Partner Tone Mapping

1 & 3: We copied down Vocab 16 words, which will commence tomorrow.

Third hour then finished the sample tone map on the board, and we looked at how the tones closer to gothic revealed the naysayer, "they" perspective, and the tones closer to impassioned reflected the city, "my" perspective.

For those of you sneaking peeks at other hours, you will notice that the shape of this tone map differs from other hours. This occurs from the choice of overall tone words and the two words chosen as the range for the tone map. 

Both classes then were treated to "The Children's Hour" by Longfellow, in which partners created a map. If you were absent today, you will need to make a tone map - preferably on construction paper, but you may use notebook paper if need be - for this poem. You will have a tone per stanza. You will then choose two of the words to create a range, which allows all the other tone words to fit in the middle. Check the above diagram or the one on Friday to gain visualization of what your tone map should look like. 

7: We continued with unit 15 vocabulary and then wrapped up our work with " The Children's Hour" by writing analytical paragraphs of a pattern used in the poem. If you were absent - today or for the last two days, you will still need a tone map completed for this poem, which can be found online. On a piece of paper - construction, typing, or notebook - you will have your map and on the other side you will have your paragraph analysis of one tone pattern. 

I am hoping that we will begin readings on "Richard Cory" and "Miniver Cheevy" today as well -- this will eventually inspire individual tone maps and further analysis. 

Update: Seventh hour continues to move forward into tone. After we read and discussed "Richard Cory" and "Miniver Cheevy," each student was assigned a poem for completing an individual tone map and analytical paragraph. As we discussed in class, having the text title for the map adds to the presentation, including the author and title in the paragraph analysis focuses the writing, and using cited evidence from the text adds that extra dash of authority. If you were absent today, you will need to wait for the RC/MC assignment. However, you still need "The Children's Hour" completed.