Tone Time

After the vocab quiz for unit 16, we spent the rest of the time working with tone. First hour topic = speeding. Third hour topic = bees. Fourth hour topic = dry cereal. Seventh hour topic = school lunch.

Tone Paragraphs Round 1 with Information Regarding How We Will Work with Tone Each Week:

• For the given topic, you are given a tone word. For that topic, you have 10 minutes to compose a paragraph on that topic with that specific attitude. From your diction and examples, the audience should be able to identify the tone without it being literally identified (all hours).
• After writing time, we gather in a circle (no necromancy involved) and read a sampling of tone paragraphs (all hours).
• After collecting the paragraphs, we then do a round of speed learning in which the class works on memorizing that hour's tone words (only fourth hour made it this far today).
• After speed learning, we go around the room and share the tone word, definition, and memory trick with the class (tomorrow).
• Starting immediately and for each day until a quiz, we will go around the circle to check your tone word ethos (tomorrow).

Absentees tone word assignments, which you are expected to complete outside of class:

1: Jason = laissez-faire

3: Grace = didactic

4: Maddi = incensed