Students will first use VR headsets to gain some background knowledge about Titanic. They will begin this story by examining the tone of the iceberg and they will then apply these skills to analyze the tone of other characters in the text. They will then create a Storyboard to create a character they think should be added to the story. They will create the character and use appropriate word choice to show tone.

Students will complete a close reading of Ted Kooser’s poem, Abandoned Farmhouse.  Students will use their knowledge about the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl to determine the setting and characters in the poem. After analyzing the author’s style, use of figurative language, and structure of the poem, students will write an ORIGINAL POEM in the spirit of Abandoned Farmhouse by using the same syntax.  Using the original poem and a template as a guide, students will compose a poem that reveals who they are through the voice of important objects in their homes.

In this lesson, students will listen to recordings that illustrate how guitar distortion evolved into a defining sound in Rock and Roll. Students will examine key events in the development of the effect and use a techtool to compare and contrast the sound of a guitar when distortion is in the electronic signal path and when it is not.

This is a follow-up  mini project on tone.This project comes behind lessons on recognizing tone and diction in text.

In this lesson, students explore their creativity by outlining and writing the first chapter for a children's book. Students first read and discuss the tone of the beginning of a famous children's book before creating ideas and sharing them with the class.

This graphic organizer details the use of SOAPSTone, a College Board and pre-AP resource, to analyze six aspects of informational texts: subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker, and tone. It includes a downloadable, editable, and printable document.

For this assignment, students will learn about the difference between mood and tone in writing. They will watch a video explaining the difference, work through a website with words writers would use to convey tone or mood, and end with an assignment where they will describe the tone or mood in pictures and passages from books.

In this lesson plan, students practice incorporate specific tone into their writing. Students are broken into groups and given a specific tone to write with before rewriting their own personal drafts to improve the use of tone.

This chapter introduces students to the basics of reading literature. It introduces students to subjective and objective reading, and goes over the basic ideas behind reading for plot, character, setting, and theme. Learning objectives are: Ask subjective and objective questions about what they have read; Learn the meanings of “tone,” “diction,” and “syntax.”; Identify the major elements of a plot; Identify character, setting, and theme; Differentiate between internal and external conflict.