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- 9th - 12th
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Students define verbal, situational, and dramatic irony, focusing on situational irony in order to read more complex short stories. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify the use of irony in literature. They demonstrate their understanding of irony and its role in the literature they read. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students examine how literature connects to real-life and see how irony aids in the development of theme. They read Shirley Jackson's, "The Lottery," looking for iron, foreshadowing, and symbols, and write about the theme of the story. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students complete a journal entry about something that is important to them and then read the story "The Gift of the Magi" by O'Henry. Then, students take part in class discussion about the story to reinforce the roles that symbolism and irony played in t Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students analyze poetry for irony and theme. The historical bombing of the church in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 as described in "The Ballad of Birmingham," is examined. Mood, tone, and theme form the basis of this lesson. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" searching for examples of symbolism, metaphor, connotation, and irony and how these literary tools convey the writer's main point. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students use one short story to analyze conflict, irony and symbolism. They formulate a chart to show the differences between a character's actions, desires and choice of words. After the story is divided into scenes, students work in teams to role play for the whole class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify the point of view of the story. They describe tone of story using at least 3 examples and describe satire and provide at least 3 examples. They identify and describe at least 3 examples of irony and write and share a short work using the technique employed by Mark Twain. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson about the use of irony in literature while identifying the three different types. While reading, they use literary devices as a stepping stone for the study of irony as review. The teacher gives examples of irony for the students before class discussion. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine a dramatic selection that contains verbal, situational, or dramatic irony. As the selection is read, students predict what will happen, record the predictions, and then write in what actually happens. They identify the type of irony in each selection. Pairs of students write a scene containing situational irony. Full Review »
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