Monday, February 29th, 2016
AP English Language and Composition
Mastery Objectives:
SWBAT reflect upon creative elements and respond in a critical
manner.
AGENDA:
1. For one last exercise with satire in preparation for your
satire submittal, read “A Truly Modest Proposal” with
clock buddy and identify all elements of satire.
2. With same partner, read “The Damned Human
Race” by Mark Twain(see webpage), determine
any satirical elements you can find, and find all
the examples of exactly the type of people that
Twain is disparaging. Present these examples on
board.
3. In groups, complete MC questions about tone, purpose,
and rhetorical devices for the passage “Two Ways of
Looking at a River” by Mark Twain. Write questions
and answers on board and vote for best questions.
HOMEWORK/UPCOMING DUE DATES:
Satire assignment is due on Tuesday, 3/1 (see webpage).
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is due to be completed by
Thursday, 3 March.
Optional enrichment project is due NLT Tuesday, 3/8.
Requirement: 2-4 minutes long, 5-10 slides….