Tone Prediction

This worksheet asks students to read opening sentences and predict the tone the full story will likely take. Students choose from tones such as mysterious, excited, calm, worried, or silly. Using early textual cues, they practice drawing inferences about mood and narrative direction. This activity strengthens anticipatory reading skills and helps students understand how authors establish tone from the very first sentence. Writing the predicted tone reinforces decision-making and comprehension of narrative signals.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Predictions and Inferences

English Language Arts – Tone and Mood Recognition

English Language Arts – Reading Comprehension: Craft and Structure

English Language Arts – Analyzing Story Openings

This worksheet is part of our Narrative Voice and Tone Worksheets collection.