Sun

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thurs

Fri

Sat

 

26

Go over Tempest Lit Elements

 

Intro – Humor Unit

   Twain, “Lost in the Snow”

HW:  Bring in Something Funny to Share

27

28 Share something funny

 

Self-Revision Protocol – Tempest Drafts

“Lost in Snow” Work due

 

Class/Homework: Read Part I “Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg”

 

29

Share Something Funny

 

Home/Classwork:  Read Parts II & III “Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg” 

 

30

Tempest Essay Final Due

 

Home/Class Work: Irony in Twain

1

2

3

Irony in Twain  Due

Go Over Irony work

 

Class/Homework:

Read Jean Shepherd, “Endless Streetcar”

4

5  “Streetcar” Due

 

Read James Thurber, “The Catbird Seat”

Character Profiles (10 pts)

Mr. Martin

            Ulgine Barrows

6

 “The Catbird Seat”

Character Profiles Due

 

Sniglets, Neologisms, Puns

7

Block Day

1, 3, 5, 6

 

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9

10

EARLY RELEASE

Periods 2 - 4

Work on Wordplay

Wordplay Due

11

12

 Read Donald Barthelme “Private Paul Klee Loses an Aircraft”

Irony

             Satire

13

“Klee” Work Due

Swift, “Modest Proposal”

            Origins of Satire

 

14

Assign Modest Proposal Essay

Contemporary Satire

 

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16

17

Swift, “Modest Proposal” Work Due

The Onion, Magnasoles

 

18

19

Vonnegut, “Harrison Bergeron”

            Satire Work

Go Over Humor Exam

20

Modest Proposals Due

Humor Unit Exam

21

Early Release

 

22

November/December 2007

 

Humor Unit Calendar