Teengagement: Targeted Intervention: Word Choice Shapes Meaning and Tone

For this lesson, students interpret how words are used in a literary text and examine how word choice affects meaning and tone. A sample analysis of a poem is presented, terms are defined, and question stems for assessment purposes are provided. Students are then presented with a teacher-modeled example of word choice analysis, followed by guided practice and independent exercises. RL.9-10.4 Word choice, Tone