6.3.R.4.h

Description: Students will evaluate literary devices to support interpretations of literary texts: tone
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 6C

Exemplars

6C: Recognizing Mood/Tone

6C: Recognizing Mood/Tone

Description: Recognizing Mood and Tone

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: F-26

F-26

Grade level: 6
Word count: 1548 words
Author: Cullen Murphy
Synopsis: What is a huge cookie-shaped slab of earth doing in the middle of nowhere?
Excerpt: "At first, people thought we were pulling a hoax," Rick recalled. Robert Bianchi, after visiting the mysterious spot, dismissed the possibility of a hoax. "For one thing," he explained, "if it were a hoax, nobody would have pulled it in the middle of nowhere."

Question: In this excerpt, the tone of Bianchi's remark could be described as
  1. practical.
  2. threatening.
  3. desperate.
  4. impatient.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Imagine you are making a movie version of a fictional selection. Describe how you would shoot scenes from the selection to convey an appropriate mood and tone.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions