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aCTIvITy 3.4
There’s a New kid in Town
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Skimming/Scanning, Note-taking, Predicting, Visualizing
Literary Terms
Mood is the overall feeling or emotion of a story. A story’s mood can be described
with an adjective, such as sinister, mournful, angry,
or playful. Many elements
of a story contribute to the mood, including the setting, the characters’ words and feelings, and the use of imagery and figurative language.
my Notes
Learning Targets
• Analyze how the novel’s setting contributes to mood or atmosphere.
• Analyze textual evidence about choices and consequences, and record commentary in a double-entry journal.
• Write and revise a literary analysis paragraph that uses textual evidence and subordinate clauses.
Novel Study
In this activity, you will reflect on the setting and mood in the novel Tangerine.
1. Skim the first few journal entries in Part 1 of Tangerine (August 18–19), looking
for details about Paul’s new neighborhood. List as many as you can.
2. Visualize and sketch a map of the neighborhood in Lake Windsor Downs. Give attention to color, structures, and other details that create this setting. The setting helps create the mood and atmosphere of the novel. What specific details about the setting seem most important?
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