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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Tone and Mood

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the difference between tone and mood in this animated video [2:28] from WNET through definitions and examples from poetry and prose. Discussion questions below help students to further apply their understanding before analyzing a...
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Mood

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Mood" including a definition and a discussion of mood from "Talkie List Dec 06."
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Text: Diction and Tone

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson deals primarily with diction and tone and how to recognize them in your reading. Tone is largely determined by diction or the word choices a writer makes. The process of choosing the right word involves denotation and...
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Vocabulary.com

The New Sat: Words to Capture Tone List #1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a list of 25 words, associated with the tone of passages, from the New SAT. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Tone Worksheets and Lessons

For Teachers 4th - 9th Standards
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying an author's tone. Reinforcement for understanding author's tone is provided through the five different worksheets and a mini-lesson. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4
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ProProfs

Pro Profs: Mood and Tone Quiz

For Students 5th - 8th
This is an eight-question mulitple choice quiz over mood and tone; student read literary passages and select the correct answer. Links to related quizzes are provided.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Tone and Mood

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to texts, videos of movie clips, and a slideshow to introduce Tone and Mood.
Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Tone

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Tone" including a definition and an example.
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Quia

Quia: Word Choice and Tone Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive series of questions assesses students' understanding of the impact of word choice on the tone of a passage. Students will identify the correct tone used in sentences, paragraphs, and poems.
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Other

Prezi: Tone, Diction, and Analysis of Word Choice

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Slideshow explores the connection between word choice and the author's tone.
PPT
Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School: Symbolism, Tone, and Mood [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Click through this PDF slideshow to learn what a symbol is and how symbolism is used in literature. Then learn about the difference between tone and mood and see examples of each in a poem.
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Other

Mo Dept. Of Ed.: Analyzing and Evaluating Literary Works

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Lesson plan designed for eleventh graders. Students analyze and evaluate a short story for elements of literary works such as theme, mood, word choice, imagery, tone, and main idea. Includes a student handout and a scoring guide. It...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Summertime Inspired Memoirs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By listening and then responding to multiple versions of the song "Summertime," students will understand how songs can convey various moods. Writing about a personal summertime memory, students will try to mimic a mood from one of the...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Elements of Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover how literary techniques like figurative language, imagery, and symbolism contribute to the overall meaning of a poem. Explore how a poet establishes and builds on a theme and the difference between tone and mood. Through a close...
Handout
Letter Writing Guide

How to Write a Farewell Letter to Your Co Workers

For Students 9th - 10th
This student and teacher-friendly site discusses the tone that should be established in a farewell letter to an employer. In addition, the article discusses the elements of good farewell letter.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Unit: The Author's Point Is

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students will focus on Main Idea, Author's Purpose, Identifying supporting details and Organizing details. Students will read a variety of Informational Text (non-fiction) to understand how stated and implied main idea effect the...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Make 'Em Laugh or Cry Or

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After sharing chapter 19 of Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls as an example of emotion-evoking writing, the students will write their own detailed and emotional paragraphs. Students can draw from background knowledge of a real...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Paulsen Inspired Nature Poems

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this instructional activity students will write a poem based on the descriptors in one of Gary Paulson's novels.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Connotation: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces connotation and provides examples. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Connotation."
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TES Global

Blendspace: What Makes Stories Scary?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that includes fourteen links to websites, videos, and activities on writing scary stories. Lessons focus on vocabulary, plot and character development, elements of gothic stories, tone and mood, suspense, and more.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Connotation: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces connotation and provides examples. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Connotation."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Connotation and Denotation: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses the difference between connotation and denotation. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Connotation and Denotation." L.11-12.5b Nuance
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques Collection

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
These animated shorts introduce or review literary elements and techniques like theme, setting, figurative language, characterization, and conflict. They can be used when students are just learning how to identify the most commonly used...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Listen to the Word Choice of Authors: Crafting a Poem

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will analyze a poem's word choice and then create a poem of their own using word wall vocabulary.

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