October 12, 2022

Agenda

1. Take the 10/12 Bell Ringer Quiz.

2. Finish LWD: Pages 187-225 and complete the LWD: Pages 187-225 Assignment.

   • Directions: Tone in literature refers to the author’s attitude toward a particular topic. Through specific word choice, the author reveals their feelings and opinions to the reader, conveying the author’s intentions behind the text. The tone of a story is always described using an adjective. While you read Pages 187-225 of Long Way Down, identify the author’s tone in two different places and find two quotes per tone example (four total).

   • Directions: Mood is the emotion that the READERS feel while reading about the subject. While you read Pages 187-225 of Long Way Down, identify the mood in two different places and find two quotes per mood example (four total).

   • Assignment (digital): LWD: Pages 187-225 Assignment

   • Assignment (paper): LWD: Pages 187-225 Assignment

   • Reading: Pages 187-225

   • Audiobook: Pages 187-225

• Assignments Due Today

  • 10/12

  • LWD: Pages 187-225 Assignment

• Standards

  • Bell Ringer
    Standard L.9-10.3: Understand how language functions in different contexts and utilize MLA format for English.

    • Note: All bell ringers will be composed into a single composite proficiency score at the end of every quarter.

  • Assignment
    STANDARD RL 9-10.4/RI 9-10.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings (and technical RI); analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone) (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper RI).

• SWBAT

  • Students will be able to identify and explain mood and tone in literature.

  • Students will be able to identify and explain mood and tone in Long Way Down.