How to Identify Mood

Last year, I created a simple graphic organizer that really helped our students identify the mood in a poem or in a story. It walked them through identifying 5 clues an author uses to convey mood. Here is this graphic organizer:

The simplicity of it helps our kids really remember the different ways an author creates mood, and it has even helped our kids as writers. Once they have practiced identifying, they are able to incorporate these tools into their own essays.