1. Take a look at the photos.
What similarities do you find with each of these “American” families?

2. Minds-On
We are going to watch a 5-minute of parts of a show called Modern Family.
The show revolves around three families.
QUESTION: Does the show break stereotypes or strengthen the stereotypes about gender, sexuality, social class, age, regional identity, etc.

3. How are people represented in sitcoms?
To know what sitcoms are and representation is.
To understand the conventions of sitcoms and how they relate to representations.
To be able to analyze the narrative, target audience and representation based on the conventions of a sitcom.
Sitcom; Conventions; Humour; Location;
Narrative; Theme; Representation; Stereotypes

4. To understand the conventions of sitcoms and how they relate to representations.
I want you to finish you brainstorms.
2 people from each group will go to another table to learn about what the other group has written down.
The groups members who stay at their table will explain their brainstorm to their visitors. The visitors will see if they can help them add to their brainstorm.
Sitcom; Conventions; Humour; Location;
Narrative; Theme; Representation; Stereotypes

5. Let’s start writing the essay.
To be able to analyze the narrative, target audience and representation based on the conventions of a sitcom.
Let’s start writing the essay.
Let’s work on the introduction.
The next few lessons are important because we will write the essay step-by-step.
Sitcom; Conventions; Humour; Location;
Narrative; Theme; Representation; Stereotypes