Expected Outcomes
Stage 3 Unit 1 Assignment
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Stage 4 Employment Unit 8 Assignment 1,
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Description
1. Have a number of humourous stories
of different reading levels available.
2. The instructor will want to
choose how the reading should take place. The students may read individually,
in a small group, or orally with the entire class.
3. Following the reading, have the
students analyze the humour in the story using the information that they have
gathered in previous lessons. To do this, use the blackline master Humourous
Situations.
4. Also, have the students compare
the story they have read to the comedy structure that was discussed in the
previous lesson, "Situation Comedy Structure". Blackline master Charting
Comedy Structure has been included for use.
5. The instructor may choose how
the analysis is to be done. It may be done in small groups or
individually.
Sub-skills Needed:
1. Co-operative learning strategies 2. Note
taking strategies
Materials Needed
1. Copies of the blackline master, Humourous
Situations
2. Copies of the blackline master,
Charting Comedy Structure
3. The notes on the different types
of humour from a previous lesson |