Analyzing the Impact of Word Choices on Tone and Meaning
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Grade Levels
8th - 11th
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSRL.8.4
CCSSRL.9-10.4
CCSSRL.9-10.10
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- PPT
Pages
20 pages
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Description
This Common Core reading literature lesson asks students to analyze the impact of word choices on tone and meaning. In this lesson, students will identify word choices that affect tone and meaning, determine the tone suggested by the author, and then analyze the meaning of the text. In addition to the initial lesson, there are numerous pages of Independent Practice and Review with questions modeled after Common Core assessment items.
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Total Pages
20 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
40 minutes
Last updated Oct 8th, 2015
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Standards
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CCSSRL.8.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
CCSSRL.9-10.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
CCSSRL.9-10.10
By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
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