DAY 14 – TONE & ADJECTIVESINSTRUCTOR: KYLE BRITT

OBJECTIVES• Analyze the impact of word choices on meaning and tone.

• Identify and analyze the use of adjectives in a sentence.

AGENDA1. Warm Up

2. Guided Practice1. Tone

3. Group Practice

4. Guided Practice1. Adjectives

5. Individual Practice1. Adjectives practice

6. Exit Ticket

WARM UPVocabulary

• English I:• “Choose the Right Word”• Whatever isn’t finished is homework.

• Honors:• Unit 3 section A• Whatever isn’t finished is homework.• Make sure you study the roots and forms of the words.

TONE• Tone is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an

audience through the use of her “voice.”

• Tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject.

• Authors may write concerning the same theme but the way they approach the theme is the tone.

TYPES OF TONEThe tone of a piece of literature may vary but common tones are:

1. Formal 7. Cheerful

2. Informal 8. Or any other attitude

3. Serious

4. Comic

5. Sarcastic

6. Sad

TONE CONT.• The tone of a piece of work can determine its true nature

the true feelings of the author with respect to the message.

• If the tone is sarcastic, the author is wishing to convey the absurdity of a situation/message.

Ex: Upon hearing his [Dan] car was stolen.

Carl: “How has your day gone?”

Dan: “It has been great!”

TONE SHEETTake a tone sheet that will contain a list of tone words.

Use these in your analysis of literature to glean the attitude of the author.

Keep this in your notebook.

GROUP PRACTICEAs a class, Read “A Loud Sneer For Our Feathered Friends.”

How does the author establish the negative attitude the campers have toward Camp Hi-Wah?

What words does the author use to convey the negative attitude?

How would you change this message to convey an attitude of love toward the camp?

GROUP PRACTICEAs a class, Read “A Loud Sneer For Our Feathered Friends.”

How does the author establish the negative attitude the campers have toward Camp Hi-Wah?

What words does the author use to convey the negative attitude?

How would you change this message to convey an attitude of love toward the camp?

INDEPENDENT PRACTICEOn your own, read and annotate “How to Eat a Guava.”

1. What is the tone of this work?

2. How does the author feel about guavas? Adulthood? Childhood?

3. What words are used to display the tone?

Answer these questions on the bottom of the page.

GRAMMAR - ADJECTIVESAn adjective is a word that is used to modify a noun or pronoun.

To modify a word means to describe the word or to make its meaning more definite.

An adjective tells what kind, which one, or how many.

Example: The black dog is very loud.

ADJECTIVES CONT.Examples:

What kind: “Grey skies”

Which one: “next day, last chance”

How many: “five fingers, fewer hours”

ADJECTIVES ACTIVITYTake out a piece of paper and remove everything else from your desk.

You will have 30 seconds to write down as many adjectives to describe the picture on the following slide.

When the alarm rings, put down your pen/pencil. No words will be counted after the 30 seconds have past.

When you are ready, put your head down on the desk. I will tell you to look at the screen.

ADJECTIVES ACTIVITY

ADJECTIVES PRACTICEFind the adjective in the sentence.

Underline the noun and [box] the adjective. Draw an arrow from the adjective to the modified noun.

1. Ms. Farrell tells all students that good workers will be given special privileges.

2. A sweating, exhausted runner crossed the line.

3. Beverly was worried. She felt nervous about the play.

4. Do you want to see my new baseball card?

5. The one-day sale is on Saturday.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE Add in adjectives to the sentences.

1. The car has a stereo and an air conditioner.

2. The birds flew to the birdhouse near the barn.

3. At the end of the hall were stairs that led to a room.

4. The blossoms on the trees filled the air with a scent.

5. Cary wanted to borrow the necklace.

EXIT TICKETFinish your vocabulary assignment.