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This lesson focuses on understanding mood and tone in writing through various activities and examples, including video clips and descriptive passages. Students will learn how words and writing style can evoke different emotions and feelings in readers.
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Monday September 12,2016 SSR timeWe need Homework folders, writer’s notebooks, and composition books!
MondaySeptember 12, 2016 • Writing prompt: What mood are you in today? Why? (5 min.)
Mood and Tone… Pg.8 • Tone is the author’s attitude toward the writing (his characters, the situation) and the readers. Tone is shown through 1- dialogue 2- author’s word choice • Mood is the feeling the READER gets from a story. • It may be the same, or it may change from situation to situation. • Mood is shown through 1- setting 2- atmosphere
Back of pg. 8 FancifulMelancholyFrightening Mysterious Frustrating Romantic Gloomy Sentimental Happy SorrowfulJoyful Suspenseful Glue your paste –it in your composition book on pg. 8!
Mood and Tone T-chart… pg. 9 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLzfXQSPBOg • http://vimeo.com/94670547 Copy t- chart below mood definition Watch closely 2x and write example of mood What’s the mood? “ _mood__” “ justification_”
Watching film evokes certain emotions and feelings from the viewer with the images, music, dialogue, etc. In the same way, writing evokes responses from the reader with the choice of words and writing style. • The tone and mood of your writing is determined by the words you use and your writing style. In your own words, what did you learn from the trailers?
What is the Mood? • In the next six slides, try to guess the mood that the image creates. • THINK: How does this make me feel?
MOOD Frightening
MOOD Exciting
MOOD Happy
MOOD Frustrated
MOOD ROMANTIC
MOOD Melancholy
What is the TONE? Watch the video clip. Choose 3 words to describe the tone and write on the left side of the t-chart. Copy t- chart below tone definition http://www.teachertube.com/video/original-mary-poppins-trailer-146434 What’s the tone? “ _tone___” “ _justification_” 1. 2. 3.
Go to T-chart… pg. 10 Now watch the same video images that are edited and with different music. What is the tone now; has it changed? List two words on the same t-chart as before. Explain why on the right side of the t-chart. • http://www.teachertube.com/video/scary-mary-poppins-trailer-146433 What’s the tone? “ _tone___” “ _justification_” 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Look at the way the author creates the setting through the description used: • She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her.
Jot down thoughts and feelings during this video • http://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/terrorism/bone-chilling-9-11-attack-footage/1810903763001/ • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj-GkDJpr2Y