L.A 4-12th
Typed Cover Letter
& Resume due
Satire Unit
4-16 to 4-20
2012
Satiric Cartoons
Discuss Satiric Devices
TESTING
Period 1
11:33-12:16
Period 2
2. Read:
1:04-1:47
Is There Life on Earth?
Period 3
a. What are the satiric
1:55 – 2:38
Modest
Proposal
1. What does
 “modest”
mean?
 “proposal”?
Modest: shy;
reserved humble;
decent
targets?
b. What satiric devices does
the author use?
c. What does the story
parody?
d. How does the author
parody these things?
3. Read Soak the Poor
Answer questions &
discuss satire.
Modest Proposal
1. What does
 “modest” mean?
 “proposal”?
Modest: shy; reserved
humble; decent
Proposal: suggestion;
idea = a humble idea
2. Read proposal
3. Study Guide
Questions
TESTING
Period 4
11:33-12:16
Period 5
1:04-1:47
Period 6
1:55 – 2:38
1. Our Modest
Proposal
a. What could be
satirized today?
b. Directions: trans
Do not just solve the
problem; other-wise,
won’t be satiric.
Proposal: suggestion; idea
= a humble idea
1. Our Modest
Proposal
a. What could be
satirized today?
b. Directions: trans
Do not just solve the
problem; otherwise,
won’t be satiric.
c. Model your
proposal after
Swift’s style.
2. Read Models
3. Write proposal
(Teams of two)
2. Read proposal
c. Model your
proposal after
Swift’s style.
3. Study Guide
Questions
2. Read Models
3. Write proposal
(Teams of two)
Presentations on
Monday
Homework
2.0 Reading Comp.
3.0 Literary
Response/Anal
3.1 Analyze characteris-tics of
sub-genres 3.2 Analyze the theme
of a selection represents a view
on life, using textual evidence...
2.4. Make warranted and
reasonable assertions
about the author’s
arguments by using
elements of the text to
defend and clarify
interpretations.
2.5 Analyze an author’s
implicit and explicit
philosophical assumptions and
beliefs about a subject.
2.0 Writing
Applications
ESLRs
1,2,4
1,2,4
1,2,4
1,2,4
1,2,4
Standards
2.2 Write responses to
literature