Interpreter of Maladies Lesson Plan

Matching Mood in Playlists

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will develop their understanding of how mood is conveyed in literature and use that understanding to create playlists that accurately represent the mood of a story.

Structure:

For this activity, begin with a brief classwide discussion about mood in literature. This explanation of mood from the MasterClass article "How to Create Atmosphere and Mood in Writing" sums it up well:

Mood in literature is another word for the atmosphere or ambience of a piece of writing, be it a short story, novel, poem, or essay. The mood is the feeling that the writer is trying to evoke in their readers—feelings...