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Communication Arts

Communication Arts. Sept 21& 24, 2012. Bell Ringer. Which POV uses the words “you”, “your”, and “yours”? Which POV uses the words “I”, “me”, and “my” ? Extra Credit: What is one of Dr. Westfall’s word of the week.

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Communication Arts

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  1. Communication Arts Sept 21& 24, 2012

  2. Bell Ringer • Which POV uses the words “you”, “your”, and “yours”? • Which POV uses the words “I”, “me”, and “my”? • Extra Credit: What is one of Dr. Westfall’s word of the week. • When you are finished answering the Bellringer, close your laptops and begin reading.

  3. Reading Workshop • Read for 20 minutes • Remember you must be present and ON TASK in order to receive points for reading. • http://acuity.sjsd.k12.mo.us/index.jsp

  4. Reading Blog Title = Book title, pages read, Lexile score • What have you found boring about your book so far? What made it boring? If you were the author, what would you do to make it more interesting? OR • What have you found interesting about your book so far? What did the author do to make it interesting for you? (POV, dialogue, storyline, details/descriptiveness, etc.)

  5. Mini Lesson - Tone • Log-in to myschoolnotebook.com • Click on your CAUnit1 notebook – add a new topic- Tone • The click on add a lesson. • Tone is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or the character. Tone is conveyed through the author's words and details • Word Choice

  6. Tone Continued… • Tone is not how you feel about the piece of writing, but what the author WANTS you to feel about the writing. • Tone: Your tone can change the meaning of what you say. Tone can turn a statement like, " You're a big help!" into a genuine compliment or a cruel sarcastic remark. • Tone is consistent throughout the writing.

  7. Tone • Tone Words handout

  8. Tone Continued… • Tone is not explained or expressed directly • You must look between the lines, and at word choice to infer the author’s tone. • Examples: What is the tone • 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. • Gently smiling, the mother tenderly tucked the covers up around the child’s neck, and carefully, quietly, left the room making sure to leave a comforting ray of light shining through the opened door should the child wake.

  9. Examples • 1. I looked upon the scene before me - upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain - upon the bleak walls - upon the vacant eyelike windows - upon a few rank sedges - and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees...” • 2. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? • 3. I am not well. I do not know our target. They do not tell us for which city the bird is targeted. I do not know. That is planning. That is my responsibility. My responsibility is to watch the console and when certain events take place upon the console and when certain events take place upon the console, turn my key in the lock. Shotwell bounces the rubber ball on the floor in a steady, stolid, rhythmical manner. I am aching to get my hands on the ball, on the jacks.

  10. Examples • 4. NO TRESPASSING. We like the snappy, rude signs. NO TRASPASSING. You get the idea. NO TRUSTPASSING. Keep out, NO BOATS ALOUD - silent boats OK, but no boats aloud. • 5. If only I could nudge you from this sleep. My maimed darling, my skittery pigeon. • 6. This battle with Mr. Covey was the turning-point in my career as a slave. It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood.

  11. Tone • Tone words handout.

  12. Eyes Past Print • Trailer 1 • Trailer 2 • Trailer 1 • Trailer 2 • Trailer 1 • Trailer 2

  13. Writing Workshop • Tone Worksheet

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