1. The Village Blacksmith Literature text p.596 Read it to yourself

2. Today we will… 0601.8.10 identify the author’s purpose for a passage by analyzing mood, tone, and imagery.

3. What is the tone? Mood? Imagery? Mood is the feeling or atmosphere perceived by the reader. Tone is the attitude or feelings of the writer towards a subject. Imagery is language that describes something that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled. The Village Blacksmith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Fc_xIlGOU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Fc_xIlGOU

4. Tone words and Mood words http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDUhDV- 72S0

5. Now let’s look for imagery in the poem. Imagery: “The Village Blacksmith” touch see taste smell hear

6. Complete a tree map containing the following: (portrait, please) 1.Who 2.What 3.Where 4.When 5.Why Below your tree map use the answers to write a summary of The Village Blacksmith. “The Village Blacksmith”

7. Today we … 0601.8.10 identified the author’s purpose for a passage by analyzing mood, tone, and imagery.

8. Exit Card On your card write the tone of this poem. Be sure to include evidence from the text to support your answer. (in a complete sentence) My teacher calls me sweetie cakes. My classmates think it's funny to hear her call me angel face or pookie bear or honey. She calls me precious baby doll. She calls me pumpkin pie or doodle bug or honey bunch or darling butterfly. My class is so embarrassing I need to find another; just any class at all in which the teacher's not my mother. --Kenn Nesbitt Tone is the attitude or feelings of the writer towards a subject.