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Socratic Reflection & 3-Level Questions

Journal 19: Fairy Tales• Name some of the

typical elements of a fairy tale

• How does the story usually begin? End?

• What if things went a little differently? What is that called?

Satire• Any kind of writing or

speaking or art that ridicules or mocks some weakness in individuals or in the society. The main weapon of the satirist is laughter.

• The purpose of satire is to critique a person, idea, or institution

• The medium of satire is usually humor (including irony and exaggeration)– Humor is like a weapon

an author uses to criticize a person, idea, or institution

Satire

• Satire often uses irony, or a contrast between expectation and reality

• 3 Types of Irony– Verbal– Situational– Dramatic

Irony

• Saying one thing but meaning another (being sarcastic)

• EXAMPLE: A student plays Angry Birds instead of taking notes. Mrs. Dusto says to the student, “I’m sure the hand-eye coordination skills you’re learning are more important than the literary terms I am teaching you.”

Verbal Irony

• A contrast between what would seem appropriate or what we expect to happen and what really happens

• EXAMPLE: After sleeping through Mrs. Dusto’s class for 2 weeks and forgetting to bring his copy of Animal Farm to class, a student aces an in-class Animal Farm essay.

Situational Irony

• When the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or novel (or movie) does not

• EXAMPLE: Mrs. Dusto is hiding in the book room. All the students see her hide…except for the tardy student. The other students tell him to go get a book because they know Mrs. Dusto will scare him.

Dramatic Irony

Reading with a purposeConnect/ Question/Predict

• Make Connections, Question, and Predict as we read

• Label 2 parts of the story in which you believe the story is ridiculing or mocking a weakness of the characters or of society as a whole.

Example #1

Example #2

Main/Topic Sentences

__(author)_______ in ________(title)_____________ suggests that X is ___(theme & definition of satire)_____________________________________.

__(author)______ in “_____(title)______” ultimately suggests to the reader the idea that ___(theme & definition of satire)_______________________________.

In “______(title)_________” _______(author)_________ discusses the idea that __(theme & definition of satire)____________________ .

In “__(title)___________," ____(author)_______________ plays with the idea of __________(theme & definition of satire)_____________ .

In these sentences, you must paraphrase. You cannot put a quote in your thesis/topic sentence!

Prompt: How is “The Princess and the Tin Box” satire?

Prompt: How is “The Princess and the Tin Box” satire?

These are for sentences 2 & 5:1. X argues that “______________” ( ).2. According to X, “_______” ( ). 3. (Topic), X points out, is “__________” ( ).4. (Text title) is focused upon, “_______________” ( ).5. (Character)(claims, notes, observes) that “________” ( ).6. As X notes, “_____________” ( ).7. It can be argued, as X does, that “__________” ( ).

Support/Concrete Detail Sentences

How is “The Princess and the Tin Box” satire?

– 1: __(insert topic sentence here) _____________– 2: __(insert sentence 2 here) ________________– 3: ______________________________________– 4: ______________________________________– 5: __(insert sentence 5 here) ________________– 6: ______________________________________– 7: ______________________________________– 8: ______________________________________

You write the rest. Type it and turn it in to turnitin.com Due Sunday 11/11/12 by midnight

HOMEWORK– “Princess” as satire power paragraph • BLUE 1: DUE SUNDAY 11/11/12 by midnight to

Turnitin.com• RED 2: DUE MONDAY 11/12/12 by midnight to

Turnitin.com

– Access notes about satire on Mrs. Dusto’s wiki

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with an emerald arrow.

The tin box was placed next to the ruby heart pierced

from James Thurber’s “The Princess and the Tin Box”

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