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Tone is a tough topic to teach to teenagers. But never, fear, help is here in the form of a unit plan that takes advantage of their interest in music to set the stage for a series of activities that lead them to understand how setting, character, and imagery work together to create tone.
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Instructional Ideas
- Divide the class into groups of artists, musicians, dancers, actors, and writers and have them prepare a presentation that illustrates a particular tone
Classroom Considerations
- Stress the importance of school-appropriate lyrics for the homework assignment
- Assumes learners have individual copies of Holt Elements of Literature, but the activities may be easily adapted if the text is not available
- The links to the images are broken; however, all the images are available on the Internet
Pros
- The 36-page packet includes carefully scaffolded, detailed plans, graphic organizers, worksheets, and essay prompts
Cons
- None