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This lesson focuses on satire and parody. Students read the text of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and its parody "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch" by Weird Al Yankovic and compare/contrast the two. The audio of Weird Al's version is also available. Students will also read and discuss the article "Soap and the Campus: A Web-Site Spoof Succeeds" from The New York Times Learning Network. Also included is a link to a create your own satire assignment.
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create your own satire, "american lit: the adventures of huckleberry finn: satire", "girls just wanna have lunch" by weird al yankovic, "soap and the campus: a web-site spoof succeeds" from the new york times learning network., "the adventures of huckleberry finn" by mark twain, cyndi lauper's "girls just wanna have fun", georgia virtual learning, examples of satire
Classroom Considerations
- Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)