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We have a humor unit. What stories, resources, ideas do you have to teach humor? We have practically nothing in our textbook.

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Barbarian On 6/15/09, Louisiannie wrote: > We have a humor unit. What stories, resources, ideas do you > have to teach humor? We have practically nothing in our > textbook. > > HELP! I use video clips from movies and I use a few short stories not in the text. I compare Galaxy Quest to the original Star Trek for parody. I need to get some Mont...See More
Jun 15, 2009
Louisiannie On 6/15/09, Louisiannie wrote: > We have a humor unit. What stories, resources, ideas do you > have to teach humor? We have practically nothing in our > textbook. > > HELP!
Jun 16, 2009
Barbarian On 6/16/09, Louisiannie wrote: > On 6/15/09, Louisiannie wrote: >> We have a humor unit. What stories, resources, ideas do you >> have to teach humor? We have practically nothing in our >> textbook. >> >> HELP! I do a few read-alouds, too, like Amelia Bedilia. They love it! We read "amazing Maurice" by Terry Pratch...See More
Jun 16, 2009
Steve Mc I use Mark Twain, especially excerpts from "Life on the Mississippi." He is hoot! And the students learn about American history and culture at the same time!
Jun 24, 2009
Bet On 6/24/09, Steve Mc wrote: > I use Mark Twain, especially excerpts from "Life on the > Mississippi." He is hoot! And the students learn about > American history and culture at the same time!

I use Welty's "Why I Live at the P.O." for both humor and to illustrate an unreliable narrator. I read from Clyde Edgerton's "Floatplane No...See More
Jun 30, 2009


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