Objective:  I can write a supporting paragraph about how Kristof uses stylistic elements such as tone and analogy to support his argument for increasing gun control by choosing tone words from the list and applying the definition/explanation of analogy.

BW:  Read “Lessons From Guns and a Goose” and use the tone list to select three shifts in tone used by the writer. Think of beginning, middle, and end.

Activities:

1.  Share Out:  What is the tone at the beginning of the article, middle, and end?
2. Independent Study:  Write down this definition of analogy:  An analogy is an extensive and elaborate comparison of two unlike things.  It can contain metaphors and/or similes.
3. Share Out:  How is the description of the lovers throwing plates an analogy in the AOW?  To whom are they being compared in the analogy?
4. Independent Study:  Students will use this topic sentence to write a supporting paragraph about how Kristof uses tone and analogy to argue for stronger gun control:  Kristof use the stylistic elements of shifting tone and analogy to argue for stronger gun control measures.
5. SSR:  Students will add inferences to their logs.