September 27 – Jr American Lit

1. September 27 – Jr American Lit Take out: • Pencil • Paper • “Talking about Tone” worksheet from yesterday HW: • Complete “SETTING a tone” Worksheet In Class: • Tone: Practice • Tone in “The Rattler” • Explaining the use of tone in “The Rattler” • SETTING a tone

2. Tone: Practice

3. Tone in “The Rattler” What two tones can you detect in this story?

4. Writing a Thesis • In order to write a thesis, you need to know the prompt: • How does the author use multiple tones to show the conflict that the man feels? • Your thesis should answer this question, and could be in this format: • In “The Rattler” the tones of _________ and _________ reflect the man’s reluctance to kill the snake but his understanding of the necessity to do so.

5. Explaining tone in “The Rattler” • Of course, with any good thesis, you need to prove it using evidence • You should be able to do this in a four-sentence paragraph • Your FIRST sentence should be the thesis that you wrote • Your SECOND sentence should be your evidence for the first tone in your thesis (use words/phrases from the text) • The author uses the words/phrases ___________ and __________ to express a __________ tone. • Your THIRD sentence should be your evidence for the second tone in your thesis (use words/phrases from the text) • The author uses the words/phrases ___________ and __________ to express a __________ tone. • Your FOURTH and final sentence should be an explanation of why the author creates these tones in the story. • The tones used in “The Rattler” are intended to make the reader understand that the man…

6. SETTING a Tone