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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Evaluate Tone in Various Media for Audiences and Purposes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will help you evaluate changes in formality and tone within printed texts written for specific audiences and purposes. It focuses on writing produced during the Great Depression. RL.9-10.4 Word choice, Tone
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Read Works

Read Works: Voice 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of two lesson plans designed to teach young scholars to recognize words and phrases that support the author's voice in poetry. Lessons are based on the books Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel...
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Other

Baby Center, Inc.: Babies and Tone of Voice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Baby Center, Inc. offers a quick question and answer about whether babies can understand tone of voice.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Mob's Voice vs. Hero's Voice

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is used to get students to explore point of view and issues related voice in writing and social justice. This lesson requires the students to analyze and discuss the...
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Great voice.com

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Berkley Productions at GreatVoice.com helps train voice professionals. From this page you can link to free subscription forms to two ezines. Under each form are links to sample articles, several of which pertain to tone of voice.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Death Personified

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this lesson, students will personify an object within a poem. They will focus on voice and word choice in order to fully convey their message.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Paulsen Inspired Nature Poems

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this instructional activity students will write a poem based on the descriptors in one of Gary Paulson's novels.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: General Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Victoria's Writer's Guide includes an extensive list of literary and rhetorical terms. List can be displayed alphabetically.
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Read Works

Read Works: Germs Go to School

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about harmful germs found on surfaces in schools. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Express Yourself

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Test your skill at reading the emotion expressed in a face in these two matching games.
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A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email: Acronyms & Jargon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interesting and fairly detailed list of many of the acronyms that are used in email. Also discusses some unique internet/email "jargon," such as "spam."
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Punctuation

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Punctuation and word spacing are used to guide readers. Punctuation marks tell readers when to pause or change their tone of voice. There are three main kinds of punctuation marks that appear at the end...
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Other

A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email: Gestures

For Students 9th - 10th
Another site giving advice to beginning email users; this one deals with gestures in emails, such as smileys, pause equivalents, and creative punctuation.
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California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Facial Expressions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Are facial expressions learned or innate? [2:58]

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