Couch potatoes;

December 10, December 10, 20122012

AM: Holden, Summer, and Samantha

PM: Nekayla, Bailey, and Jay

Review for Case 21 Reading Test:

December 10, December 10, 20122012

Complete hand outs bout volcanoes and islands to review text structure, context clues, main idea, text features

Review for Case 21 Writing Test:

Find the adjective or adverb clause in each sentence. Write the

sentence, put the clause in brackets, and label.

Pete opened his back door

because he heard a crying cat.

Before Pete could blink, the cat was

in his kitchen.

The little boy who has on a red shirt

is my brother.

My new purse, which I found on sale, is black and

pink.

I rode my bicycle before I ate breakfast.

The vegetables that people leave

uneaten are often the most

nutritious.

I hurried home because I was

hungry.

Bathroom Break!

Ironic by Alanis Morissette!

An old man turned ninety-eightHe won the lottery and died the next day

It's a black fly in your ChardonnayIt's a death row pardon two minutes too late

And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding dayIt's a free ride when you've already paid

It's the good advice that you just didn't takeWho would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to flyHe packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye

He waited his whole … life to take that flightAnd as the plane crashed down he thought

"Well isn't this nice..."And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding dayIt's a free ride when you've already paid

It's the good advice that you just didn't takeWho would've thought... it figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on youWhen you think everything's okay and everything's going right

And life has a funny way of helping you out whenYou think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up

In your face

A traffic jam when you're already lateA no-smoking sign on your cigarette break

It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knifeIt's meeting the man of my dreamsAnd then meeting his beautiful wifeAnd isn't it ironic...don't you think

A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think...

It's like rain on your wedding dayIt's a free ride when you've already paid

It's the good advice that you just didn't takeWho would've thought... it figures

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on youLife has a funny, funny way of helping you out

Helping you out

Isn’t it ironic….“Irony requires an opposing meaning between what’s said and what’s intended. Sounds simple, but it’s not. A paradox, something that seems contradictory but may be true, is not an irony. The Times stylebook, which, believe me, can be harsh, offers useful advice:

The loose “use of irony and ironically, to mean an incongruous turn of events, is trite. Not every coincidence, curiosity, oddity and paradox is an irony, even loosely. And where irony does exist, sophisticated writing counts on the reader to recognize it.”

Isn’t it ironic….Alanis Morissette’s song “Ironic” is equally useful. If it rains on your wedding day, that’s a coincidence, not an irony. If you win the lottery and drop dead before claiming the money, it’s good luck followed by bad luck. If you meet the man of your dreams and then meet his beautiful wife, it’s a bummer. But if a song called “Ironic” contains no irony, is that in itself ironic? Nope.

It may just be … dumb. It depends on the creator’s intent. So, as has been suggested, if Morissette purposely wrote a song called “Ironic” that contained no irony at all, is that ironic? We may be getting closer. Do you know irony when you see it?

What is irony?http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=11851

http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=247074

“The Gift of the Magi”

See if a ppt makes it clearer….

Now, let’s read the play!

“The Gift of the Magi”—Identify Irony

Pair one: Jim buying Della’s gift, with a thought bubble showing whathe expects will happen when he gives it to her, and Jimfinding out that Della has cut her hair, with a thoughtbubble showing what he thinks about his gift for Della now.

Pair two:Della buying Jim’s present, with a thought bubble showing what she expects will happen when she gives it to him, and Della just after Jim tells her that he sold his watch, with a thought bubble

showing what she thinks about her gift for him now.

“A Modern Day Gift of the Magi”

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/07/02/hunger.house/#cnnSTCOther1

http://tedxatlanta.com/videos/01262010-repurpose/kevin-and-hannah-salwen/

SSR…Even celebrities have to be able to read!