Teaching tone and mood

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Mood is a tricky topic to teach. Students struggle to differentiate mood from tone, and they sometimes see mood as its own literary device when it's really a product of intersecting choices. After years of trial and error, I've made all the mistakes you can make when teaching this (or, really, anything). Some errors caused students to grow confused. Some choices were unclear. Now, I've come up with a few tried-and-true strategies to share with you!

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Secondary ELA Game: Teach Tone and Mood by Gamifying your Classroom - Study All Knight

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Mood and tone are two key literary elements that start popping up a lot more in middle school. I've found that students often have a difficult time telling to the two apart. Read about how I help them distinguish the two from each other!MoodThe very first thing you need to do is be sure to help students understand what mood and tone actually mean. My 6th graders ALWAYS struggle with telling the difference between a character's mood and the mood of the setting. I always start with a read…

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