Tag Archives: Satire

TV 1: Commercials Introduced

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Emily Mullins

We finished watching some of our satire projects from Friday. Your satire project audience/self evaluations are due tomorrow. We then took notes on advertising techniques (key is here), watched a few samples, and I assigned your project with this proposal … Continue reading →

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TV 1: End of Satire Projects

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Emily Mullins

We had the half day today, so most groups spent the time editing and finishing their satire projects. You have tomorrow to complete your work in class and save it in the folder as projectname_last names. You will also to … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Dr. Strangelove/End of Satire Unit

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Emily Mullins

We first finished watching Dr. Strangelove. After, I assigned an extended, claim-driven response based around the ideas presented in one of the short answer questions. You got started constructing your claim before the end of the hour. You are to … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Dr. Strangelove, cont.

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Emily Mullins

We finished watching the film today. Tomorrow, we will wrap up the unit in its entirety with a final response assignment regarding one of those short answer questions and its connection to ideas presented by both Kubrick and Vonnegut in … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Dr. Strangelove/Wrap up to Satire Unit

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Emily Mullins

We started watching the satiric, black comedy film, Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb by Stanley Kubrick today as a wrap up to our unit. We will use these short-answer questions to respond to … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: 2081

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Emily Mullins

We watched the short film version of Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”, titled 2081. It is linked on YouTube and available to rent. We will debrief our unit/satire projects and the existentialist response papers the Monday we return before watching Dr. Strangelove … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Cat’s Cradle Exam

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Emily Mullins

We first reviewed any questions you may have had regarding “Harrison Bergeron” or Cat’s Cradle. We then took the test. Grades will be in after school today. We will watch the film version of “Harrison Bergeron” in class tomorrow. No … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Satire Projects

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Emily Mullins

Below are the videos for each hour. As certain groups overlapped hours, so will the videos posted below. Third Hour Videos: 1.Double Standards in the work place, 2. Lack of Funding in the Arts, 3. Infomercial: The Regular Rag, 4. … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: Pre-SAT Bubbling + CC Wrap Up

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Emily Mullins

We had to go to the LMC to pre-bubble for the SAT on April 12th, the Tuesday you return from break. After this, you came back and were able to start working on or looking over your review for the … Continue reading →

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Honors 11: KV’s Charting the Story and Ch. 30-42

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Emily Mullins

We first watched one of Vonnegut’s lectures from the 80s about “Charting the Story”, or “The Shapes of Stories”–you read a longer lecture transcript last night for homework. We then charted our own story after we watched. Next, we got … Continue reading →

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