Launch Thursday 11/3/2016 Write two different sentences incorporating 2 of the SAT words of the day from the green papers.

Unit Two: Challenge of Understanding Emotions

Objective I can examine the elements of humor to analyze how a writer creates humor.

Turn and Talk What makes something a situation, joke or television/movie) funny? Explain.

Humor Authors use certain techniques to create humor in their work. Take out your foldable with your humor terms Review the definitions of high and low comedy. Sort the vocabulary into one (1) of two (2) categories- high comedy or low comedy

Humor Vocabulary Use dictionary.com, google or Wikipedia to define the humor terms on your resource sheet. The completion of this handout will count as your grade! You will create a foldable of the humor vocabulary to use throughout the unit. Write the word on one side and the definition on the other.

Situational Humor When a story places a character in an unlikely situation in which he or she obviously does not belong

Physical Mishap Collisions, slapstick, and pratfalls

Coincidence A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection Example: Two exes end up at the same party

Caricatures A narrow view of a person that draws on stereotypes; exaggerated characters

Incongruity When something is illogical or out of place Example: A girl from the city is forced to move to the country.

Dramatic Irony When the audience knows something the character doesn’t

Oxymoron A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction Example of Oxymoron:

Malaproprisms The confusion of two words that sound alike but mean different things Example: Rainy weather can be hard on the sciences. (sinuses)

Puns A deliberate play on words or well-known expressions that carry a double meaning

One Liners/Punch Lines A short joke or witty remark/ the final phrase of a joke that provides the humor

Hyperbole Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Sorting Activity Read the differences between high comedy and low comedy. Then, sort the elements of humor into each category.

Twit Twit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0r44BmTY00 Watch the short clip. As you view the clip, circle the words or elements that you notice in the resource sheet, Then, complete parts I and II of your resource sheet.

I-Ready Get your folder and log on to your I-Ready account. Work on your current lesson. I will begin filling in your progress charts. After successful completion of every ten (10) lessons, you will be able to choose an incentive for your hard work.