1. Today, we will learn how to determine the mood of a poem
Learning Objective
Today, we will learn how to determine the mood of a poem
CFU
What are we going to do today?
In your own words, what does mood mean? Mood means __________.
Activate Prior Knowledge
What word from mood box would you use to describe how this picture makes your feel?
Connection
Students, you already know how certain pictures make you feel when you see it.
Today, we will how authors of poetry create a certain in mood for readers.
Academic Vocabulary
Mood- certain feeling

2. Barren branches pierce the sky, Chattering in the shivering breeze.
Concept Development
Definitions:
Mood is the atmosphere or overall feeling created by the author’s words and phrases. 1
Example :
Barren branches pierce the sky,
Chattering in the shivering breeze.
The clouds hold captive
Rays of the gloomy sunshine.
Blades of grass brown and tattered
From frost’s sharp fingernails.
Winter squeezes the last breath
Out of all that once thrived
The author creates a ______mood. My evidence is_____________
CFU
What is mood? 1
Academic Vocabulary
What evidence from the poem proves the mood 2
Barren thrived
Rays pierce
Blades
Tattered

3. There’s nothing more to say. The poem ends, Soft as it began –
Skill Development/ Guided Practice
Mood is the atmosphere or overall feeling created by the author’s words and phrases.
Steps to Complete the Skill: 1 2 3
Read the poem paying attention to the words the author uses in the poem
Ask yourself, after reading and looking at all these elements in the poem, how does it make you feel? Do you feel sad, happy, maybe scared?
Decide what the mood of the poem is and use evidence from the poem to support your answer
I loved my friend.
He went away from me.
There’s nothing more to say.
The poem ends,
Soft as it began –
I loved my friend:
By Langston Hughes
Teacher modeled
The mood in this poem is sorrowful. Some clues that tell me what the mood is sadness are _______________________
CFU (process questions): 1
How did I/you know what the mood of the poem was?
Melancholy- sad or dismayed
Sentimental- emotional
Suspenseful – sense of uncertainty
Academic Vocabulary 2
How did I/you _________________________________________________________________. 3
How did I/you _________________________________________________________________. 4
How did I/you _________________________________________________________________.

4. In the morning, very early, That’s the time I love to go
Skill Development/ Guided Practice
Mood is the atmosphere or overall feeling created by the author’s words and phrases.
Steps to Complete the Skill: 1 2 3
Read the poem paying attention to the words the author uses in the poem
Ask yourself, after reading and looking at all these elements in the poem, how does it make you feel? Do you feel sad, happy, maybe scared?
Decide what the mood of the poem is and use evidence from the poem to support your answer
In the morning, very early,
That’s the time I love to go
Barefoot where the fern grows curly
And grass is cool between each toe,
On a summer morning-O!
On a summer morning!
That is when the birds go by
Up the sunny slopes of air,
And each rose has a butterfly
Or a golden bee to wear;
And I am glad in every toe –
Such a summer morning-O!
Such a summer morning!
The mood in this poem is __________. Some clues that tell me what the mood is _________ are _______________________
Academic Vocabulary
CFU (process questions): 1
How did I/you know what the mood of the poem was?
How did I/you _________________________________________________________________.

5. Skill Development/ Guided Practice
Mood is the atmosphere or overall feeling created by the author’s words and phrases.
Steps to Complete the Skill: 1 2 3
Read the poem paying attention to the words the author uses in the poem
Ask yourself, after reading and looking at all these elements in the poem, how does it make you feel? Do you feel sad, happy, maybe scared?
Decide what the mood of the poem is and use evidence from the poem to support your answer
I don’t need you friend You are not very fair You play games you want to And just never share In everything you do You leave me out You jeer and fight And always shout You took my jig-saw pieces And never gave them back If I tell your mummy She’ll give you a smack
The mood in this poem is __________. Some clues that tell me what the mood is _________ are _______________________
Jeer-
Academic Vocabulary
CFU (process questions): 1
How did I/you know what the mood of the poem was?
How did I/you _________________________________________________________________.

6. Importance
Mood is the atmosphere or overall feeling created by the author’s words and phrases.
It is important to understand the mood of the poem because it helps us better understand the author’s purpose for writing the poem and comprehending it.
Academic Vocabulary
CFU (process questions): 1
How did I/you know what the mood of the poem was?
How did I/you _________________________________________________________________.

7. He furtively glanced behind him For hear of his imagined pursuers
Independent Practice/ Closure
Mood is the atmosphere or overall feeling created by the author’s words and phrases.
Steps to Complete the Skill: 1 2 3
Read the poem paying attention to the words the author uses in the poem
Ask yourself, after reading and looking at all these elements in the poem, how does it make you feel? Do you feel sad, happy, maybe scared?
Decide what the mood of the poem is and use evidence from the poem to support your answer
He furtively glanced behind him
For hear of his imagined pursuers
Then hurriedly walked on
Jumping at the slightest sound
Even a leaf crackling under his foot
What would the night tell
The mood in this poem is __________. Some clues that tell me what the mood is _________ are _______________________
CFU (process questions):
Furtively- secretively
Academic Vocabulary 1
How did I/you know what the mood of the poem was?
How did I/you _________________________________________________________________.