Armitage Lesson Plan 1/10/13 Title: Satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (57 Minutes) Objective: Students will

l be able to identify, analyze, and apply satirical techniques to various passages in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Time 15 Minutes 15 Minutes

Activity Do Now: Open Response to a Prompt Mini-Lesson on Satire

15 Minutes

Group Work Locating Satirical Passages in Huck Finn Wrap Up Questions for Reflection

Materials Prompt Projected on Overhead TeacherTube Clip on Satire; Satirical Techniques Definitions Handout (Projected on Overhead) Handout Interpreting Satirical Devices in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Final Minutes

Procedure: (15) Do Now: At the very beginning of Huck, our heroic narrator tells us that the widow Douglas, she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldnt stand it no longer, I lit out. I got into my old rags, and my sugarhogshead again, and was free and satisfied (Twain 13). Take some time to reflect on why Huck doesnt want to be sivilized. What is it about civilization and the world of adults that Huck wants to avoid? What is he freeing himself from? Write for ten minutes. Try to find one or two quotes as evidence for your claims. There are many ways to answer this question, so choose the ideas that seem most important to you. Does anyone want to share what he or she wrote?

(15) Mini-Lesson on Satire:

How would you define satire? Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize peoples stupidity or vices. Some examples from popular culture include: The Simpsons, Family Guy, SNL, The Onion. All of these shows are trying to expose the foolishness of certain aspects of American culture, politics, and/or the media. Can you think of any examples? TeacherTube Clip: http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Satire_TEASe&video_id=96594 What do you think each of these clips from The Onion, Shrek, and Monsters vs. Aliens are satirizing? How are they accomplishing this? Project Satiric Technique Definitions on the Overhead: - Exaggeration: For Caricature, we may think of the artists that you see on a beach that paint a portrait of people and enhance all of their features so that that feature is more evident. For Burlesque, on SNL the presidential candidates are mocked by saying some absurd things for humorous effect, even though in actuality they are very intelligent people. - Incongruity: In the Shrek clip we saw, Shrek and Fiona, as ogres, are completely out of place for a celebrity red carpet event. - Parody: Again, when SNL mocks the Presidential Candidates. - Reversal: Besides the successful examples given on the handout, think about Stewie and Brian from Family Guy. They are the most intelligent characters on the show, yet, in nature, have the least amount of intelligence.

(15) Group Work Locating Satirical Passages in Huck Finn: Twain uses satire in Huck in much the same way as these pop culture media. He does this to expose the many foolish aspects of society in the antebellum south, including racism (prejudice against Jim), class divisions (Paps rant about the govment), religious superstition (Hucks reflections on prayer and Jims superstitions), war (Sheperdson/Grangerford episode), social values (society considers Jim to be subhuman, yet he is the most moral character in the novel), etc. (Teacher will then explain the handout [see attached] as he passes it around to students).

(Final Minutes) Wrap Up, Questions for Reflection When Huck and Jim are on the raft or immersed in nature, their experiences are very different from when they are on shore in sivilization. What do you think Twain is saying by creating this division. Why is the river or nature never satirized? (The teacher will read a passage from Chapter 9 that gives evidence for Huck and Jims appreciation for nature). How does this relate to what you studied in Transcendentalism? Why does Huck feel freer in nature than he does in sivilization?

Assessment: Students will be graded on class participation and formatively assessed on the quality of their inferences on their worksheets.

Common Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.5 Analyze how an authors choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.

Source of Activity: Gardner, Traci. From Dr. Seuss to Jonathan Swift: Exploring the History behind the Satire. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson936/Sat iricalTechniques.pdf byronki. Satire TEASe. http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=Satire_TEASe&video_id=96594