Demonstrate awareness of audience through selection of medium or format, choice of supporting ideas, background information, and word choice and tone. 0801.3.3

Links verified on 8/18/14

1. Common Tone Words - a list of common tone words to help identify tone of stories
2. A Rough Hierarchy for Revision and Editing - editing outline
3. Seventh Grade Writing 2003 Test - [Note: This is a released test from Texas. They do not test Writing in the 8th grade]
4. Electronic Writing - Learn how to communicate via purpose, tone, and audience when writing electronic letters, since email can be read multiple ways.
5. Teaching Tone vs. Mood using Computer-Based Multimedia - lesson plan that can be adapted using Photostory 3.0 [this high school lesson plan could be adapted to teach this standard]
6. Tone in Literary Fiction - review definition and examples of tone
7. Tone in Business Writing - provides overviews and examples of how to use tone in business writing. This includes considering the audience and purpose for writing
8. Writing Guide: Audience - Recognize that different readers can best understand different messages
9. Writing with a Tone Appropriate for Audience and Purpose - lesson plan; a practical role playing exercise
10. Writing thank-you notes - step by step explanation of why and how

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