based quiz; a worksheet composed of rigorous close reading questions; the public domain narrative; and answer keys. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats. 

  By completing the quiz, students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

  • Crawford Tillinghast’s beliefs
  • The purpose of an advanced machine
  • The narrator’s connection to Tillinghast
  • The narrator’s advice for Tillinghast
  • The physical transformation of Tillinghast
  • The location of Tillinghast’s lab
  • The effects of the machine on the narrator
  • The narrator’s emotional reaction to his supernatural experiences
  • Tillinghast’s advice for staying safe
  • The collective fate of Tillinghast’s servants
  • Peculiar creatures surrounding the characters
  • The fate of the machine
  • Tillinghast’s apparent cause of death
  • The police officers’ assumptions about the narrator

  By completing the close reading analysis worksheet, students will:

  • Analyze a passage in the text in order to discern its function.
  • Define complex vocabulary in context
  • Analyze context clues and draw logical inferences about character motivations
  • Analyze context clues and draw logical inferences about character relationships
  • Analyze the text for literary devices such as foreshadowing, situational irony, and theme
  • Find and articulate relevant textual details in support of a claim
  • Analyze context clues to discern and articulate the significance of a given detail
  • Articulate what the text indicates both explicitly and implicitly
  • Write with clarity and precision