English 9--2/4/2019 & 2/5/2019

Jump Off
--Please take out your notebook, date the page (2/4/2019 [ACE] or 2/5/2019 [BDF]), and label this section of your notes "Irony Rough Notes".  Then, write down each of the following items, skipping a few lines between each item.  (SEE THE MODEL ON THE FRONT BOARD.):

• Irony
• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

Finally, under each of the items, write down everything that you think you know so that I can get a sense of your collective prior knowledge and tailor the contents of the forthcoming mini-lesson accordingly.  I will post an illustrated Shel Silverstein poem that is ironic in an attempt to help you out a little bit!

S. the C.

--agenda/HW

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 writers 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.

--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 (I'll provide a brief plot summary first):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLZ5_Z5Qhv8

Will Ferrell's "Dissing Your Dog" skit from Saturday Night Live (I'll give a heads up about language first):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI6Jmgb04lU

Clips from DreamWorks' 2001 film Shrek (a student provides a brief plot summary first):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSrEf2OU6DU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obN8EIOj19M

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

• Please pick up the "Irony Notes" page from the front table.

--independently or in pairs (assigned by me), purposefully read the notes page (How did we do?!), fill in the blanks, write an example for each type of irony (from the video clips, other movies or television shows you have seen, 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 notes page?

Transition

--Please take out your copy of the "Purposeful Viewing of Gnomeo & Juliet" document.
--Reminder: The following are our focal points with Gnomeo & Juliet:

• opening up a window into Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
• working toward mastery of a Reading Literature standard that we have not yet addressed
• continuing to "stay fresh" with regard to some of the work that we have been completing recently (e.g., reviewing and applying theme, applying irony, etc.)

Pre-reading/Film Analysis Activity (cont.) -- Purposeful Viewing of Gnomeo & Juliet
--jot down notes on your "Purposeful Viewing of Gnomeo & Juliet" document for discussion, focusing especially on #7

• Can anyone think of (an) example(s) of irony from the first 2/3 of the film?!

--share notes/finish notes with a partner

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Due to the way that last week played out, please complete a total of 45 minutes of Membean training by 11:59 PM this Thursday, 2/7 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).  Any minutes completed either last week or this week count!

HW (Class Preparation)

--"Clean up" your irony notes (e.g., finish copying information from your rough notes onto your "Irony Notes" page, write a clean page of notes in your notebook, etc.).
--Review your "Irony Notes" page.  A multiple choice assessment aiming to measure the following will occur NEXT CLASS:

• your ability to define the three main types of irony
• your ability to recognize each of the types of irony in action  
  

--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  Your book must be finished by mid-March.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS!

• "Think before you speak. Read before you think" (Fran Lebowitz).

Miscellaneous

--Consider working toward achievement of your S.M.A.R.T. Goal.  Your deadline is likely approaching!

On the backburner:

• Finishing Gnomeo & Juliet
• opening a window into The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
• continuing to master Reading Literature standards, irony, and theme
• Prior to last part of film, engage in irony lesson and apply it to Gnomeo & Juliet.
• Prior to "The Interlopers", complete acting activity reviewing the types of irony from both Gnomeo & Juliet and Act 1 of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
• Writing returned/revised in waves
• Wave 1?!?!
• Wave 2--organization as per sample paragraphs for "The Cask of Amontillado"
• Prior to "The Interlopers", share a few paragraphs as review of both organization and concepts therein.
• Wave 3--grammar hammer as per common errors
• Continuing to master Reading Literature standards, irony, and theme
• Short works--The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Unit
• Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado"
• Saki's "The Interlopers"