1. Monday – January 11, 2016 Entry Task  Independent reading  Do you have an essay to turn in ???? Agenda Review TONE Continue similes What tone are you communicating? Poem’s message Homework: 1.NONE

2. You will need… Pen/pencil Purple poetry packet LA notebook

3. Learning Targets I understand that tone is an author’s attitude towards a topic I will determine tone by focusing on diction I will create similes using as

4. Success Criteria Students will have… …finished page 3 in poetry packet … created similes using as

5. Today’s limerick is brought to you by….

6. I wanted to ride my horse, Boozle* But the dog made him act like a doodle* I told him to behave But he said I had to cave And let him pummel the poodle. *Boozle and doodle are slant rhymes=close but imprecise rhymes

7. Tone Words PositiveNegativeHumorFear/Worry Amiable Polite Friendly Playful Amused Content Happy Pleasant Calm Encouraging Helpful Soothing Cheerful Accusing Furious Rude Aggressive Coarse Harsh Shameful Boring Disgusted Obnoxious Wrathful Brash Whiny Outraged Amused Droll Sardonic Bantering Mocking Satiric Bitter Flippant Mock-serious Scornful Disdainful Sarcastic Aggravated Embarrassed Morose Resigned Agitated Fearful Mournful Sad Anxious Foreboding Nervous Serious

8. Poetry Notebook: vocabulary Literary Tone - Author’s attitude towards a topic. Topic Horses Figurative language – simile Horses are like dreams, they are better when they come true Tone Adoring – Dreams, better, come true

9. Poetry Notebook: vocabulary Diction Author/poet’s specific word choice that conveys a particular tone. Denotation and connotation are very important! Pretty vs. gorgeous Sad vs. devastated Happy vs. ecstatic

10. Page 3 1.Finish parts A and B 2.Choose 1 simile and determine what tone (attitude) you expressed towards the topic. Then write down the word(s) that express this tone. – Write the number and tone at the bottom of the page 3.I will stamp page 3 after you’ve finished Example 3. Sleep is like a heaven *tone = pleasant *words used = heaven

11. Message/theme The message or theme of a written work (short story, poem, novel) can be determined by looking closely at topic, figurative language and tone It is ALWAYS more than 1 word and MUST have an opinion