Content Language Objective

• Students will use satirical strategies (exaggeration, surprise, understatement, reversal, incongruity, etc.) to develop an original satirical essay, using:

• Collaborative speaking and writing• Twain model satire• Academic vocabulary of satire

Warm-upAcademic LanguageNorth: East:West:

Discourse RolesNorth: East: West:

TASK:Write down the three main satirical foci of your original

Advice to Youth

Your Advice

• Write your own satirical “advice to youth” putting a modern “spin” on it. Use at least four satirical strategies (exaggeration, incongruity, sarcasm, etc.) to target at least four different aspects of life in high school or or life as a teenager in general.

Your Advice

• What kind of advice would Twain give today? Modeling Twain’s voice, diction and syntax, write your own satirical “advice to youth” putting a modern “spin” on it.

• Think of advice you have received from parents, teachers, role models. Is it relevant?

• Use several types of satire in your advice

Agenda

• Content Language Objective(s)• Warmup• Original Satire “Advice to Youth” write-like• Wrap-up, reflection on learning objectives