SWBAT: Evaluate mood in different genres of poetry and in art using specific evidence from the text to support their reasoning. Students will also be able to evaluate metaphor and themes in poetry.
Do Now:
Directions: Read the first stanza Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven." Circle words and
phrases that help you determine the mood of the passage. Then, complete all blanks
below. You may use the tone/mood word list to find a word that describes the mood.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-
Only this, and nothing more."
In Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "The Raven," the mood is ____________________. It is evident that
the mood is __________________ because of the words (or phrases) ________________,
__________________, and _________________.Each group will receive a painting. In your groups, analyze the painting for mood and find three details from it that support your choice of mood.
Analyzing mood in paintings:
In _______________________'s painting "__________________," the mood is ______________________. It is evident that the mood is ______________________ because of ___________________, _______________________, and _______________________.
Exit pass: Do question 4 of the Understanding Mood handout.
