English 11 week of December 9

Monday – Mr. Jim Merril presentation in library.

Tuesday – Satire assignment and expectations. Commit to topic and activity.

Wednesday – Work on project. Skit groups must commit to individual responsibilities. All – list satirical devices that will be incorporated in activity.

Thursday – Outline of activity

Friday – Rough draft of activity

Assignment:

Apply Genre Knowledge

Satire project

“Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed.” Carl Hiaasen, author.

Choose one of the following activities to create satire:

Skit	Song/Poem	Cartoon	Essay
Write and perform a satirical skit that identifies a social problem. Must include satirical devices. (Group maximum of 4 – each person must perform a role with all contributing to the writing or props)	Write and perform a satirical song or poem or rap that identifies a social problem. Must include satirical devices (Individual)	Draw and present a satirical cartoon that identifies a social problem. Must include satirical devices. (Individual)	Write and present a short satirical essay that identifies a social problem. Must include satirical devices. (Individual)

Rubric for Satire project

Name:                                                            Title:

Skit                                    Song/poem                        Cartoon                        Essay

Concept	4	3	2
Critiques something or someone from a social problem.	Critique is clear to the viewer and highly relevant to the issue being addressed	Critique is clear to the viewer and relevant to the issue being addressed	Critique may be unclear or irrelevant to the issue being addressed
Use satirical devices to make appropriate critique	Appropriately and very effectively uses satirical devices to critique someone or something in issue	Appropriate uses satirical devices to critique someone or something in issue	May struggle to say appropriate or use the most effective satirical devices to critique someone or something in the issue
Delivery is appropriate to task and audience	Delivery is appropriate to task and audience, and audience is clearly engaged	Delivery is appropriate to task and audience	Delivery needs some polishing – the tone might be too informal or appear unrehearsed
Demonstrate a command of formal English, if applicable	Language choices are precise and appropriate to the task	Language choices are appropriate to the task	Language choices might not be matched to the task
Beautiful work: Work that flows, is creative, emotionally moving or intellectually moving, eye catching, leaves the reader wanting more.	Work flows, appeals to the reader, shows creativity and neatness, reader remembers project	Flows, looks good, but overall project is forgettable, a bit sloppy	No creativity, sloppy work with mistakes, the reader is turned off by project

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