Good Morning, Class!

Please come in quietly and take out:

• Our Heroes book
• headphones / earbuds
• Chromebook

Per. 2 (8:15-9:29) – Language Arts

Learning Target: Students will be able to use concrete strategies for identifying and analyzing tone.

Open Tone: Sunrise Over Fallujah assignment on StudySync

• Define: View video and read description. Discuss:
  • What is another word for tone?
  • What are some examples of different tones that a writer might convey in his or her work?
  • Speaking the following sentence aloud— You’re late for dinner —what different tones might you convey with your voice?
  • What role does the type or purpose of a text play in the tone a writer chooses?
  • When might nonstandard language be helpful for creating a tone?
• Engage: Listen to the audio of this song. What is the tone?
  • Now watch the first minute of the video. How does this affect the tone?
  • Now look at the lyrics. Which words help you determine the tone?
• Model: Read and Annotate
• Your Turn: Read carefully and answer questions
• Write: Remember to find evidence from Sunrise Over Fallujah (in the white book)

Group 1: Skill: Arguments and Claims

Group 2: Finish “Gandhi the Man” / I, Too, Sing America

Per. 9 (9:33-10:21) – Advisory

Checkology: Arguments & Evidence

Homework:

1. Read 25+ pages and log on Biblionasium:
   1. Title/author
   2. p. ____ to p. ____
   3. BTH (1-2 sentences: Who? What? When? Where?) + 1 visualization, thick question, use of context clues, or inference
2. Finish assignments and turn in on StudySync.
3. Complete Academic Vocabulary L6 and turn in on StudySync (due Fri.).