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Bud, Not Buddy By: Christopher Paul Curtis. Lesson 3 ELA 6 Miss Towne December 2013 Common Core Aligned Analyzing Figurative Language and How the Author’s Word Choice Affects Tone and Meaning (Chapter 3 ) - 1. Learning Targets:.
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Bud, Not BuddyBy: Christopher Paul Curtis Lesson 3 ELA 6 Miss Towne December 2013 Common Core Aligned Analyzing Figurative Language and How the Author’s Word Choice Affects Tone and Meaning (Chapter 3) - 1
Learning Targets: • I can determine the meaning of literal and figurative language (metaphors and similes) in literary text. • I can analyze how an author’s word choice affects tone and meaning in a literary text. • I can analyze figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. • I can explain how the author’s word choice affects meaning and tone in the novel. • I can determine the meaning of figurative language in Bud, Not Buddy.
Vocabulary • Tone • Figurative language • Revenge • Simmered (down) **Remember: Any word you think is important or that you would like to add to your word catcher you may!
Analyzing Author’s Word Choice, Meaning and Tone in Chapter 3 of Bud, Not Buddy Pass out Chapter 3 of Bud, Not Buddy: Author’s Word Choice, Meaning and Tone graphic organizer.
In this lesson… • We are going to analyze the author’s word choice, meaning and tone in Chapter 3. • You will think about how word choice conveys certain meaning and tone and helps a reader understand how the events and experiences described make the narrator feel.
Groups: • Period 7: • Bella Anna Ronan • Horatio Emy Dante • Jack Sarah Aidan K. • Sam Grace • Aedan O. Elliot
Groups: • Period 8: • Fiza Nick Luke • Talia Jared • Dylan Lauren Brandon • Ben Ria • Tom Tyler
Chapter 3 of Bud, Not Buddy: Author’s Word Choice, Meaning and Tone graphic organizer. • With this handout you will be given quotes that you will need to analyze for Feeling/Meaning and Tone. • You will get into groups to complete this handout but first we will go over it with the first one as an example; fill in the example as we go along!
Ask Yourself: 1. Why has the author used ‘gray’ repeatedly here? 2. What does the repeated use of the word ‘gray’ emphasize to the reader?
Ask Yourself: 1. Why has the author used ‘gray’ repeatedly here? 2. What does the repeated use of the word ‘gray’ emphasize to the reader?
Ask Yourself: 1. Why has the author used ‘gray’ repeatedly here? 2. What does the repeated use of the word ‘gray’ emphasize to the reader?