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MAIN IDEAS OF TODAY'S LESSON:
MAIN IDEAS OF TODAY'S LESSON:
Recognizing Tone in Others' Work and Creating Tone in Your Own Work
Recognizing Tone in Others' Work and Creating Tone in Your Own Work
RECOGNIZING Tone in Other's Work:
READERS pay attention to the particular details authors have chosen to include, and ask themselves what tone the author develops, and how. They think about how it seems the author feels about the subject, or how the author seems to want the reader to feel about the subject.
CREATING Tone in Your Own Work:
SPEAKERS purposely reflect and decide on the tone they want to convey through their speech. Then, they practice performing their speech, using strategies to communicate their chosen tone.
First, As a class...
First, As a class...
Click here and Watch a Video - Watch the video about the death of Julius Caesar and try to figure out what tone the director was going for. What elements play into building that tone?
Connection to TED Talk Project
Connection to TED Talk Project
Individually, or in partners...
Individually, or in partners...
<----First, click to view a very interesting article/research study about what makes a TED Talk successful.
A lot of the advice comes down to building a tone for your audience! There are a lot of things communicated nonverbally (meaning, it's not always what you say, but how you say it!).
Decide what tone you want for your talk and start to strategize about how you will convey it.
Click one of the links below (depending on your class period)
Click one of the links below (depending on your class period)
Watch a 3.5 min long video and set some goals.
Watch a 3.5 min long video and set some goals.
Complete this GOOGLE FORM and SUBMIT (<--Click)
Complete this GOOGLE FORM and SUBMIT (<--Click)
Next Step: Practice your presentation with your goals in mind!
Next Step: Practice your presentation with your goals in mind!
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