Melodrama, Mood, & Tone

Objective: SWBAT analyze a work for mood and tone.

• I can analyze a work for mood.
• I can analyze a work for tone.
• I can differentiate between mood and tone.
• I can identify melodrama.
• I can read grade-level text.

Writing Response: How did you feel while you read "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

To Do:
1) Independent Reading
2) Reading Journal
3) Discuss Melodrama and give a short presentation over Mood and Tone
4) Watch "The Tell-Tale Heart" short film
5) Students will answer the following questions as they watch the film:

• Identify examples of melodrama in the work
• What is the mood present in the work?
• What is the tone of the work?  How does the narrator/director treat it?