Lesson 17 MoodTone CQC Practice Identify and classify
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Lesson 17: Mood/Tone, CQC Practice • Identify and classify types of mood and tone in writing and in film • Practice analytical paragraph writing with cinematic techniques and mood/tone
Redefine: mood + tone Connotations: Positive, Neutral, Negative Difference between mood and tone? Worksheet: Identify tone and mood in the passages provided, and identify the context clues (textual evidence) that help you choose the appropriate descriptions 1. Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiancé and their wedding plans. 2. Tone 3. Context Clues 4. Mood
Class List: Mood and Tone in Burton’s Films 1. Think about some of the scenes we’ve viewed in class, or you’ve seen at home. 2. On your paper, write a 2 -3 sentence summary of what happened in the scene. 3. Identify the overall mood in that scene, using our new list of descriptors to help guide you 4. (remember: “happy” and “sad” are feeble words, and we need to eradicate them from our vocabulary ) 5. Identify a subject in the scene (person, object, place)– What is Burton’s tone (attitude) toward the subject? 6. Repeat with a different film!
Share Out Add buzz moods/tones to the list, and write the example around the word on the butcher paper lists
CQC Practice: Mood and Tone Film title Cinematic technique to Tim Burton, in __________, uses ________________ Mood/tone: specify For example, ______________ establish ________________________________________. [Two-three sentences of commentary to explain how the cinematic technique highlights the creation of mood/tone in your specified example] [A sentence to summarize the paragraph and bring your commentary to a close]
With your essays, however… You’ll need to provide a second example within the paragraph from another film— CQCQCC Writing Stems: Burton also create (mood/tone) in (film title). (Mood/tone) is also created through (cinematic technique) in (film title). (Cinematic technique) aids in (mood/tone) in another’s of Burton’s films, (title). Play around with the way you word/phrase your sentences – what I provide is just a model, not a rule!
With your shoulder partner Practice writing a CQC paragraph together with a new mood or tone, using examples from the films viewed in class. Try to add another “QC” from a second film to fully support your paragraph
