Activity 5: Viewing Humor (GLEs: 10, 40c)
CC: Students will use a Venn diagram, T-chart, or Y-chart to compare/contrast the sitcom's story line with what would happen in real life.
Use MS Word or Inspiration software to create a Venn diagram or chart to compare/contrast the sitcom's story line with real life. Word template - "Sitcom vs. Real Life" Inspiration template - "Comparing Sitcoms with Real Life" (comparison chart) Inspiration template - "Sitcom vs. Real Life" (Venn diagram)
Additional Resources; Students will watch an appropriate television situation comedy (e.g. The Cosby Show, I Love Lucy). The website http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/3267/lucy.html provides a listing of acceptable episodes.
CC: Students will use a Venn diagram, T-chart, or Y-chart to compare/contrast the sitcom's story line with what would happen in real life.
Graphic Organizers to use for vocabulary development Venn diagram http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/venn_diagrams/ Graphic Organizers http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/ Graphic Organizers http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ Teaching Tips: Graphic Organizers http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000554.shtml
CC: Students will develop a paragraph explaining how the television characters exaggerated the problem instead of realistically solving the problem and then present alternative solutions to the problem.
Use Microsoft Word to develop paragraph.
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