Speakers_Tone_and_Mood_Presentation.pptx

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1. Speaker's Tone and Mood Understanding Attitude and Feeling in Texts

2. Hook / Introduction - Play a short audio/video clip with a strong tone (angry, joyful, sad). - Ask: • How do you think the speaker feels? (Tone) • How did you feel listening to it? (Mood) - Transition: Explain we are learning how to identify Tone and Mood.

3. Simple Definitions - Tone: The speaker’s or writer’s attitude toward the subject (What THEY feel) - Mood: The feeling or atmosphere created in the reader (What YOU feel) 🎭 Tone = Actor’s attitude 🎨 Mood = Painting’s atmosphere

4. Examples Side-by-Side Tone (Speaker's Attitude) | Mood (Reader's Feelings) --------------------------------|--------------------- Sarcastic | Amused, irritated Joyful | Happy, hopeful Angry | Tense, uncomfortable Playful | Cheerful, lighthearted

5. Clues to Identify Tone - Word Choice (Diction): Positive, negative, formal, playful? - Punctuation: Exclamations (!), ellipses (...), italics? - Sentence Length: Short & choppy = tense, Long & flowing = calm

6. Clues to Identify Mood - Setting: Dark night vs. sunny day - Imagery: Descriptive words create pictures - Events: Scary, exciting, sad events affect mood

7. Practice Examples "I can't believe it! This is the best day ever!" Tone: Excited / Joyful | Mood: Happy / Cheerful "The wind howled through the empty streets as the lights flickered." Tone: Ominous / Serious | Mood: Scary / Suspenseful

8. Interactive Activity - Tone & Mood Sort Game: Sort sentence cards under Tone or Mood. - Emoji Tone Practice: Pick emoji to match the tone. - Mood Art: Draw colors/shapes to match mood of a paragraph.

9. Class Challenge - Read one line with different tones (angry, sad, happy). - Write a 3-sentence story that creates a scary or funny mood.

10. Summary Slide - Tone = What the author feels 🎭 - Mood = What you feel 🎨 - Clues: Word choice, punctuation, setting, imagery, events. - Practice makes it easier to identify both!

11. Exit Ticket / Quick Check - Provide 2 short passages. - Students: • Identify Tone and give a clue. • Identify Mood and describe how it made them feel.