At the beginning of class today, I handed out a sheet which identifies a variety of different kinds of tones that can be used in writing. People used this list to select three tones and write sentences using those tones. These were then switched with a partner to see if that partner could identify the tone.
Next, I handed out copies of lyrics to Jamey Johnson's song "Front Porch Swing Afternoon" and people had ten minutes to read the song and identify uses of language and images that created certain tones. These were annotated on the sheet and then shared out to the class as a way for us to develop a common understanding of how tone is established in writing.
People then got together with a partner and a fresh copy of the song with the task of adding in and changing words to create different tones within the song. We had time to share out one of these before the end of class.
Today in class we also looked at assignment completion since a number of people had not submitted the formal TED Talk analysis that was due last Friday. I introduced the "not prepared for class" form which can help people keep track of what prevented them from completing an assignment and which I can use to look at overall patterns in assignment completion.
Handouts:
Tone Words List
"Front Porch Swing Afternoon" lyrics
Homework:
Memorize your Poetry Out Loud poem (recitations are on Thursday, 11/20 and Friday, 11/21).
Work on any or all of the following revisions:
TED Talk Formal Analysis (6 paragraphs) - due Friday, 11/21
Gubernatorial Logical Fallacy Analysis - due Friday, 11/21
Lessig or Meyer Formal Analysis (See 10.17 and 10.21) - due Friday 11/21
