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English Senior Elective: Humor (SCP/GEN) 129, 918
Overview
TIME FRAME: 1 quarter (9 weeks)
GRADE: 12
CONTACT:
MAP LEVEL: 4
23.1 LANGUAGE ARTS - READING AND RESPONDING
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23.2 LANGUAGE ARTS - EXPLORE AND RESPOND TO LITER
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23.3 LANGUAGE ARTS - COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS
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23.4 LANGUAGE ARTS - ENGLISH LANG CONVENTIONS
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What are the various ways humor is expressed within a specific culture?
What is the function of humor?
What are the major venues for the expression of humor?
What are the major categories of humor?
The senior English elective, Humor, is designed to look at the lighter side of human communication. By examining films, sitcoms, comics and cartooning, children's literature, stand-up comedy, and literature, students will discover the various means of comedic expression and the function of humor.
Throughout the quarter, students will learn about the following concepts: comic distance, cartooning (single and four-frame), slapstick, stand-up, screenplays, the health benefits of humor, the effects of laughter and how humor reflects cultural values.
As a means of demonstrating their understanding of concepts in humor, students will complete many of the following writing assignments: a parody of a children's book, a cartoon, journal entries, analysis essays, a portion of a screenplay, an eccentric family story, a humor-based research project and an international humor poster and presentation projects.
Students in Humor will display the ability to:
-- Discern between the different types of humor,
-- Discern between the types of humor expressed in varying cultures,
-- Write humorously in varying genres,
-- Analyze humor in varying media forms,
-- Research and present the various effects of humor.
All students will:
-- receive instruction on the ways humor is expressed within cultures,
-- Receive instruction on the various functions of humor,
-- Receive instruction on the major venues for the expression of humor,
-- Experience the editing process either by teacher editing or the peer editing process,
-- Read and write in a variety of comedic forms and styles,
-- Be provided with models of various types and forms of humorous writing,
-- Receive instruction on the identification and function of various humor writing techniques,
-- Be given opportunities to utilize research (traditional and electronic sources) to better understand comedy and humor.
Assessment of student performance will include such activities as journal entries, oral presentations, unit tests, class discussion (circle, Socratic seminars), essays (rubric-based, test, research), student- and teacher-generated questioning, and analytical-based class work/homework assignments.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedge
Raising Arizona, by the Coen Brothers
I Love Lucy episodes
The Three Stooges (film)
Bill Cosby stand-up
As Good as It Gets (film)
Shrek (film)
This class is offered at the SCP and General level.
This class does not satisfy the literature quarter-course requirement for seniors.