Oliver Twist Lesson Plan

Examining Tone

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

define tone, identify the tone of the novel and its function

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4

Structure:

This activity is designed to follow or build off of Thought Question #1, in which the class discusses Dickens' tone in the novel and defines tone as “the attitude of the author toward the subject.”

Provide students with a list of words (example here). Have them mark 5 words that best describe the tone of Oliver Twist in one fashion, and then mark 3 opposite or substantially different tones in another. Students should pick a single sentence from the novel that best exemplifies each Oliver...