Content Area/Course: English Language Arts, 9 development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, Unit: Satire: The Nose audience, and task. Introducing Satirical Humor Lesson 1: Time (minutes): 45-55 minutes Instructional Tips/Strategies/Suggestions Students will need journals of some kind to complete this unit. By the end of this lesson students will know and be able to: These can be handmade or commercial notebooks. Review the Define the literature genre of satire. suggested templates in the Appendices for at least some pages. Identify examples of satire. Emphasize that the examples of satire that students in Identify the elements of satire. should be appropriate for school. Four elements of satire are briefly described in the Power Point. Essential Question addressed in this lesson: Select examples of political cartoons that your students appreciate and understand. Examples of websites with political Q1. Why is satire important? cartoons are in the Resources for Lessons (review them for appropriateness before showing). Standard(s)/Unit Goal(s) to be addressed in this lesson: It may be best to divide the class into academic working groups prior to the lesson. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as Anticipated Student Preconceptions/Misconceptions: inferences drawn from the text. Students may not have an awareness of the purposeful use of as CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9.5 Analyze how an author’s choices an effective method to convey a serious idea. concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g. parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g. pacing, flashbacks) create Lesson 1: Introducing the Elements of Satire such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. Lesson Opening/Activator CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9.4 Present information, findings, and Distribute journals to students if they don’t already have them. supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that Give students a copy of a political cartoon. Ask them to: listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, what they observe in their journals. Explain in their journals what the cartoon criticizes.
Content Area/Course: English Language Arts, 9 Unit: Satire: The Nose Lesson 1: Introducing Satirical Humor Time (minutes): 45-55 minutes By the end of this lesson students will know and be able to: Define the literature genre of satire. Identify examples of satire. Identify the elements of satire. Essential Question addressed in this lesson: Q1. Why is satire important? Standard(s)/Unit Goal(s) to be addressed in this lesson: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g. parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g. pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9.4 Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. Instructional Tips/Strategies/Suggestions Students will need journals of some kind to complete this unit. These can be handmade or commercial notebooks. Review the suggested templates in the Appendices for at least some pages. Emphasize that the examples of satire that students in should be appropriate for school. Four elements of satire are briefly described in the Power Point. Select examples of political cartoons that your students appreciate and understand. Examples of websites with political cartoons are in the Resources for Lessons (review them for appropriateness before showing). It may be best to divide the class into academic working groups prior to the lesson. Anticipated Student Preconceptions/Misconceptions: Students may not have an awareness of the purposeful use of as an effective method to convey a serious idea. Lesson 1: Introducing the Elements of Satire Lesson Opening/Activator Distribute journals to students if they don’t already have them. Give students a copy of a political cartoon. Ask them to: what they observe in their journals. Explain in their journals what the cartoon criticizes.
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