Find and link to two examples of satire, one video and one article. You can choose anything, but keep it appropriate. Explain why each is satire and decide if each example is funny?
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Satire Post #2
With a partner, you will write a satire blog post about a celebrity or any other famous person (athlete, politician, etc). Using the techniques of satire, write a post that satirizes the celebrity. You can use a current event involving the person or choose to satirize the person directly.
Each member of the group should post the article on their blog.
Each member of the group should post the article on their blog.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Satire post #1
1. Read the article from The Onion.
Think about how the author takes an everyday situation (for some) and turns it into satire.
2. Write your own piece of satire (A News Article) based on something in your life. It could be school, home, sports, etc.
Be sure to consider the 4 Techniques of Satire.
3. Using your RSS reader, read the articles posted by your peers and leave a comment.
Example:
Collingwood Student in Perfect Uniform, Shunned
A student who cannot be named in order to protect her identity, found herself shunned by her classmates when she arrived on time to her English 9 Pre AP class with her uniform in correct order. Her cohort chuckled at her tucked in shirt and appropriate skirt length. Her gray knee socks pulled up to her knees seem to be the final straw.
The snickering behind her back progressed to all out hostility when she refused to wear her outdoor jacket in class. The students decided to start a petition to ban such inappropriate correct use of the uniform as it made the rest of them look so bad.
Think about how the author takes an everyday situation (for some) and turns it into satire.
2. Write your own piece of satire (A News Article) based on something in your life. It could be school, home, sports, etc.
Be sure to consider the 4 Techniques of Satire.
3. Using your RSS reader, read the articles posted by your peers and leave a comment.
Example:
Collingwood Student in Perfect Uniform, Shunned
A student who cannot be named in order to protect her identity, found herself shunned by her classmates when she arrived on time to her English 9 Pre AP class with her uniform in correct order. Her cohort chuckled at her tucked in shirt and appropriate skirt length. Her gray knee socks pulled up to her knees seem to be the final straw.
The snickering behind her back progressed to all out hostility when she refused to wear her outdoor jacket in class. The students decided to start a petition to ban such inappropriate correct use of the uniform as it made the rest of them look so bad.
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