They couldn’t have forgotten AGAIN!!! Socratic Reflection & 3-Level Questions

Name some of the typical elements of a fairy tale How does the story usually begin? End? What if things went a little differently? What is that called?

Any kind of writing or speaking or art that ridicules or mocks some weakness in individuals or in the society. The main weapon of the satirist is laughter.

The purpose of satire is to critique a person, idea, or institution The medium of satire is usually humor (including irony and exaggeration) – Humor is like a weapon an author uses to criticize a person, idea, or institution

Satire often uses irony, or a contrast between expectation and reality 3 Types of Irony – Verbal – Situational – Dramatic

Saying one thing but meaning another (being sarcastic) EXAMPLE: A student plays Angry Birds instead of taking notes. Mrs. Dusto says to the student, “I’m sure the hand-eye coordination skills you’re learning are more important than the literary terms I am teaching you.”

A contrast between what would seem appropriate or what we expect to happen and what really happens EXAMPLE: After sleeping through Mrs. Dusto’s class for 2 weeks and forgetting to bring his copy of Animal Farm to class, a student aces an in-class Animal Farm essay.

When the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or novel (or movie) does not EXAMPLE: Mrs. Dusto is hiding in the book room. All the students see her hide…except for the tardy student. The other students tell him to go get a book because they know Mrs. Dusto will scare him.

Make Connections, Question, and Predict as we read Label 2 parts of the story in which you believe the story is ridiculing or mocking a weakness of the characters or of society as a whole. Example #1 Example #2

__(author)_______ in ________(title)_____________ suggests that X is ___(theme & definition of satire)_____________________________________. __(author)______ in “_____(title)______” ultimately suggests to the reader the idea that ___(theme & definition of satire)_______________________________. In “______(title)_________” _______(author)_________ discusses the idea that __(theme & definition of satire)____________________. In “__(title)___________," ____(author)_______________ plays with the idea of __________(theme & definition of satire)_____________. In these sentences, you must paraphrase. You cannot put a quote in your thesis/topic sentence! Prompt: How is “The Princess and the Tin Box” satire?

These are for sentences 2 & 5: 1.X argues that “______________” ( ). 2.According to X, “_______” ( ). 3.(Topic), X points out, is “__________” ( ). 4.(Text title) is focused upon, “_______________” ( ). 5.(Character)(claims, notes, observes) that “________” ( ). 6.As X notes, “_____________” ( ). 7.It can be argued, as X does, that “__________” ( ).

How is “The Princess and the Tin Box” satire? – 1: __(insert topic sentence here) _____________ – 2: __(insert sentence 2 here) ________________ – 3: ______________________________________ – 4: ______________________________________ – 5: __(insert sentence 5 here) ________________ – 6: ______________________________________ – 7: ______________________________________ – 8: ______________________________________ You write the rest. Type it and turn it in to turnitin.com Due Sunday 11/11/12 by midnight

– “Princess” as satire power paragraph BLUE 1: DUE SUNDAY 11/11/12 by midnight to Turnitin.com RED 2: DUE MONDAY 11/12/12 by midnight to Turnitin.com – Access notes about satire on Mrs. Dusto’s wiki

C P POSe POSp with an emerald arrow. The tin box was placed next to the ruby heart pierced from James Thurber’s “The Princess and the Tin Box” C P POSe POSp