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September 23, 2014 - mood vs. tone Ho mework: Story elements test on Monday, September 29th! Bring a copy of Stargirl by this Friday! Ob jective I can differentiate mood and tone and evaluate their impact on text. Wa rm Up:
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September 23, 2014 - mood vs. tone Homework: Story elements test on Monday, September 29th! Bring a copy of Stargirl by this Friday! Objective I can differentiate mood and tone and evaluate their impact on text. Warm Up: Look up the definitions of the words mood and tone in the red glossary section of your Lit book. Copy these definitions into your notes. Take out your 1st person point of view rewrite of All Summer in a Day. Make sure your name is on it.
Before we get to mood and tone, let's review yesterday's lesson on point of view. http://cdn.peteearley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/point-of-view.jpg
The voice that tells the story is called the... http://www.freelancecopywritersblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/voice-209x300.jpg
An author's choice of a narrator is the... http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTvzB_ARjpXagIB0wq7pISVffH-6mTJ-_xK46PKRva3igSjKw83
What's the difference? 3rd person point of view 1st person point of view ? ? kinds of narrators in a story
1st person point of view is a character in the story uses I, me, my, myself, us, we tells his / her own thoughts and feelings does not know what other characters think or feel STORY
3rd person point of view not a character in the story, but rather an outside voice uses he, she and they can reveal the thoughts / feelings of one or more characters STORY
mood and tone both deal with the emotions centered around a piece of writing, however...
mood the feeling or atmosphere an author creates for a reader. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mo2ZXV__hmc/SwWga3WRAOI/AAAAAAAABHA/VB-TCU663WU/s1600/reading_person.png.jpg
tone the author's attitude toward his / her subject http://www.jamesaltucher.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/snoopy_writing.jpg
Turn in your Literature book to pg. 526 We will read the poems The Morning Walk and There is No Word for Goodbye together.
The Morning Walk There Is No Word for Goodbye Descriptions sense of sight sense of hearing sense of touch mood of the poem?
Now let's think about the tone of these poems... The Morning Walk There Is No Word for Goodbye
Characters: Parent(s) and children Setting: At the dinner table on a weekday night Conflict: Children want to go to play their video games. Parent(s) want them to finish their homework before going. http://ourschool.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/familyeating1.jpg
Your assignment Come up with a script and presentation for the assigned scenario that demonstrates your family's selected tone. Remember, your attitude toward your subject must be demonstrated in your dialogue. http://blog.mindjet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/WorkOverload-iStock_000015412328Small.jpg
Meet the Sarcastic Family Kids: Mom /Dad...we want to go play our video games. Parents: Have you finished all of your homework? Kids: No, not all of it. Parents: Well, you need to get it all finished before you can play your games. Kid 1: Oh goody! I can't wait to go upstairs and finish all my homework. That will be sooo exciting! Kid 2: Oh yeah, I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing that's more entertaining than graphing math coordinates and reviewing the parts of the plot diagram! Awesome! Dad to mom: Wow! And aren't we just the luckiest parents in the world to have such wonderful children?
