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Happy Thrilling Tuesday!

In this lesson, students will learn how to analyze the impact of word choices on meaning and tone by focusing on a description in Walt Whitman's "O Captain, My Captain." They will explore connotation, charge, and the role of adjectives and action verbs in conveying meaning.

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Happy Thrilling Tuesday!

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  1. Happy Thrilling Tuesday! • Bellwork: Using your notes, complete the figurative language sheet that we began working on yesterday for “O Captain, My Captain.”

  2. WORD CHOICE“O’Captain My Captain”by Walt Whitman

  3. Learning Targets • RI 8.4 I can analyze how the authors word choice develop tone and meaning of the text. • SL 8.1 I can engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions in partners/groups. RI.8.5 SL.8.1

  4. In this lesson you will learn how to analyze the impact of word choices on meaning and tone by focusing on a description.

  5. Vocabulary Connotation- refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Examples: childish, childlike – implies immature youthful – infers lively and energetic

  6. CHARGE • Words can have positive (+) • or • negative (-) Connotation. may have positive

  7. Word Choice • Authors’ word choices help create the meaning and tone that they want. That’s pretty good, I didn’t even try. I meant to do that! It says exactly what I want it to.

  8. Word Choice The blue balloon floated upwards. Adjective: a word that describes a noun Adjective: blue Verb: the action word in a sentence Action Verb: floated

  9. Word Choice • Charge – The negative or positive connation that words have. • Example: Argue and Negotiate - +

  10. When we want to analyze the impact word choices have on meaning and tone, we can follow these three steps. • Underline the adjectives and action verbs • Infer the charge of these words • Ask, “What do these words reveal about the text?”

  11. Teacher Model

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