Transcript tone and mood the landlady

September 27, 2011
Do Now:
1. Pick up a Literature Textbook
2. Turn to page 180
3. Take out ISN
4. Be ready for a warm-up!
“The Listeners” by Walter de la Mare
“Is there anybody there?" said the Traveler,
Knocking on the moonlit door;
And his horse in the silence champed the grass
Of the forest's ferny floor;
And a bird flew up out of the turret,
Above the Traveler's head:
And he smote upon the door again a second time;
"Is there anybody there?" he said.
But no one descended to the Traveler;
No head from the leaf-fringed sill
Leaned over and looked into his grey eyes,
Where he stood perplexed and still.
But only a host of phantom listeners
That dwelt in the lone house then
Stood listening in the quiet of the moonlight
To that voice from the world of men:
Stood thronging the faint moonbeams on the
dark stair,
That goes down to the empty hall,
Hearkening in an air stirred and shaken
By the lonely Traveler's call.
And he felt in his heart their strangeness,
Their stillness answering his cry,
While his horse moved, cropping the dark turf,
'Neath the starred and leafy sky;
For he suddenly smote on the door, even
Louder, and lifted his head:-"Tell them I came, and no one answered,
That I kept my word," he said.
Never the least stir made the listeners,
Though every word he spake
Fell echoing through the shadowiness of the still
house
From the one man left awake:
Ay, they heard his foot upon the stirrup,
And the sound of iron on stone,
And how the silence surged softly backward,
When the plunging hoofs were gone.
Reader Response
• What do YOU have to say about the poem?
– How did it make you feel? Did you connect to it?
What did it make you think of?
– Any response is acceptable… except for no response
at all.
• (Or anything that is school inappropriate or
describes why you hate poetry)
Literature Terms pg. 12
• Mood is the emotions that you feel while you
are reading. Some literature makes you feel
sad, happy, scared or angry. The main purpose
for some literature is to set a mood.
• It is created by imagery, events, colors, music,
voices, setting, etc.
Literature Terms cont.
• Tone is the attitude that is adopted by the
author, speaker, or narrator toward the
material.
• Authors convey tone through their writing.
• The words they use have a positive, negative
or neutral tone
Mood Man!
• Create a Mood Man on page 20 of your ISN.
• Since mood is the effect of the writer's words
on the reader, where on the stick drawing
would mood be located?
• Since tone is how the author thinks about his
or her subject, where on the stick drawing
should I write tone? The author's style
conveys the tone in literature.
Video Clips
• Divide the Mood Man in half
• While viewing the first clip, write what the
tone/mood is
• While viewing the second clip, write what the
tone/mood is
Clip #1
Clip #2
“The Landlady” pg. 171
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Create another mood man on page 22.
Beside it, or underneath, create a Flow Map
Write the mood and tone in the story so far
Then, write three events that have happened
so far with three predictions about what will
happen next in the story
September 28, 2011
Do Now:
• Pick up a literature textbook
• Take out ISN
Warm-up
Without looking at your notes…
1. Define mood
2. Define tone
3. What is the mood so far in “The Landlady”?
4. How does the author set the tone?
Finishing “The Landlady”
• Discuss three predictions
You are the detective!
• Billy Weaver has been reported as a missing
person
• Investigate the case…
• Reread the story for clues and hints that
indicate the ending of Billy Weaver
• Find direct evidence from the text
• You need 5 examples of concrete evidence
from the text to win your case
Investigation cont.
• Present your case in a flow-map
• Label the evidence and include 5 direct quotes
from the text for support
• Sketch a picture of the landlady
– Or create a missing poster for Billy
– Or create a wanted poster for the landlady
• Remember, if you do not have 5 examples of
concrete evidence, you lose your case
After completing your flow map…
• Write a paragraph in power paragraph format
explaining why the landlady is guilty
• Include two direct quotes in your paragraph
• Project due Monday