Objective: How do I create the mood in my writing?
1- Read for 15 minutes and completed a reading strategy.
2- Watched the first 6 minutes of the movie "Coraline." As students watched, they wrote down anything that helped establish the mood. i.e. colors, setting, plot, weather, shadows, music, etc.
2A- We discussed how in films, the director uses those things--but what do authors use in writing?
Word Choice, pacing, etc. We looked at the following lists of words:
https://docs.google.com/a/alpinedistrict.org/document/d/1zZas4_C1910_wL6MONE0SPosecC_JsFWZubJjuoB8Ng/edit
3- Students received the following handout-- Let's Create the Mood--Word Choice
https://docs.google.com/a/alpinedistrict.org/document/d/1J2SF1xkR51IG8csPIZ17fi4j-aBnj1cCskacy5t6ZZc/edit
We worked on this as a class and then individually.
Homework: If your handout is not finished, complete it at home.
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