Tone is a tough topic to teach to teenagers. But never, fear, help is here in the form of a unit plan that takes advantage of their interest in music to set the stage for a series of activities that lead them to understand how setting, character, and imagery work together to create tone.

Concepts

tone, mood, formal language, informal language, connotation, denotation, imagery, addiction

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Divide the class into groups of artists, musicians, dancers, actors, and writers and have them prepare a presentation that illustrates a particular tone

Classroom Considerations

• Stress the importance of school-appropriate lyrics for the homework assignment
• Assumes learners have individual copies of Holt Elements of Literature, but the activities may be easily adapted if the text is not available
• The links to the images are broken; however, all the images are available on the Internet

Pros

• The 36-page packet includes carefully scaffolded, detailed plans, graphic organizers, worksheets, and essay prompts

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.4 W.9-10.1.a