1. But first, your quiz!
Writing a Satire Piece
Due Friday

2. In Your Journals:
Brainstorm a list of controversial public and school policies.
ex. Tolls for Trucks using Left Lane

3. How have Professionals satirized these issues?
Two Satires
Gambling in Schools, p. 246
How to Poison the Earth, p. 247
As I read the articles aloud:
Circle any caricature
Underline any hyperbole or understatement
Label any irony
Socratic Circle: Discuss
What did you find?
How do you know this piece is not for real?
What message is it sending?

4. Exit Slip in your journals:
Which Satire is more effective in making its point? Why?

5. Do Now: Go back to your brainstorm from yesterday.
Circle the controversial topic that you would like to turn into a satire piece

6. Satire Requirements: Offers a ridiculous solution to a current problem
Contains irony, hyperbole and understatement
Attempts to use witty language
Minimum of three paragraphs
Typed and submitted to Turnitin.com

7. Writing a Satire Identify the topic
Ex. Students being late to class
State the problem in hyperbolic terms
Ex. The staggering lack of students at the beginning of class leaves teachers paralyzed and dramatically lowers the IQ of the late students.
Propose an ironic solution
Ex. If late,
1st offense: students must stand outside the door for 20 minutes.
2nd offense: students must carry around a 40lb clock for the rest of the day.
3rd offense: students must go to jail.

8. Writing a Satire Cont.
Use wit (wordplay, clever language, or rhetorical analogies)
Ex. Punishment will be doled out in a timely manner.
This problem is a ticking time bomb.
Downplay the severity of the punishment using understatement.
Ex. Missing class and being ridiculed or jailed is a small price to pay to promote punctuality.

9. Putting it together:
It has come to my attention that students have been late to class at an alarming level. The staggering lack of students at the beginning of class leaves teachers paralyzed and dramatically lowers the IQ of the late students.
To address this problem, we are adopting a new tardy policy. If students are late, for the 1st offense, they must stand outside the door for 20 minutes. On the 2nd offense, students must carry around a 40lb clock for the rest of the day. For a 3rd offense, students must go to jail.
Punishment will be doled out in a timely manner. This problem is a ticking time bomb. Missing class and being ridiculed or jailed is a small price to pay to promote punctuality.

10. Writing Workshop
Using the graphic organizer, create your own satire.