1. Parody ELA 20-2

2. love  Is it realistic to expect love to last forever?  Is it possible to fall in love at first sight?  Is it always true that love is blind?

3. “How do I love thee?  Elizabeth Barrett Browning – page 289  Parody - a comical imitation of a well-known work  "Peanuts" cartoon - page 1. How is Snoopy's poem a parody? 2. Why is the cartoon funny? Refer to both the visuals and the language.

4. Weird Al Yankovich http://www.seeklyrics.com/songs/Weird-Al-Yankovich-Lyrics/showall.html Weird Al Yankovich is well-known for his parodies of popular songs. For example, he turned Michael Jackson's "Beat It" into "Eat It", and his "Bad" into "Fat".

5. GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN – Cyndi Lauper I come home in the morning light My mother says when you gonna live your life right Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones And girls they want to have fun Oh girls just want to have fun The phone rings in the middle of the night My father yells what you gonna do with your life Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one But girls they want to have fun Oh girls just want to have - That's all they really want Some fun When the working day is done Girls - they want to have fun Oh girls just want to have fun Some boys take a beautiful girl And hide her away from the rest of the world I want to be the one to walk in the sun Oh girls they want to have fun Oh girls just want to have That's all they really want Some fun When the working day is done Girls - they want to have fun Oh girls just want to have fun, They want to have fun, They want to have fun....

6. “Girls Just Want To Have Lunch” lyrics Some girls like to buy new shoes And others like drivin' trucks and wearing tattoos There's only one thing that they all like a bunch Oh, girls, they want to have lunch Oh, girls just want to have lunch I know how to keep a woman satisfied When I whip out my Diner's Card their eyes get so wide They're always in the mood for something to munch Oh, girls, they want to have lunch Oh, girls just want to have That's all they really want Some lunch Don't ask 'em to dinner or breakfast or brunch 'Cause girls, they want to have lunch Oh, girls just want to have lunch

7. “Girls Just Want To Have Lunch” lyrics continued Girls, they want Want to have lunch Girls wanna have She eats like she got a hole in her neck And I'm the one that always gets stuck with the check Can't figure out how come they don't weigh a ton Oh, girls, they want to have lunch Oh, girls just want to have That's all they really want Is some lunch Don't know for certain but I've got a hunch Those girls, they want to have lunch Oh, girls just want to have lunch Girls, they want Want to have lunch Girls wanna have

8. parody – the assignment Search the Internet for parodies, using "parody" as the main search term. Find example of songs, poems, or famous stories. Choose ONE that you like and then find a copy of the original. Put BOTH of them into a Word document so that you can compare both versions.  How are they the same?  How are they different?  What aspects of the original is the parody making fun of?  Is the parody funny? Why or why not?  Your answers to EACH of the questions above should form a complete paragraph - four paragraphs in total.