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\nTone of Voice and Volume Control\n

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\nWhat level of voice is most appropriate for the classroom? Develop volume control in your learners with ASD with an activity that lets them know when they are using appropriate and inappropriate voice level.\n
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\n\"Take my Advice\": Poems with a Voice\n

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\nDiscuss the meaning of the phrase tone of voice with the class. They respond to a variety of scenarios where a particular tone would be prevalent. They then read \"Mother to Son\" without knowing the title and answer some questions about...\n
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\nTaming of the Shrew, Act 4.3, Study Questions\n

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\nShakespeare can be a challenge to the most skilled high school readers. This selection of short answer questions helps increase understanding of the character, Katherine, by addressing dialogue, tone of voice, making inferences, and...\n
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\nWhat skills do storytellers employ to bring to life the characters and events in their tales? After listening to a recording of a Haitian folk tale, class members consider how tone of voice, pace, and gestures can be used to enliven a...\n
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\nTone, Mood, Theme, and Motif\n

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\nIt's all well and good when you're asked to identify a speaker's tone using his or her body language, facial expression, and pitch and emphasis. Identifying the tone of a written passage is another challenge entirely. Check out an...\n
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\nTone and Mood\n

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\nHow are mood and tone similar? Different? Help your readers understand the difference between the two with this helpful guide. On the first page, they read the definition for both tone and mood and identify words that are describe each....\n
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\nTone: Voice of the Speaker\n

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\nTone and mood are easy to use interchangeably—and yet they are very different elements of literature. Help middle schoolers discern between the way a speaker feels about his or her subject and the way the audience is meant to feel with a...\n
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\nSame Setting, Different Moods: Voice and Word Choice Using Lord of the Flies\n

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\nWhether it's dark, delightful, or somber, set the mood with William Golding's Lord of the Flies. High-schoolers practice descriptive writing by creating the appropriate mood for an original scene, starring one of the book's main...\n
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\nThe Tone Map\n

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\nPoems are meant to be heard. Hearing a poem being read enriches one’s understanding of the tone and mood of the piece. Introduce your class to the sounds of poetry with a packet that not only details how to use poetry recordings in the...\n
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\nCommunication Skills\n

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\nIt's not just what you say but how you say it! That's the take-away from a lesson about verbal and non-verbal communication. An engaging activity has middle schoolers demonstrating how tone of voice and body language can totally...\n
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\nA Theme Is...\n

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\nColorful contemporary images contained in a PowerPoint presentation will capture the attention of class members and model for them the how to distinguish between the subject and the theme of a work. A great want to introduce this...\n
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\nComparing/Contrasting Characters Through Two-Voice Poems: Characterization\n

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\nTwo babies, two fathers, two experiences, two worlds. Partners craft two-voice poems to capture the points of view of two men with very different lives who have just become fathers.\n
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\nElements of Drama\n

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\nIntroduce young actors to the key elements of performance with this handout that defines key staging terms and activities.\n
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\nAdjusting Your Writing Voice\n

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\n\"Yo, what's up?\" \"Nuttin!\" While such a dialogue might be appropriate between friends, it would be ill-advised in more formal situations. A mini-lesson asks young writers to consider how to adjust the voice they use to bring their...\n
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\nActions Speak Louder Than Words\n

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\nA short video demonstrates the importance of non-verbal communication in the forming of first impressions. Viewers observe the facial expressions, tone of voice, body language, and appearance of job seekers in an interview, then discuss...\n
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\nVoices from the Past: History and Literature\n

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\nArt can enhance the understanding of history. That's the big idea in a lesson that has young scholars read Randall Jarrell's poem \"The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner\" and an excerpt from John Hersey's Hiroshima, which provide a...\n
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\nTell Us a Tale: Teaching Students to Be Storytellers\n

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\nEncourage scholars to retell their favorite short story or folktale, adding personal details to make it their own. After reading their book of choice several times, story tellers retell a tale verbally to their classmates. \n
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\nStyle and Voice\n

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\nDevelop the writing skills of your high school class. Writers consider their personal style and voice, read selections by other authors, and then write pieces that challenge them to experiment with their own style.\n
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\nActive and Passive Voice: Finding Examples Online\n

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\nIncorporate technological fluency with a search for examples of active and passive voice in online resources. Discuss how use of active or passive voice influences mood or tone and contributes to author's purpose. List of...\n
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\nWhat's My Tone?\n

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\nStudents answer a question in the same tone of voice that you ask it in. For this tone lesson plan, students respond to the volume and expression of the teacher's voice.\n
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\nThe Tone of a Poem\n

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\nPupils are often confused by the literary terms tone and voice. Focus on tone by analyzing the poems suggested here, which are all from Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art. While reading through each poem,...\n
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\nSongwriting Skill - Choosing a Tone: Jordan Pruitt - “One Love”\n

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\n\"Tone means attitude.\" Or so says this resource that uses Jordan Pruitt's \"One Love\" to model for songwriters how to develop an attitude in their lyrics. Class members engage in a number of exercises designed to give them direct and...\n
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\nWatch the Road Signs\n

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\nWhat makes a good speaker? Upper elementary learners practice oral fluency by working with a partner to read nonfiction books. While reading, they practice using correct tone of voice, making eye contact, and speaking clearly.\n
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\nVirginia Runaway Slave Ads\n

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\nWhat does an ad reveal about a culture, or about the values of its intended audience? Class members examine a series of runaway slave ads—one of which was written by Thomas Jefferson—and consider what these primary source documents...\n
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