Tuesday, October 21, IRONY

By the end of class, students will examine literary devices in short fiction in order to improve literal and interpretive reading comprehension skills and make real world connections

DO NOW

Write the definitions of the three types of Irony in your notebooks. You can find definitions on page 314 of the HOLT text or on the WALL:

Dramatic Irony

Situational Irony

Verbal Irony

Direct Instruction

IronyPPT – identify an distinguish between different types of irony

video of three kinds of irony

If you do not finish your vocabulary in class, please finish it for homework.

Independent / Guided

Irony worksheet - identify and explain why each is irony and why it is verbal, situational or dramatic. Underline or highlight the words in the passage that suggest irony.

Your vocabulary words for this week are on page 316. Write a sentence using context clues for the words on the paper provided. If you prefer, you can write a short story using 5 of the seven words.

Closure / check for understanding - 

review answers to irony worksheets

Exit Pass

You are failing and I tell you "GOOD JOB!" - this is an example of  what kind of irony?

If you have been getting A's all semester and then you fail a test, that is what kind of irony?

You are watching a movie and a murderer is in the attic when the family gets home from dinner on a Saturday night.