Mood and Shakespeare

Mood and Shakespeare

English 8 students began a second story in which we look at irony, tone, and mood: Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.” We began by looking at all the items that establish the setting (circled in red) and the mood (underlined in blue). English I Honors...
Tone Review and a Test

Tone Review and a Test

English 8 students worked tone a bit more after going over another term from our article of the week. English I Honors students worked on their poetry unit test. We were not quite able to finish it, so we’ll have a few more minutes tomorrow to work on...
Mood and the End of the Unit

Mood and the End of the Unit

English 8 students began reviewing some of the thinking behind the vocabulary in the Article of the Week. Afterward, we finished up tone in “The Tell-Tale Heart” and worked on mood. English I students finished up the last sonnet (130), determining what the...
Sonnets and Tone

Sonnets and Tone

English 8 students looked at the question of tone (the author’s/narrator’s opinion of the subject at hand) in “The Tell-Tale Heart.” English I Honors students finished up their second sonnet, number twenty-nine. Afterward, we began the final...
Theme and Tone

Theme and Tone

English I Honors students finished up “The Lanyard” and our examination of tone in that poem. We discovered that the humor comes from the tone. English 8 students looked at theme in Nightjohn.