1. Lesson 17: Mood/Tone, CQC Practice
Have all film notes out
Lesson 17: Mood/Tone, CQC Practice
Identify and classify types of mood and tone in writing and in film
Practice analytical paragraph writing with cinematic techniques and mood/tone

2. Redefine: mood + tone
Connotations: Positive, Neutral, Negative
Difference between mood and tone?
Worksheet: Identify tone and mood in the passages provided, and identify the context clues (textual evidence) that help you choose the appropriate descriptions
Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiancé and their wedding plans.
Tone
Context Clues
Mood

3. Class List: Mood and Tone in Burton’s Films
Think about some of the scenes we’ve viewed in class, or you’ve seen at home.
On your paper, write a 2-3 sentence summary of what happened in the scene.
Identify the overall mood in that scene, using our new list of descriptors to help guide you
(remember: “happy” and “sad” are feeble words, and we need to eradicate them from our vocabulary  )
Identify a subject in the scene (person, object, place)– What is Burton’s tone (attitude) toward the subject?
Repeat with a different film!

4. Share Out
Add buzz moods/tones to the list, and write the example around the word on the butcher paper lists

5. CQC Practice: Mood and Tone
Film title
Cinematic technique
Tim Burton, in ___________________, uses _______________________________ to
establish ____________________________. For example, ___________________________
________________________________________________________________________________.
[Two-three sentences of commentary to explain how the cinematic technique highlights the creation of mood/tone in your specified example]
[A sentence to summarize the paragraph and bring your commentary to a close]
Mood/tone: specify

6. With your essays, however…
You’ll need to provide a second example within the paragraph from another film—
C Q C Q C C
Writing Stems:
Burton also create (mood/tone) in (film title).
(Mood/tone) is also created through (cinematic technique) in (film title).
(Cinematic technique) aids in (mood/tone) in another’s of Burton’s films, (title).
Play around with the way you word/phrase your sentences – what I provide is just a model, not a rule!

7. With your shoulder partner
Practice writing a CQC paragraph together with a new mood or tone, using examples from the films viewed in class.
Try to add another “QC” from a second film to fully support your paragraph