Introduction to Satire

A sneer is the weapon of the weak.

    -- James Russell Lowell

1.  NOTE: For homework over the next few days please work on completing your book reviews on goodreads and providing a link to your review as shown yesterday.  

2.  INDEPENDENT READING -- Begin at the bell

3.  Introduction to Satire and first text -- "Lost in the kitchen"

     

 Essential questions:  * Why is it important to look critically at the world around us?

                                * Why is it important to write about the vices and follies in human
                                        society?

                                * Why do authors choose satire?

4.  GEARUP -- the last ten minutes of class