- We are working with Satire this week. Satire is the art of mocking something but doing it in a very sophisticated and educated way. It usually has roots in the truth, but is skewed in some way that makes it implausible or ludicrous. Here are a couple of headlines from a satirical website that we looked at in class today:
NFL Delays Super Bowl To Give Doritos Time To Finish Its Commercial
The NFL hoped to avoid the delay, but in the end realized that they couldn't disappoint the millions of viewers around the world expecting a hip and witty Doritos commercial. more»
Terrorists are planting normal, hard-working Muslim Americans throughout the nation to get us to lower our guard.
Al Qaeda Populating U.S. With Peaceful 'Decoy Muslims'
Terrorists are planting normal, hard-working Muslim Americans throughout the nation to get us to lower our guard.
FEMA Rushes Supplies To New Orleans In Anticipation Of Light Snow
FEMA has vowed to "make up for last time" by using every tool at its disposal to save New Orleans from this hint of a storm.
Massive Snowstorm Leaves Thousands Without Access To Pornography
Snowy Conditions Proving Hazardous For Nation's Idiots
If you know an idiot, please make sure they're safe and not standing naked in a snow embankment on a dare.
Department Of Health And Human Services Recommends Standing At Least Once A Day 01.31.11
- Your assignment: Write a satirical piece for Friday. This assingment is both challenging and fun. See me for more detailed examples.
2nd Per - Honors:
- We are working on literary texts from some of the major religious philosophers. Please read from page 331 - 342 and summarize each of the different stories. Didactic literature teaches a lesson or provides a moral. In your summary, try to identify the moral of each tale. Due tomorrow.
3rd Per - 8th Grade:
- We worked in our Grammar books today on page 437 - 438. Please complete the Chapter 16 Review questions of 1 - 30. Re-write each sentence looking for the wrong words and fix them.
We also learned the difference between:
- Homophones - words that SOUND the same, but have different spellings - like Their, There, and They're
- Homonyms - Words that are SPELLED the same AND SOUND the same, but have different meanings - like finger nail vs hammer and nail.
- And one called Homographs - words that are SPELLED the same, but are pronounced differently - like a tear in your eyes, vs a tear or rip in your clothes. The only way to tell these apart is through context. You have to know what you are talking about, or they make no sense.
- We went over the basics of research papers today. You are going to be writing a paper on a famous scientist for Science class.
- This paper will count as two different class grades. One grade for science, and one grade for English.
- I reviewed how to use Word Perfect to include citations in your papers. See me for additional help or more instructions.
- The rough draft is due on Friday, so it is important that you get busy on this right away.
- Mrs. Berry has the details of what you are looking for and what to write about. I have the details of how to write it.
- We will be working on the computers Wed and Thursday.
- The Introductary paragraph will have a thesis statement usually followed by 3 examples that you will use to prove your thesis or topic sentence.
- Paragraph 2 will discuss the first example from your topic sentence.
- Paragraph 3 will discuss the 2nd example from your topic sentence.
- Paragraph 4 will discuss the 3rd example from your topic sentence.
- Paragraph 5 is the summary, in which you basically restate your topic sentence and mention why you have proven your point. Here is an example outline.
- Introductory paragraph: "Cheese is the most wonderful food in the world because it (a) helps remove zits, (b) is fun to mold into little shapes like clay, (c) and makes a room smell wonderful."
- Paragraph A will discuss how "Cheese helps remove zits"
- Paragraph B will discuss how "Cheese is fun to mold"
- Paragraph C will discuss how "Cheese makes a room smell great"
- Conclusion will say: "Therefore cheese is the most wonderful food in the world because it helps remove zits, is fun to mold, and makes a room smell great.
5th Per - 12th grade - See Honors from 2nd Period. You are going to be working on this section together this week.
6th per - 10th grade - We worked on the computers to learn how to use the Prezi program. It's not too hard to figure out, but there is some learning that needs to happen before you can successfully put a presentation together. Tomorrow we begin researching our authors.
The students and the authors they have chosen are:
Ty: Ray Bradbury
Mike: Shakespeare
Miria: Langston Hughes
Anna: Edgar A. Poe
Saren: H.H. Munroe
Daniel: Julio Cortazar
Ben M: Frank McCourt
Sarah: Julia Alvarez
Ben N: Robert Frost
Harley: Gordon Parks
Ashlee: Rita Dove
Adam: Roger Rosenblatt
Emily: Louise Erdritch
Cecilio - Virgil Suarez
Matt - Hansen W. Baldwin
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