Identifying Tone
Identifying Tone
Grade Level: 7-8
Subject: English
Duration: 45 minute lesson
DOK Level: 3
SAMR Level: Augmentation
Indiana Standard:
8.RN.2.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what a text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
8.RV.3.1 Analyze the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in works of literature, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Common Core Standard:
Description:
Students will be able to determine the author’s tone within a text.
Objective:
- Students will locate information within a text using close reading skills
- Students will be able to support ideas with details and examples from the text
- Students will be be able to identify the author’s tone in a work of literature
Essential Question:
How do the author’s words give a specific tone to this text?
Procedure:
- The teacher will go over this slideshow while students take notes
- The students will read a set of poems
- The students must identify the tone of the passage using textual evidence to support ideas. Students must highlight the lines in the poem that provide textual evidence for their answers.
Product or Assessment:
Students will turn in their annotated poems and responses to the questions via Google Classroom.