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Start Up - Discussion
1/26/15

• With your VERTICAL partner, discuss the following
  image
• Do you find this image funny? Why?

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Start Up - Writing

• Now write about the image
• Did you find the image funny? Why or why not? Do
  you think this image makes a point? What is it?

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Irony
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What is Irony?

• The difference between
• What we expect and what actually happens
• Situational Irony
• What we know and what a character knows
• Dramatic Irony
• What we say and what we mean
• Verbal Irony

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Three Types of Irony

• 1 - Situational Irony When what happens in a
  situation is the opposite of what you expected to
  happen.
• In A Mystery of Heroism, we see at least TWO
  examples of situational irony.
• In your groups, take a moment and look back at
  and discuss the story.
• Can you find two examples?
• Record them on your paper

WATCH
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Situational Irony

• Look at the following images
• For each one, take a moment to discuss it with
  your group. Then write your answers to the
  questions on your paper.

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Example 1
How is this picture the opposite of what we would
expect?
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Example 2
How is this picture the opposite of what we would
expect?
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Example 3
How is this picture the opposite of what we would
expect?
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Three Types of Irony

• 2 - Dramatic Irony When the audience seems to
  know more about an event, situation, or
  conversation than the characters do.
• In your groups, discuss examples of dramatic
  irony in television and film.
• Record two examples on your paper.

WATCH
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Dramatic Irony

• Look at the following images
• For each one, take a moment to discuss it with
  your group. Then write your answers to the
  questions on your paper.

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Example 1
What do we, the audience, know that the
character does not?
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Example 2
What do we, the audience, know that the
character does not?
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Example 3
What do we, the audience, know that the
character does not?
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Three Types of Irony

• 2 Verbal Irony When the speaker says the
  opposite of what he means.
• In your groups, discuss examples of verbal irony
  in real life.
• Record two examples on your paper.

WATCH
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Verbal Irony

• Look at the following images
• For each one, take a moment to discuss it with
  your group. Then write your answers to the
  questions on your paper.

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Example 1
Despite what is said, what is actually meant?
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Example 2
Despite what is said, what is actually meant?
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Example 3
Despite what is said, what is actually meant?
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Exit Ticket

• Give me an example of something you, or one of
  your friends, has said recently that would be
  considered verbal irony.
• What did they say?
• Why would it be considered verbal irony?

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Start-Up Ironic Quiz
1/27/15

• Listen to the song and look at the lyrics. As
  each line comes up, think about whether the
  situation discussed is actually ironic,
  coincidental, or just bad luck.
• Remember, IRONY exists if what happens is the
  opposite of what you might expect to happen.

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Start-Up Ironic Quiz

• Take a moment to discuss the lyrics with your
  group.
• Now mark each statement on your paper with an
• I (Ironic) or N (Not Ironic).
• Remember, IRONY exists if what happens is the
  opposite of what you might expect to happen.

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Ironic Quiz Class Discussion

• An old man turned ninety-eight He won the lottery
  and died the next day
• Its a black fly in your Chardonnay
• Its a death row pardon two minutes too late
• Its like rain on your wedding day
• Its a free ride when youve already paid
• Its the good advice that you just didnt take

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Ironic Quiz Class Discussion

• Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly He packed his
  suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye He waited
  his whole damn life to take that flight And as
  the plane crashed down he thought Well isnt
  this nice
• A traffic jam when youre already late
• A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
• Its like ten thousand spoons when all you need
  is a knife
• Its meeting the man of my dreams And then
  meeting his beautiful wife

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Irony IRL Project

• Each group will be working together to create a
  Google Slide presentation which shows examples of
  all three types of irony found IN REAL LIFE (with
  the exception of the DRAMATIC IRONY examples,
  which can be from a book, movie, play, or TV
  show).
• Each member of the group will need to come up
  with at least 3 examples of irony, one from each
  type (situational, dramatic, and verbal).

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Irony IRL Project

• Each member will create 3 slides for your
  presentation that
• SHOW (with an image or video clip, or with a
  situation described in writing) their examples
• TELL (in no less than 2-3 complete sentences) why
  they are a good representation of that type of
  irony.
• The length of your groups presentation will vary
  depending on the number of people in your group
  (minimum of 10 slides3 per person plus title
  slide).

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Irony IRL Project

• In addition, there must be a title slide for your
  presentation that includes
• A TITLE for your presentation
• The NAMES of all group members
• Which group members were responsible for which
  slides (by number).
• These presentations must be COMPLETED AND READY
  TO PRESENT TO THE CLASS ON THURSDAY!!!

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Irony IRL Project

• Things to be SURE to get done today
• Create your groups GOOGLE SLIDE presentation
• Make sure it is SHARED with every member of your
  group, allowing them to both view and edit it.
• Make sure it is also SHARED with ME so that I can
  view/edit it and SUBMITTED to my webpage.

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Start-Up / Work / Exit Ticket
1/28/15

• Grab Chromebooks and get back to work on your
  Irony IRL presentations.
• You will be presenting these to the class
  TOMORROW!
• MAKE SURE YOU READ WHAT YOUR GROUP MEMBERS
  WRITETHERE WILL BE A GROUP GRADE AND AN
  INDIVIDUAL GRADE, SO IT COULD EFFECT YOUR OVERALL
  GRADE!!!

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Start-Up - Discussion
1/29/15

• With your group, discuss the following
• Satire takes irony and use it to make a point.
• Did any of the examples you found and placed into
  your slides have a point to make? What was it?
• Class Discussion

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Start-Up - Writing
1/29/15

• Now write about the following
• Why do you think the use of irony would be a good
  way to make a point?
• Why do you think we respond to irony the way we
  do?

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1/29/15
PRESENTATION DAY

• Today, we will see/hear Irony IRL presentations
  from your groups.
• Your requirements
• Listen respectfully.
• Do not talk/interrupt.
• If you see something presented that you disagree
  with, hold comments until after the entire group
  has finished, then raise your hand to comment.

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PRESENTATION DAY
1/29/15

• Challenges
• If you see something in another groups
  presentation that you think is incorrect (eg
  situational irony presented as verbal irony) you
  can CHALLENGE the creator of that slide AFTER THE
  PRESENTATION IS OVER.
• You make your case. Then the slide creator gets
  to defend their slide.
• The class will decide who is correct.
• That person will receive a 5 point bonus on their
  presentation grade.
• You can only challenge ONCE during todays
  presentations!

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1/30/15
PRESENTATION DAY

• Today, we will continue Irony IRL presentations
  from your groups.
• Your requirements
• Listen respectfully.
• Do not talk/interrupt.
• If you see something presented that you disagree
  with, hold comments until after the entire group
  has finished, then raise your hand to comment.

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PRESENTATION DAY
1/30/15

• Challenges
• If you see something in another groups
  presentation that you think is incorrect (eg
  situational irony presented as verbal irony) you
  can CHALLENGE the creator of that slide AFTER THE
  PRESENTATION IS OVER.
• You make your case. Then the slide creator gets
  to defend their slide.
• The class will decide who is correct.
• That person will receive a 5 point bonus on their
  presentation grade.
• You can only challenge ONCE during todays
  presentations!

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Quickwrite

• Think of an example you have seen or heard where
  verbal irony (including sarcasm) was used to make
  a point.
• Tell me about it first describe where you
  heard/saw it and what was said/shown
• Then discuss whether or not you thought it was an
  effective way to make that point and why.
• 1 2 paragraphs.
• Be as specific in your example as possible.
• This will be collected at the end of the period.

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Start-Up - Discussion
2/2/15

• With your HORIZONTAL partner, discuss the
  following
• Fill in the blank in this phrase
• War is ___________
• Take a moment to discuss with your partner the
  reason for their choice of word.
• Class Discussion

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Start-Up - Writing

• Now write about the following
• What word did your partner choose to fill in the
  blank? What were their reasons for choosing that
  particular word?
• What word did you choose? What were your reasons?

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• Watch this video clip.
• Class Discussion
• What does this video suggest/tell us about war?

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War is Kind

• Written by Stephen Crane in 1899.
• This was
• Four years after he wrote A Mystery of Heroism
• One year after he went to Greece to witness war
  firsthand
• One year before he died

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War is Kind

• Read through the poem silently first.
• Underline/highlight any words you do not know the
  meaning of.
• Discuss
• Listen to a reading of the poem.
• Focus on lines in the poem that could be
  considered verbal irony
• Discuss

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War is Kind

• On your own paper, answer the questions from the
  back of the page IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
• Be sure to CITE if you use lines from the poem in
  your answers
• Example The unexplained glory mentioned in the
  poem could refer to (Crane 9)
• You may work together in your groups to develop
  your answers, but EVERYONE is responsible for
  writing down and turning in answers to all
  questions.

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Exit Ticket

• Do you think Cranes poem is effective in
  expressing his point? Why or why not?
• Which specific words, phrases, or lines do you
  think are the most effective?