Tuesday, October 6, 2009

NIGHT Predictions and Tone

From your knowledge of the Holocaust and your observation of the book's cover, what are at least 3 predictions you can make about the events in this book? List them as 1,2, 3

TONE - Tone is an important element in literary and informational texts. It helps to create atmosphere. Tone indicates the writer’s mood and attitude. Often an author's tone is indicated by adjectives like: cynical, depressed, sympathetic, cheerful, outraged, positive, angry, sarcastic, prayerful, ironic, solemn, vindictive, intense, excited.

Using the book cover as a guide to its content, what adjectives will describe the kind of tone you believe the book will have and why.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Summer Activity!

Get to know your classmates and teachers! In this blog entry, share with the class something fun or interesting you did this summer.