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Engaging English Class Activities for Mood, Tone, and Conflict Exploration

Dive into various activities exploring mood, tone, and conflict in literature. Engage in discussions, quizzes, and analysis to enhance understanding. Discover different settings that evoke fear or happiness and examine how authors create mood and tone. Come ready for interactive learning!

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Engaging English Class Activities for Mood, Tone, and Conflict Exploration

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  1. August 13-17 Week 2: Mood, Tone and Conflict

  2. Do Now 8/13-8/14 • Write a brief 3-4 sentence description of a setting that would make a reader feel either afraid OR happy. • 5L • Table of Contents: Mood and Tone………….p.5

  3. Agenda 8/13-8/14 • Do Now (10mins)/Standard 3.4(xl) • Presentations (15mins) • Autobiography assignment: p. 155 complete writer’s workshop (15mins) and get started on paper • Mrs. Doubtfire (example) (5mins) • Textbook p. 112 (Mood and Tone) (35mins) • Finish last reading with audiobook (Chp.3/4)/Read aloud chapter 5 of ATS (35mins) • Pause to identify mood/tone • Reminder: Vocab Quiz 8/15 (Study 2R)

  4. Mrs. Doubtfire: Mood/tone • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYyNDWjIivo • Versus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bgipCebuI • What are the differences? How were the differences created? • 5L Cont’d

  5. In pairs (Or individually) • Please complete the following: • 1. Read Annie Dillard’s “American Childhood” • (Focus on mood/author’s purpose) • 2. Answer questions 1-4 on page 119 on a separate piece of paper! • While you read/complete this activity I will be conducting reading tests!

  6. Do Now 8/15 • Review your vocab from page 2R • 5mins • Table of Contents: • Mood/Tone Continued……………….pg. 6

  7. Agenda 8/15 • Vocab Quiz (17mins) • Audiobook Chapter 3 or 4 (20mins) • Mood/Tone exit slip (pgs. 12-13) in ATS (10mins)

  8. Please include • Two Scores at the top: • Spelling (SP) • Definitions (DEF) • CB: Your Name • Convert your score to the four point scale! • Make sure the name of the person is on the paper!

  9. Answers • 1. Sagacity (C) 10/10, 9/10=4 • 2. Vanity (E) 8/10=3 • 3. Spectacles (A) 7/10=2 • 4. Lapels (G) 6/10 or lower=1 • 5. Diffident (J) • 6. Conscience (I) • 7. Ambuscade (H) • 8. Diligence (B) • 9. Guile (F) • 10. Vexed (D)

  10. Exit slip • On a separate piece of paper please: • 1. Read pages 12-13 of ATS • 2. Identify the mood of this passage. Explain your answer! (3-4 sentences) You can use evidence from the text!

  11. Do now: 8/16-8/17 • What is the biggest challenge you have ever faced? Who was involved? How was it resolved? • (7L) • Table of Contents: Conflicts……………… pg. 7

  12. Agenda • Do Now (10mins) • Vocabulary Words (15mins) • Standard 3.2 (p.xl) • Conflicts power-point (15mins) • Textbook p. 88-93 (25mins) • Novel: Chapter 6-8 (35mins)…Conflict chart (77) • Writer’s workshop: p. 208 (Continue on autobiography assignment) • Reminder: Reading Quiz #1 8/20-8/21 • Vocab Sentences 8/20-8/21 • Composition Book 8/30-8/31

  13. Vocabulary 7R • Quiz 8/23-8/24 • Grandeur- (noun) The quality of being grand; splendor; magnificent • Contrived- (verb) planned • Scarify- (verb) to mark, damage or scar • Tallow- (noun) hard fat used to make soap or candles • Edifice- (noun) a large impressive building or structure

  14. Vocabulary 7R • Balmy- (adjective) mild and pleasant • Intrepid- (adjective) brave, fearless, bold • Disconcerted- (verb) to upset/confuse • Bona-fide- (adjective) authentic, true • Prodigious- (adjective) very great; huge; vast • Homework: A picture that represents each word 8/20-8/21 • Quiz: 8/23-8/24

  15. In pairs (or individually) • Please complete the following: • 1. Read pages 88-93 • 2. Answer the critical thinking questions 1-3 on p. 93 on a separate piece of paper • 3. Complete the conflict chart on your separate sheet of paper • Volume must be low!

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