Curated OER
Persuasion
Students explore the characteristics of a persuasive letter. They label each characteristic and they create a persuasive letter using the correct business letter format. Students recommend a school rule or change of a rule and justify...
Curated OER
Is Capitalism Good for the Poor? | No More Slide Rules – The Costs and Benefits of Innovation
Young scholars brainstorm a list of the benefits that Americans at all levels of society have enjoyed as a result of innovations in rail transportation/computers/microprocessors. They write a response from President Jackson to Martin Van...
Curated OER
Bioethics: Debates in the Science Classroom
Learners defend one side of a genetics ethics argument. They pull together a portfolio of human genetics and decision making skills. Students are allowed to prove what he/she has learned and express a personal opinion. They also are...
Curated OER
Poetic Expression
Ninth graders evaluate the effectiveness of literary techniques including figurative language.
They demonstrate an understanding of the main ideas, events, or themes of a variety of novels, stories, poetry, other print material, and...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Poetry Lesson: Song Parodies About School
After celebrating (and singing) some of the delightful songs from Alan Katz's "Take Me out of the Bathtub" and listening to songs by Weird Al Yankovic, like "Eat It," students will discuss the concept of parody. To practice writing a...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Literary Parodies
This lesson plan deals with imitation as a form of parody in dealing with a writer's unique style. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Other
Jabberwocky Variations
Lewis Carroll's popular nonsense poem, Jabberwocky, has been frequently parodied, and often translated. This site could be useful in teaching parody and spoofing.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Robert Graves' Parody on John Skelton
Robert Graves' parody poem "John Skelton" from "Fairies and Fusiliers."
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Falwell v Flynt Trial (1984)
Asked about his first sexual experience by an interviewer, Reverend Jerry Falwell said, "I never really expected to make it with Mom, but then after she showed all the other guys in town such a good time, I thought 'What the hell!'"...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Exploring Satire With Shrek
The movie Shrek introduces the satirical techniques of exaggeration, incongruity, reversal, and parody. Students brainstorm fairy tale characteristics, identify satirical techniques, then create their own satirical versions of fairy tales.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Literary Elements/humorous Fiction Terms Flashcards
Literary elements are included in this review exercise. Flashcards are provided for the following words: allusion, antagonist, dialogue, flashback, imagery, protagonist, symbol, dialect, hyperbole, idiom, irony, parody, pun, sarcasm,...
PBS
Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Be an Adbuster
Through an integrated approach from PBS, students examine the messages conveyed in print advertisements. Using parody, students are asked to alter the message of an ad to present a different or opposite point of view. Lesson may be more...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Celestial Railroad by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Read the short story "The Celestial Railroad" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In it, Hawthorne parodies the seventeenth-century book "The Pilgrim's Progress", which portrays a Christian's spiritual journey through life.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: High School English Literary Terms
This article focuses on a variety of key literary terms used in high school English including their definitions. These terms include flashback, genre, irony, parody, satire, setting, subplot, tone, and symbol.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Satire
This lesson focuses on satire and parody. Students read the text of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and its parody "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch" by Weird Al Yankovic and compare/contrast the two. The audio of Weird Al's...
American Movie Classics Company
The Film Site: Comedy Films
This resource provides information about comedy films.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
This lesson is an introduction to a unit on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It includes background infromation on the author and the text, a list of key terms, essential questions, and discusses the themes of the text...
Quizlet
Quizlet: Literary Elements/humorous Fiction Terms Test
Literary terms are included in this assessment. This test assesses the following words: allusion, antagonist, dialogue, flashback, imagery, protagonist, symbol, dialect, hyperbole, idiom, irony, parody, pun, sarcasm, understatment, and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The World Goes Pop
The Pop movement spanned the globe at a time when countries were reeling not only from the mass production of cultural and consumer objects, but also from the fallout from WWII, conflicts like the Vietnam War, and the rise of Communism....
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Online Technology to Explore Characterization and Style
Students use social networking sites to trace the development of characters by assuming the persona of a character on the class Ning and sending a set number of tweets, or status updates.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Exploring Satire With the Simpsons
Contains plans for three lessons that use the popular television show "The Simpsons" to teach about satire and satirical techniques. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and...
Other
Bitlaw: Fair Use in Copyright
An article that explains the "fair Use" issues in the copyright law.
Other
All About Explorers
This resource provides information about historic world explorers...with embedded false information. It was designed by teachers to help their students discern truthful information from false information.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms: Satire
A good definition of satire, with links to related definitions and literary terms.
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