9.1.1 Unit-at-a-Glance

1. 2. 3. Thursday October 9, 2014 Do Now! pages 240-243 LOOK through your codes and annotations that identify TONE. WRITE down your TOP 3 strongest pieces of evidence of Claudette’s TONE : 1. 2. 3. Homework AIR Assignment #3 past due 10.8 #4 due OBJ: SWBAT analyze how word choice impacts tone through reading and discussion.

Short Response Rubric/Checklist Overview & Agenda Standards: RL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.1.c Text: “St. Lucy’s School for Girls Raised by Wolves” by Karen Russell Excerpt: the girls experience the ball Pages: 240–243 Agenda: I. Do Now II. Close Re-Reading & Annotating: REVIEW III. TDQs: REVIEW IV. Minilesson Review & Discussion: TONE V. Closure: QUICK WRITE Materials Lesson 11 Handout w/ TDQs Short Response Rubric/Checklist OBJ: SWBAT analyze how word choice impacts tone through reading and discussion.

OBJECTIVE SWBAT analyze how word choice impacts tone through reading and discussion.

TONE is the attitude that a speaker has towards a subject. *REMINDER* TONE is the attitude that a speaker has towards a subject. *FOCUS: code and annotate words that establish TONE II.CLOSE RE-READ: REVIEW Pages 240–243: THE GIRLS EXPERIENCE THE BALL. “Stage 4: As a more thorough understanding of the host culture…” to “The jazz band struck up a tune...” III. TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTIONS: REVIEW *GO BACK to the text to cite specific DETAILS and EVIDENCE. OBJ: SWBAT analyze how word choice impacts tone through reading and discussion.

Minilesson Review & Whole Class Discussion: TONE TONE describes the attitude a speaker has towards a subject. In this lesson, you looked carefully at specific words and phrases that establish Claudette’s tone and attitude. OBJ: SWBAT analyze how word choice impacts tone through reading and discussion.

V. Closure/QUICK WRITE: to be collected & graded* *REMINDER* TONE is the attitude that a speaker has towards a subject. V. Closure/QUICK WRITE: to be collected & graded* Respond to the following prompt in a full paragraph: Choose ONE tone Russell establishes in the ball scene on pages 240-243: sadness humorous/awkwardness disdain Cite and explain TWO to THREE pieces of strong textual evidence that directly supports your claim about the tone Russell establishes. OBJ: SWBAT analyze how word choice impacts tone through reading and discussion.

How does Russell establish tone in this excerpt? Assessment(s) Student learning is assessed via a Quick Write at the end of the lesson. Students respond to the following prompt, citing textual evidence to support analysis and inferences drawn from the text. How does Russell establish tone in this excerpt? High Performance Response(s) A High Performance Response should: Determine the tone of the text (e.g., humorous; sad). Analyze how specific details impact the tone of the text (e.g., The author establishes Claudette’s sad tone through her description of the ball. Claudette describes how the nuns treat Mirabella like an animal. She explains how Mirabella is alone in a dark corner, “wearing a muzzle” (p. 242) with bows tied to it, dressed in “party culottes … duct-taped to her knees” (p. 242). Claudette also recalls her own painful emotions when she says, “I felt hot, oily tears squeezing out of the red corners of my eyes” (p. 243) to describe how she felt when she talked with Kyle. In this way, Claudette establishes a sad tone about the way girls are forced to adopt a new culture and experience fear and discomfort at St. Lucy’s). OBJ: SWBAT analyze how word choice impacts tone through reading and discussion.