WEdnesday, May 8 - TONE and Characterization & Text Organization

Objective: By the end of class, students will identify TONE and Characterization and practice writing constructed responses.

DO NOW

 What are some ways you can identify character traits when reading a passage?

Direct Instruction

slideshare on characterization 

GUIDED / INDEPENDENT

TONE = ATTITUDE - IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAY, ITS HOW YOU SAY IT.

 -Read handout together - then read and answer the multiple choice questions that follow.


Text structure practice sheets.  Identify the passage as a specific text structure and complete the graphic organizer for appropriate organization.

Independent

Choose two passages from the text organization handout. For each, write a constructed response:

What is the author's purpose in writing this passage in  the specific text structure (cause/effect, chronological, sequential, etc) that he/she chose? How does it affect the reader's interpretation? 






CLOSURE

REVIEW TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

EXIT PASS

Chronological order is one example of text organization. What are three more examples of TEXT ORGANIZATION??






cause / effect, problem / solution, flashback / flashforward, frame story, etc