Objective : By the end of class, students will practice Keystone terminology and author's style in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.
Do Now Define the following 8 terms and write a sentence or question for each: 1. Convey 2. Significant 3. Influence 4. Construct 5. Claim 6. Generalization 7. Distinguish 8. Essential Direct Instruction
We have reviewed author's tone and reader's mood. Now we will analyze author's style.
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author's style
Remember:
1. Style is how the author uses words (diction) and phrases. Style can often be described as FORMAL or INFORMAL.
2. Tone is the author's attitude toward the story he/she is telling.
3. Mood is the atmosphere of the passage and how it makes you, the reader, feel.
If Formal Style, then usually serious tone and mood.
If Informal style, then usually light-hearted or humorous tone and mood.
Independent / Guided
Author's style worksheet - read the passages.
1. Identify any figurative language in each paragraph by underlining and writing what it is in the margin (similes, metaphors, imagery, alliteration, etc).
2. Examine the sentence length.
3. Examine the vocabulary - simple or difficult?
4. Answer questions 1and 2 on the back.
5. Instead of # 3, answer one of the two questions below:
a. In the first passage, analyze how the author's style creates a peaceful, content mood.
b. In the second passage, analyze how the author's style creates a humorous, exciting mood.
Closure
Review steps to analyze and evaluate.
Exit Pass
What is the Narrative perspective (POV) of each of the passages you just read?
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