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The document is a lesson plan for an English language class focusing on comedy genres. It includes learning objectives of reading a drama script, identifying features of comedy, and exploring the importance of performance. It outlines activities like discussing amusing characters and situations, learning new vocabulary, listening to an audio extract and taking notes on comedy features, acting out a dialogue, and writing a brief analysis. It provides guidance on using voice, movement and drama to bring out humor, and discussing comedy works that feature character pairs.

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Grade 8 Week 1 - Language

The document is a lesson plan for an English language class focusing on comedy genres. It includes learning objectives of reading a drama script, identifying features of comedy, and exploring the importance of performance. It outlines activities like discussing amusing characters and situations, learning new vocabulary, listening to an audio extract and taking notes on comedy features, acting out a dialogue, and writing a brief analysis. It provides guidance on using voice, movement and drama to bring out humor, and discussing comedy works that feature character pairs.

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10/3/22

Grade 8 – English Language

Mr. Banda
 Read an unseen drama script

 Identify features of the comedy genre

Learning  Explore the importance of performance in creating

Objectives comedy

 Consider the way asides are used to convey character and

situation

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Discussion – Pair Work

What books, plays, and films make you laugh? What

is it about the characters and situations that you find

amusing?

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New Vocabulary
Dramatic comedy

Prudence

Comedic problem
Small Island

Listen to extract 1 of the play and take notes of on the


features of a comedy genre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81UHOUZLjNs

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Comedy Features
 Sudden revelations  Characters fall in love

 Marriage in the end


 Misunderstandings

 Live happily ever after


 Jokes
 Characters become successful
 Endings usually happy
 Characters are sad at times
 Comedians solve problems
 Audience is cruel at times
 Characters struggle at times
 Embarrassing situation
 Audience feels sorry for characters
 Do silly things

 Main character is likeable


 Stereotypes – Lazy husband, nagging wife
New Vocabulary
 Language ranges from vernacular speech to puns and wordplay - the language or dialect

spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

 Use of taboo subjects - a subject, word, or action that is avoided for religious or social reasons: In this society there

is a taboo on/against any sort of public display of affection.

 Incongruence - Incongruence occurs when nonverbal behaviour contradicts a person's words.

 Juxtaposition - the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast or to create an
interesting effect an unusual juxtaposition of colors also : the state of being so placed contrasting shapes placed in juxtaposition to each other.

 Physical and crude humor – poorly made


Action Time – Pair Work

Act the dialogue using their voice, movement, and drama

to bring out the humour of Hortense’s bold plan and

Gilbert’s astonishment

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Task 4 – Pair Work

Reread the extract then discuss and write a brief


analysis of the effect

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Arriving in
England

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Discussion – Pair Work

Discuss comedy shows and books that feature pairs of characters.

What qualities and attitudes do each of the characters show?

How do you react to them? How is the comedy created in the

interactions between the characters?

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Write a counter-argument of not less than
150 words in standard English language

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