Toning

1: After vocabulary time, we spent the remainder of the hour working with tone, the author's attitude in composition. First, you read statements in one of five tones (apathetic, surprised, lachrymose, outrages, scintillating) to hear how tone impacts the reception of information. Second, (I guess I am enumerating) you received your umbrella tone handout, which details how you can take a bland, vague tone such as positive, negative, or sorrow, and replace it with a specific tone word clarifying feeling. Third, you worked in groups to create a conversation using four different tones, and we had to guess which tone was used by each party.

For homework, look over your "big kid" tone handout and select a few words that you like/stand out to you/would like to use in the future. As mentioned, jingoistic is my favorite tone work.

3: After vocabulary time -- yes, it's been days and days -- we finished the last Keats letter, and you received your prompt assignment. Since seventh hour may or may not receive the assignment today, you will need to either contact a peer or e-mail me for the prompt.

Whether in class today or not, the take home prompt deadline is Wednesday at 2:40 p.m. in hard copy. This may be typed or handwritten, and parenthetical citations should reference the page number. As expected of a college level course, if you are absent all day, you should share/attach/photograph your essay by the deadline and then turn in a hard copy the following day (not the following class day). If you are in school at any point during the day, you are expected to turn in a hard copy by the deadline.

For our last moments, we read statements in one of five tones (apathetic, surprised, lachrymose, outrages, scintillating) to hear how tone impacts the reception of information. Then, you received your umbrella tone handout, which details how you can take a bland, vague tone such as positive, negative, or sorrow, and replace it with a specific tone word clarifying feeling. In groups, you selected tone words for tomorrow's class. Absent people will be given a group for this work tomorrow.

7: As I type this at 1:10 p.m., I am hoping that we finish the diction analysis of Keats' letters, and you are well on your way to writing the take-home prompt. As of 2:25 p.m., my wishful thinking did not occur. We will finish the analysis of the last letter on Tuesday, and then you will receive your take home prompt. Make sure to be in class tomorrow. Any absent students will need to check the blog to fulfill the deadline and requirements for this assignment.

You are my only AP Lang class on Wednesday, so this may be the chance to catch up to the other hours!