Mood, Tone, and StyleMood, Tone, and StyleNovember 7th, 2012

Reminders- MISS/MITT short story, song, or poem due Thursday.Reading projects due on November 16th.

Journal Writing:Journal Writing:

In at least 3-4 complete sentences, answer the following question:

Journal about a time someone upset you. How did it make you feel? Did you ever say anything to the person who hurt you?

Write until the music stops!

Video examples of mood, tone, Video examples of mood, tone, and style:and style:

www.discoveryeducation.com“You’ve Got Style”“A Voice Revealed”

While viewing:3, 2, 1Give 3 things you learned, 2 important

details from the video, and 1 question you still have.

Warm-up: Word MapWarm-up: Word Map

Guided NotesGuided Notes

• Tone is the _attitude__ a writer takes towards their topic.

• Mood is the _feelings__of a piece of writing, which includes the _emotions_ a selection arouses in a reader.

• Tone is discovered by looking at the _descriptive words___ a writer chooses.

• Tone words can be categorized as ___positive_____, __negative___, and ___neutral____.

Steps for recognizing Tone & Steps for recognizing Tone & Mood:Mood:

• 1) Read and Identify the Modifiers• Tone is indicated by the words an author chooses to use to add

detail to a passage. Adjectives, adverbs, and specific verbs carry implications that help to indicate tone and add to the mood that the author is trying to create.

 • 2) Evaluate the word choice: is the diction positive (+), negative

(-), or neutral? • 3) Determine the emotion the passage is creating.

Tone answers the question “In the text, the author is ____________”Mood answers the question “When reading the text, I feel _______________”

Parallel Activities:Parallel Activities:

Create a 2 column chart:

Find at least 20 of the pink words posted around the classroom. Categorize them correctly in your journal.

When completed, write a descriptive paragraph using 5 of the words to show the appropriate tone and mood.

Positive (+) Negative (-)

Passage 1:Passage 1:

On Eager Street, the streetlamps shone ominously in the puddles that swirled in the gutters. Cameras with blue flashing lights hung their necks out like giant buzzards, searching for prey. Shards of broken glass gleamed like shattered teeth in the road. The sidewalk was deserted, but the scratch and scurry of rat claws could be heard in garbage cans in the dark alley, a reminder that tonight, things in Baltimore were being hunted.

Passage Practice:Passage Practice:

1) In passage one, when talking the about Baltimore, the writer is _________________ (Tone).

In passage one, when reading about

Baltimore, I feel ________________ (Mood).

Passage 2Passage 2

On Eager Street, the sun shines with glee on the neat brownstones. Although the houses here are straight and tall—unlike the rolling, wavelike row homes famous elsewhere in Baltimore—bright marble stoops still drop invitingly from doorsteps, and lush green trees line the friendly street. Small children can be seen playing hopscotch in their cool shade, while their parents sit in lawn chairs, chatting happily.

Passage 2:Passage 2:

2) In passage two, when talking the about Baltimore, the writer is _________________ (Tone).

In passage two, when reading about

Baltimore, I feel ________________ (Mood).

Now draw a picture of what you imagine Baltimore to look like in either passage.

Mood and Tone PracticeMood and Tone Practice

Identify the tone indicators words below. Remember:

Step 1) Read and Identify the modifiers. Put a minus sign (-) next to all negative

words and a plus sign (+) next to all positive words.

Fanciful Melancholy Frightening Mysterious Frustrating Romantic Gloomy Sentimental Happy Sorrowful Joyful Suspenseful

““The Raven” by Edgar Allen PoeThe Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow;- vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow- sorrow for the lost Lenore- For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore-

Nameless here for evermore. What mood is the author trying to create?

http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=251203

How do you deal with a bully?How do you deal with a bully?

Journal writing-Imagine that your best friend is being

bothered by a bully and has come to you for help. What advice would you give?

Answer in 3-4 sentences.

As we read 3 different texts, record notes in your journal:

Tuesday of the Other June (p. 470)

Primer (p. 482)

The Problem with Bullies (p. 487)

Genre-

Author’s Purpose-

Mood-

Tone-

Descriptive words and their connotation-

Reading ExtensionReading Extension

Choose one of the texts we read as a class. Write a 20 word summary of the text and make sure to include some of your details from the chart!

Let’s see who can write the most clear and concise summary!

Ticket Out:Ticket Out:

 • Tone determines how the ___________________ feels about

the subject.• a) reader• b) characters• c) author• d) audience

• Mood is the ____________________ of a text.• a) weather• b) setting• c) climax• d) atmosphere