English 9--3/20/2014

Jump Off
--Find your name card and sit in the corresponding desk for today's class.
--Take out your notebook, date the page (3/20/2014), and label this section of your notes
"Irony Rough Notes."  Then, write down each of the items written up on the front board ("Irony," "Situational Irony," "Verbal Irony," and "Dramatic Irony"), skipping a few lines between each item.  Finally, under each of the items, write down everything that you think you know so that Mr. Martin can get a sense of your collective prior knowledge and tailor the contents of today's mini-lesson accordingly.

 S. the C.

--agenda/HW

--The following students need to see Mr. Martin at the end of class today:

• Dustin C.
• Billy M.
• Jenna B.
• Sarah E.
• Billy H.
• Sam G.
• Jay M.
• Jeremiah V.

--The following student still has not submitted the Monomyth Writing Assignment:

• Pikachu

THIS STUDENT HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFERRED FOR CENTRAL DETENTION AS PER POLICY UNTIL HIS/HER WRITING PIECE AND MINDFULLY COMPLETED "GRADING WORKSHEET" IS SUBMITTED. AS PER USUAL, I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP!

Mini-Lesson -- The Three Types of Irony
--Objectives:
By the end of the mini-lesson, you should:

• be able to define both irony in general and the three main types of irony
• be able to recognize each of the types of irony in action
• understand some of the reasons why authors implement irony
• have a solid page of notes to study in order to master irony--your mastery and the notes page itself should aid you in future endeavors (e.g., answering one of the text-dependent questions about Dragonsong later in today's class block!).

--share out work from the Jump Off in order to begin creating class definitions for each of the terms--add to your rough notes in your notebook

--purposefully view three video clips, each of which corresponds with one of the three types of irony--your purpose:

• Knowing that each video exemplifies a type of irony, add to each of the definitions in your notebook
• Consider the way that you feel/the impact that the irony is having on you as a viewer--write your thoughts in your notebook

Video Clips:

Clip from M. Night Shyamalan's 2002 film Signs (Mr. Martin provides a brief plot summary first):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLZ5_Z5Qhv8

Tw0-thirds of Will Ferrell's "Dissing Your Dog" skit from Saturday Night Live (Mr. Martin gives a heads up about language first):

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4e76d2c36c/dissing-your-dog-from-nino

Clip from DreamWorks' 2001 film Shrek (a student provides a brief plot summary first):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaHEwoagAjQ (poor video quality--sorry!)

 

--following each video clip, add to our rough notes up on the front board/your rough notes in your notebook

--Transition--pick up the "Irony Notes" page from the front table

--independently or in pairs (assigned by Mr. Martin), purposefully read the notes page (How did we do?!), write an example for each type of irony (from the video clips, works you have read in school in the past, and/or real life), and jot down in list form authorial purpose(s)/intended effect(s) (e.g., humor)

--whole-class share out--add to official notes page

--Closure
Directions: 

• For each of the following examples, if you think that the example is situational irony, hold up ONE finger.  If you think that the example is verbal irony, hold up TWO fingers.  If an example best fits dramatic irony, hold up THREE fingers.  Finally, if an example is in no way ironic at all, hold up a FIST.
• Put your head down on your desk, listen to each example, and throw your hand up in the air!

1. I failed the test because I did not study.

2. Dave’s blood pressure medication gave him a heart attack.

3. Juliet took a sleeping potion, but Romeo, who has no idea, thinks that she is dead and hastily takes his own life.

4. The box of airdropped humanitarian aid landed on the refugee and crushed him to death.

5. I missed the job interview because I overslept.

6. “Thank you for this ticket, Officer. You just made my day.”

 

--Where should you put this?

 

Transition

--Pick up the "Dragonsong Unit--Chapter 1--Standards-based Text-dependent Questions: Close Reading Practice/Discussion Preparation" document from the front table.
 

Activity -- Dragonsong Chapter 1--Close Reading Practice/Discussion Preparation
--read the directions quietly and independently--when you've finished reading, look up
--student cold-called upon to clarify our purpose

--work together to deconstruct the questions/prompts--mark up a copy of the packet on the SmartBoard

--select a question for Mr. Martin to complete as a model--Mr. Martin models

--continue working quietly and independently--YOU MUST USE AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT UNIT #6 VOCABULARY WORDS SOMEWHERE WITHIN YOUR WORK

--Where should you put this?

Closure -- Whip Around

--Think of one "thing" you learned in class today.  (If you need to write your key learning down so that you don't forget, please do so!)

--Toss the ball around the classroom from one to another sharing learnings.

HW

--Finish preparing for the Unit #7 vocabulary assessment, which will take place at the beginning of next class (Monday, 3/24/2014).  Make sure that you truly know the words, as you will be asked on the quiz to write your own sentences for a few of the words using enough context to clearly show that you have incorporated the chosen words into your own vocabulary.
--Continue re-reading Chapter 1 of Dragonsong and complete a total of at least four of the "Dragonsong Unit--Chapter 1--Standards-based Text-dependent Questions: Close Reading Practice/Discussion Preparation" document questions.  We will have a circle discussion in class on Monday.
--Actively read Chapter 2 of Dragonsong by way of the Post-it Note Strategy.  
--Review your active reading notes and "Dragonsong Unit--Chapter 1--Standards-based Text-dependent Questions: Close Reading Practice/Discussion Preparation" document responses for Chapter 1 and your active reading notes for Chapter 2 so that you are ready for an assessment and/or a discussion about the material.
--YOU MUST BRING YOUR DRAGONSONG BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE DRAGONSONG UNIT. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR BOOK, EXPECT CONSEQUENCES FOR LACK OF PREPARATION.
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em.