discovering the power to influence tone, mood, style, voice, and meaning Standard: L.11-12.3; L. 11-12: 4 L.11-12.5; R. 11-12.4; R. 11-12.6; R. 11-12.9 To be college and career ready in language, students must have firm control over the conventions of standard English. At the same time, they must come to appreciate that language is as at least as much a matter of craft as of rules and be able to choose words, syntax, and punctuation to express themselves and achieve particular functions and rhetorical effects. (CCSS, 51) Featured Skill: Grade Level: AP Students will examine sentence structure, organizational Language and style, point of view and use of details to determine the Composition effect on the author’s tone and purpose. (English III) Lesson Summary: Students will examine specific language choices to determine how the author conveys his tone and purpose. Featured Text Theme and/or Essential Question Primary Text: How does an author’s use of language Essay by 19th century environmentalist John Muir influence or the reader’s from his book The Mountains of California. interpretation of a passage? What is the effect of a distinct narrator voice on a reader and how does an author create this effect through use of specific Secondary Text: selection of details, diction or syntax? Excerpts titled from On Nature by Ralph “Nature” What can a reader learn about a narrator Waldo Emerson. based on his/her observation of place/ sitting? Excerpt from Walden by Henry David Thoreau describing Walden Pond. How does an author create a setting? How does an author use details and imagery to create tone?
discovering the power to influence tone, mood, style, voice, and meaning Standard: L.11-12.3; L. 11-12: 4 L.11-12.5; R. 11-12.4; R. 11-12.6; R. 11-12.9 To be college and career ready in language, students must have firm control over the conventions of standard English. At the same time, they must come to appreciate that language is as at least as much a matter of craft as of rules and be able to choose words, syntax, and punctuation to express themselves and achieve particular functions and rhetorical effects. (CCSS, 51) Featured Skill: Students will examine sentence structure, organizational style, point of view and use of details to determine the effect on the author’s tone and purpose. Grade Level: AP Language and Composition (English III) Lesson Summary: Students will examine specific language choices to determine how the author conveys his tone and purpose. Featured Text Theme and/or Essential Question Primary Text: Essay by 19th century environmentalist John Muir from his book The Mountains of California. Secondary Text: Excerpts titled “Nature” from On Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Excerpt from Walden by Henry David Thoreau describing Walden Pond. How does an author’s use of language influence or the reader’s interpretation of a passage? What is the effect of a distinct narrator voice on a reader and how does an author create this effect through use of specific selection of details, diction or syntax? What can a reader learn about a narrator based on his/her observation of place/ sitting? How does an author create a setting? How does an author use details and imagery to create tone?
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