Capturing Emotion in Words: 6 - 8 Lesson Plan Fareed Mostoufi Students will be able to analyze the impact of
specific word choices on meaning and tone in blogs written as part of the Out of Eden Project.
b) Describe the impact
of specific word choices, such as jargon, dialect, multiple meanings, invented words, concrete or abstract terms, and sensory or figurative language.
Was your teacher effective in helping you learn to interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze
how specific word choices shape meaning or tone?
R.CCR.4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how
specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
«Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of
a specific word choice on meaning and tone.»
By sixth grade, the standards become more detailed and specific, including understanding figurative and connotative meanings of words; analyzing the impact of
a specific word choice on meaning and tone; considering how a particular stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme; and contrasting the reading and multimedia experience of a text and various forms or types of poetry in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of
a specific word choice on meaning and tone.