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Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkljGd67Cwg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwX10tYIkWM
pptx. by AMLB-
SVES, BIŃAN

2.
What’s the difference
between a TONE and MOOD?
RECALL

3.
Listen to a video entitled, “The Little
Women.”
Answer the questions about the conversation you listened to. Be sure to
show openness in hearing your classmates’ answers.
1. Who were the little women in the story?
2. Who came one day? Why?
3. What were the feelings of the family of their father’s leaving them?
4. What would you do if your family is experiencing hard times?
5. Is it right to help one another? Why?
6. What might probably happen if people do not help each other specially
during hard times? What made you say so?

4.
Replay the video
ACTIVITY
Write down the conversations of the characters .
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.
A speaker’s tone, mood, and
purpose are also revealed via
dialogues. The way a character
speaks denotes his or her tone,
mood, and purpose.

6.
Other examples of tone are evident in these dialogues.
“I’ve a letter
for you.
You’ve been
called to
serve for the
army to fight
against the
civil war. Pls.
get ready.”
What is the speaker’s tone? serious or humorous? Why?
What is the mood of conversation? comical or hopeful?
What is the speaker’s purpose? to inform or entertain?

7.
“Oh
daddy,
please
don’t
go.”
What is the speaker’s tone? guilty or unhappy? Why?
What is the mood of conversation? cool or stressed? Why?
What is the speaker’s purpose?convince? or argue? Why?

8.
“No, my
children, I
have to go.”
It’s a proud
thing to
fight for
your
country.”
What is the speaker’s tone? formal or foolish? Why?
What is the mood of conversation? peaceful or accepting? Why?
What is the speaker’s purpose? to convince? or entertain? Why?

9.
Examples of tone are
listed on the table.

10.
Examples of mood listed on the table

11.
Examples of purpose are listed on the table

12.
ACTIVITY
Using the table on tone, mood and purpose, answer what are
asked in a given conversation.
“Meg, I’m
trying to work
hard, so that I
can earn
enough
money but
I’m finding it
difficult.”
What is the
tone?
What is the
mood?
What is the
purpose?

13.
ACTIVITY
Using the table on tone, mood and purpose, answer what are
asked in a given conversation.
“Don’t worry
mother. It’s
just a matter
of few days.
Everything will
be okay if
father comes
back.”
What is the
tone?
What is the
mood?
What is the
purpose?

14.
What is the
tone?
What is the
mood?
What is the
purpose?
ACTIVITY
Using the table on tone, mood and purpose, answer what are
asked in a given conversation.
“But till then
we’ll have to
fight. I don’t
understand
why people
make wars?”

15.
ACTIVITY
Using the table on tone, mood and purpose, answer what
asked in a given conversation.
What is
it,
Meg?
“The officials
have informed
that father has
been badly
injured during
the war.”
wWhat is the tone? mood? and purpose?
“They
hospitalized
him and want
someone to
take care of
him.”

16.
ACTIVITY
Using the table on tone, mood and purpose, answer what is
asked in a given conversation.
“Where
did you
get this
money”?
“Take this
mother, I
guess the
money is
sufficient.”
wWhat is the tone? mood? and purpose?

17.
PRACTICE TEST
The following conversations was taken from the story, “The
Little Women.” Name the mood and tone of the speaker.
1. Joe left the house, and when she returned in the evening,
she had money in her hands. “I sold my hair and earned this
money”, Joe said.
The tone is ___. a. humorous b. optimistic
c. pessimistic
The mood is ___. a. hopeful b. suspenseful c. ashamed

18.
2. Oh! Joe you lost your hair,” Mother said.
The tone is ___. a. foolish b. smart
c. worried
The mood is ___. a. joyous b. lonely
c. playful

19.
3. One day, Beth felt ill. She had a fever and was shivering with
cold. All the three sisters took good care of her but the fever was
persistent. All of them were worried. “We should get a doctor,” Joe
said.
“But we don’t have money to pay for the doctor,” Beth said.
The tone is ___. a. scared b. excited c. worried
The mood is ___. a. jealous b. stressed c. hopeful

20.
4. ““Even we don’t have money, I’ll get the doctor let’s think
of Beth’s treatment first,” said Jo. It was snowing that day
still Joe rushed at the doctor’s house and explained to him
the situation.
The tone is ___ a. angry b. joyful c. optimistic
The mood is ___. a. hopeful b. stressed c. bored

21.
5. “Don’t you worry of the fees, it is my duty to treat
her,” the doctor said.
The tone is ___ a. angry b. gloomy c. serious
The mood is ___. a. carefree b. stressed c. relaxed

22.
DIFFERENTIATED ACTIVITY
GROUP 1 – Dramatize the scene where a letter was
given to the family informing the father to serve in war.
GROUP 2 – Give the purpose of the character’s action.
a. Why Joe cut her hair?
b. Why father went to war?
c. Why Joe persistently got a doctor even they don’t
have money for the doctor?
d. Why the doctor treated Beth even the sisters could
not pay his fees?

23.
GROUP 3 – List down ways to help a family member who is sick.
1. 3.
2. 4.
GROUP 5 – Do you like the attitudes of three sisters in
the story? Why? Cite examples.
1. 3.
2. 4.
GROUP 4 – If you were the sisters in the story, how would you
extend help to your family in need?
1. 3.
2. 4.

24.
What’s TONE and MOOD?

25.
ASSIGNMENT
What do you think is the purpose of the
author/writer in writing the story, “The Little
Women”?
Explain your answer.