Objective: To practice listening comprehension, accurate transcription, and public reading skills through a collaborative dictation exercise. Instructions: Prepare to Read: Each student will receive a handout with a segment from a summary of Edgar Allan Poe's short story. Take a few minutes to practice reading your section. Focus on reading clearly, at a steady pace, and with good pronunciation. Dictation: Taking turns, each student will read their segment aloud to the rest of the class. Transcription: While a classmate is reading, everyone else must listen carefully and write down exactly what they hear, word-for-word, on a sheet of paper. Final Product: By the end of the activity, you will have transcribed the complete summary of the story by putting together all the parts dictated by your classmates.