Journal Mood: a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. Ex: Peaceful, depressing, cheerful Tone: an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject. Ex: Sarcastic, pessimistic, aggressive Tone often works to evoke a mood within the audience and the writing. In a well crafted paragraph using textual evidence, define the tone and mood of the novels so far, and analyze how the tone and mood are displayed in the writing. Note: these can be shown through the characters, the setting, or the diction

Reading check A Lesson Before Dying Their Eyes Were Watching God Briefly summarize the first 9 chapters of the novel. Include any crucial events, the main characters, the main conflict of the novel, and any other pertinent information that we have learned at this point in the text. Briefly summarize the first 6 chapters of the novel. Include any crucial events, the main characters, the main conflict of the novel, and any other pertinent information that we have learned at this point in the text.

Read in your groups the chapters for in class reading ALBD Ch 9-11 TEWWG Ch 7-8

Character Biographies On the paper provided, create a life-sized character drawing. Somewhere on the character work to depict a visual representation of the character’s greatest want or desire, and one mood that the character works to convey in the text (maybe think about their facial expressions for this). Also work to depict the major personality traits that the character has through your drawing – this can be done through clothing or other objects that the character might have on or with them.