8.3.R.4.g

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: H-32

H-32

Grade level: 8
Word count: 2030 words
Author: Anna Fisher
Synopsis: Many people escaped from East Germany through tunnels under the Berlin Wall, but some did not make it.
Excerpt: "I will always have a place for him in my heart," Gram revealed, and then she wept deeply. After a few minutes, she regained her composure and turned to Maggie, saying, "I can now put this sad time in my life behind me and finally rest in peace."

Question: In this excerpt at the end of the selection, the author creates a mood that could be described as
  1. calm and appreciative.
  2. gloomy and hopeless.
  3. confused and anxious.
  4. lively and patriotic.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Compare the mood and tone of two stories. Provide details. Explain which of the two stories you prefer, and how mood and tone influenced your decision.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions