11. Literature Circles: Definitions
✤ Number off 1, 2, 3 and 4 in your Literature Circles
✤ Member 1 assigned to find definition of all words in row 1...
12. Literature Circles: Definitions
✤ Number off 1, 2, 3 and 4 in your Literature Circles
✤ Member 1 assigned to find definition of all words in row 1...
✤ Member 2 assigned to find definitions of all words in row 2...
13. Literature Circles: Definitions
✤ Number off 1, 2, 3 and 4 in your Literature Circles
✤ Member 1 assigned to find definition of all words in row 1...
✤ Member 2 assigned to find definitions of all words in row 2...
✤ Time: 5 minutes
14. Literature Circles: Definitions
✤ Number off 1, 2, 3 and 4 in your Literature Circles
✤ Member 1 assigned to find definition of all words in row 1...
✤ Member 2 assigned to find definitions of all words in row 2...
✤ Time: 5 minutes
✤ After, come together to explain the meanings of assigned words to the
rest of the circle.
15. Literature Circles: Definitions
✤ Number off 1, 2, 3 and 4 in your Literature Circles
✤ Member 1 assigned to find definition of all words in row 1...
✤ Member 2 assigned to find definitions of all words in row 2...
✤ Time: 5 minutes
✤ After, come together to explain the meanings of assigned words to the
rest of the circle.
✤ Compile a definitions list of all the given words in the list.
29. Atmosphere of the Text
✤ = What feelings does the author want to convey to the reader?
30. Atmosphere of the Text
✤ = What feelings does the author want to convey to the reader?
✤ How to analyze atmosphere?
31. Atmosphere of the Text
✤ = What feelings does the author want to convey to the reader?
✤ How to analyze atmosphere?
✤ Look for adjectives that describe the weather, the natural
environment and the man-made environment
32. Atmosphere of the Text
✤ = What feelings does the author want to convey to the reader?
✤ How to analyze atmosphere?
✤ Look for adjectives that describe the weather, the natural
environment and the man-made environment
✤ The description of the surroundings
33. Atmosphere of the Text
✤ = What feelings does the author want to convey to the reader?
✤ How to analyze atmosphere?
✤ Look for adjectives that describe the weather, the natural
environment and the man-made environment
✤ The description of the surroundings
✤ Pick out ideas that are repeated
34. Atmosphere of the Text
✤ = What feelings does the author want to convey to the reader?
✤ How to analyze atmosphere?
✤ Look for adjectives that describe the weather, the natural
environment and the man-made environment
✤ The description of the surroundings
✤ Pick out ideas that are repeated
✤ What patterns/general impression comes to mind?
35. Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter
It is a cold and snowy night
The main street is deserted
The only things moving are swirls of snow
As I lift the mailbox door, I feel its cold iron.
There is a privacy I love in this snowy night
Driving around, I will waste more time.
By Robert Bly
36. Group Application
✤ Pg 30
✤ Describe the setting, mood and atmosphere of the story.
✤ Identify a pattern from the text, how does this contribute to the mood.
✤ What can you say about the owner of Wuthering Heights
(Characterization)?
39. Setting & Mood of Wuthering
Heights
✤ Set on a hill
✤ Rural countryside in England - 1801
40. Setting & Mood of Wuthering
Heights
✤ Set on a hill
✤ Rural countryside in England - 1801
✤ Foggy, cold, windy English weather
41. Setting & Mood of Wuthering
Heights
✤ Set on a hill
✤ Rural countryside in England - 1801
✤ Foggy, cold, windy English weather
✤ Mysterious because of the tumultous atmosphere; do not know what is going to
happen next
42. Setting & Mood of Wuthering
Heights
✤ Set on a hill
✤ Rural countryside in England - 1801
✤ Foggy, cold, windy English weather
✤ Mysterious because of the tumultous atmosphere; do not know what is going to
happen next
✤ Depressing weather suggest a sense of gloominess or sadness
43. Setting & Mood of Wuthering
Heights
✤ Set on a hill
✤ Rural countryside in England - 1801
✤ Foggy, cold, windy English weather
✤ Mysterious because of the tumultous atmosphere; do not know what is going to
happen next
✤ Depressing weather suggest a sense of gloominess or sadness
✤ House set apart, on its own
44. Setting & Mood of Wuthering
Heights
✤ Set on a hill
✤ Rural countryside in England - 1801
✤ Foggy, cold, windy English weather
✤ Mysterious because of the tumultous atmosphere; do not know what is going to
happen next
✤ Depressing weather suggest a sense of gloominess or sadness
✤ House set apart, on its own
✤ Isolated from society
45. Setting & Mood of Wuthering
Heights
✤ Set on a hill
✤ Rural countryside in England - 1801
✤ Foggy, cold, windy English weather
✤ Mysterious because of the tumultous atmosphere; do not know what is going to
happen next
✤ Depressing weather suggest a sense of gloominess or sadness
✤ House set apart, on its own
✤ Isolated from society
✤ Sense of loneliness
49. Characteristics of the Landlord
✤ Introverted
✤ Preference for solitude and isolation
✤ Prefers to be away from society
50. Characteristics of the Landlord
✤ Introverted
✤ Preference for solitude and isolation
✤ Prefers to be away from society
✤ Living on the edge of a hill, exposed to stormy weather - not ideal living conditions
51. Characteristics of the Landlord
✤ Introverted
✤ Preference for solitude and isolation
✤ Prefers to be away from society
✤ Living on the edge of a hill, exposed to stormy weather - not ideal living conditions
✤ “a situation so completely removed from the stir of society”
52. Characteristics of the Landlord
✤ Introverted
✤ Preference for solitude and isolation
✤ Prefers to be away from society
✤ Living on the edge of a hill, exposed to stormy weather - not ideal living conditions
✤ “a situation so completely removed from the stir of society”
✤ Troubled
53. Characteristics of the Landlord
✤ Introverted
✤ Preference for solitude and isolation
✤ Prefers to be away from society
✤ Living on the edge of a hill, exposed to stormy weather - not ideal living conditions
✤ “a situation so completely removed from the stir of society”
✤ Troubled
✤ Weather reflective of his mind/mood
54. Characteristics of the Landlord
✤ Introverted
✤ Preference for solitude and isolation
✤ Prefers to be away from society
✤ Living on the edge of a hill, exposed to stormy weather - not ideal living conditions
✤ “a situation so completely removed from the stir of society”
✤ Troubled
✤ Weather reflective of his mind/mood
✤ Strong and forceful character of the house with narrow windows suggests he is
himself like that and guarding/wary of others.
55. Feelings
✤ Feelings of the narrator/speaker help readers to gauge mood of the
text
✤ E.g. Narrators feelings to landlord in Wuthering Heights.
✤ How to analyze
✤ Recognize subject matter and use adjectives to describe feeling/
attitude towards it
✤ Check adjectives with a dictionary/synonyms to gather words that
comes close to the original feeling/attitude.
56. Mirror, mirror
Until twelve
I could believe in you
Believe I was part of you
Miming. Dancing. Funny or sad
I loved you everyday
At sixteen, sixteen
I chose to make my character
Eyes blue. Cheeks blushed. Lips pink
I began to doubt you.
Twenty. Twenty
I saw in others what I couldn’t find in you
Mirror, mirror
You’re a liar.
57. Mirror, mirror
Until twelve Feelings toward the mirror
I could believe in you
Believe I was part of you
Miming. Dancing. Funny or sad Mesmerized, entertained, loving
I loved you everyday
At sixteen, sixteen
I chose to make my character Doubtful, uncertain, cautious
Eyes blue. Cheeks blushed. Lips pink
I began to doubt you.
Twenty. Twenty
I saw in others what I couldn’t find in you Resentment, dislike, disdain
Mirror, mirror
You’re a liar.
58. Mirror, mirror
Until twelve Feelings toward the mirror
I could believe in you
Believe I was part of you
Miming. Dancing. Funny or sad Mesmerized, entertained, loving
I loved you everyday
At sixteen, sixteen
I chose to make my character Doubtful, uncertain, cautious
Eyes blue. Cheeks blushed. Lips pink
I began to doubt you.
Twenty. Twenty
I saw in others what I couldn’t find in you Resentment, dislike, disdain
Mirror, mirror
You’re a liar.
59. Mirror, mirror
Until twelve Feelings toward the mirror
I could believe in you
Believe I was part of you
Miming. Dancing. Funny or sad Mesmerized, entertained, loving
I loved you everyday
At sixteen, sixteen
I chose to make my character Doubtful, uncertain, cautious
Eyes blue. Cheeks blushed. Lips pink
I began to doubt you.
Twenty. Twenty
I saw in others what I couldn’t find in you Resentment, dislike, disdain
Mirror, mirror
You’re a liar.
60. Mirror, mirror
Until twelve Feelings toward the mirror
I could believe in you
Believe I was part of you
Miming. Dancing. Funny or sad Mesmerized, entertained, loving
I loved you everyday
At sixteen, sixteen
I chose to make my character Doubtful, uncertain, cautious
Eyes blue. Cheeks blushed. Lips pink
I began to doubt you.
Twenty. Twenty
I saw in others what I couldn’t find in you Resentment, dislike, disdain
Mirror, mirror
You’re a liar.
61. Application
✤ Old house at ang siang hill by Arthur Yap pg 34-35
✤ What is the poem about?
✤ What adjectives can be used to decsribe the mood of the poem?
✤ What are your feelings as you read this poem?
✤ What message do you think the speaker is trying to convey.
64. Application: Heartland
✤ Pg 78 -79
✤ Wing climbed up... (pg 78) to ... their mothers were behind Wing and
Sham. (pg 79)
65. Application: Heartland
✤ Pg 78 -79
✤ Wing climbed up... (pg 78) to ... their mothers were behind Wing and
Sham. (pg 79)
✤ What sort of atmosphere does Daren Shiau create for the reader in
this passage and how does he do so?
66. Application: Heartland
✤ Pg 78 -79
✤ Wing climbed up... (pg 78) to ... their mothers were behind Wing and
Sham. (pg 79)
✤ What sort of atmosphere does Daren Shiau create for the reader in
this passage and how does he do so?
✤ What are your feelings for Wing up to this point in the novel?
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Philosophilcal: stirs readers emotions, sympathy for thing or person, causes the reader to reflect on issues\nLight-hearted: provokes amusement and laughter, keeping reader entertained.\ntense: arouses a sense of fear, anticipation, keeping the reader motivated to read on\n
Words: Melancholic (darker colours), jubilant, light (light coloured)\nWe respond to all these pictures differently although they are all related to nature. Our response is related to the mood expressed in each picture.\n
Words: Melancholic (darker colours), jubilant, light (light coloured)\nWe respond to all these pictures differently although they are all related to nature. Our response is related to the mood expressed in each picture.\n
Words: Melancholic (darker colours), jubilant, light (light coloured)\nWe respond to all these pictures differently although they are all related to nature. Our response is related to the mood expressed in each picture.\n
Words: Melancholic (darker colours), jubilant, light (light coloured)\nWe respond to all these pictures differently although they are all related to nature. Our response is related to the mood expressed in each picture.\n
Words: Melancholic (darker colours), jubilant, light (light coloured)\nWe respond to all these pictures differently although they are all related to nature. Our response is related to the mood expressed in each picture.\n
Words: Melancholic (darker colours), jubilant, light (light coloured)\nWe respond to all these pictures differently although they are all related to nature. Our response is related to the mood expressed in each picture.\n
Words: Melancholic (darker colours), jubilant, light (light coloured)\nWe respond to all these pictures differently although they are all related to nature. Our response is related to the mood expressed in each picture.\n
Words: Melancholic (darker colours), jubilant, light (light coloured)\nWe respond to all these pictures differently although they are all related to nature. Our response is related to the mood expressed in each picture.\n
Words: Melancholic (darker colours), jubilant, light (light coloured)\nWe respond to all these pictures differently although they are all related to nature. Our response is related to the mood expressed in each picture.\n
Words: Melancholic (darker colours), jubilant, light (light coloured)\nWe respond to all these pictures differently although they are all related to nature. Our response is related to the mood expressed in each picture.\n
Which words describe the atmosphere? \nWeather: snow, swirling\nNatural environment: night\nMan-made environment: mailbox door, main street\n
Which words describe the atmosphere? \nWeather: snow, swirling\nNatural environment: night\nMan-made environment: mailbox door, main street\n
Which words describe the atmosphere? \nWeather: snow, swirling\nNatural environment: night\nMan-made environment: mailbox door, main street\n
Which words describe the atmosphere? \nWeather: snow, swirling\nNatural environment: night\nMan-made environment: mailbox door, main street\n
Which words describe the atmosphere? \nWeather: snow, swirling\nNatural environment: night\nMan-made environment: mailbox door, main street\n
Which words describe the atmosphere? \nWeather: snow, swirling\nNatural environment: night\nMan-made environment: mailbox door, main street\n
Which words describe the atmosphere? \nWeather: snow, swirling\nNatural envionment: night\nMan-made environment: mailbox door, main street\nWhat ideas are repeated? Snow, snowy >> purity, whiteness, beauty, snow + cold >> isolation and chill. Beauty and isolation of natural landscape. References to snow help us to appreciate nature alongside the speaker.\n
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In groups/pairs: How does the speaker feel about the mirror here?\n\nWhat can we say about the mood here? Mood/feelings are never static, and may change in a text like in the text above. It doesn’t need to be consistent, a developing, changing mood is more believable.\n\nHow do you feel toward the narrator?\n
In groups/pairs: How does the speaker feel about the mirror here?\n\nWhat can we say about the mood here? Mood/feelings are never static, and may change in a text like in the text above. It doesn’t need to be consistent, a developing, changing mood is more believable.\n\nHow do you feel toward the narrator?\n
In groups/pairs: How does the speaker feel about the mirror here?\n\nWhat can we say about the mood here? Mood/feelings are never static, and may change in a text like in the text above. It doesn’t need to be consistent, a developing, changing mood is more believable.\n\nHow do you feel toward the narrator?\n
In groups/pairs: How does the speaker feel about the mirror here?\n\nWhat can we say about the mood here? Mood/feelings are never static, and may change in a text like in the text above. It doesn’t need to be consistent, a developing, changing mood is more believable.\n\nHow do you feel toward the narrator?\n
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a)What sort of atmosphere does Daren Shiau create for the reader in this passage? Remember to refer closely to details in the passage.\n\nb)What are your feelings for Wing up to this point in the novel?\n\n
a)What sort of atmosphere does Daren Shiau create for the reader in this passage? Remember to refer closely to details in the passage.\n\nb)What are your feelings for Wing up to this point in the novel?\n\n
a)What sort of atmosphere does Daren Shiau create for the reader in this passage? Remember to refer closely to details in the passage.\n\nb)What are your feelings for Wing up to this point in the novel?\n\n
a)What sort of atmosphere does Daren Shiau create for the reader in this passage? Remember to refer closely to details in the passage.\n\nb)What are your feelings for Wing up to this point in the novel?\n\n
