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Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five: "Humor, Tone, and Politics"
Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five: "Humor, Tone, and Politics"
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
1. What is tone and how is it politically powerful?
2. Should tragedies be the subject of comedy or is this inherently disrespectful and taboo?
3. Is pain funny? Is humor painful?
Click for PDF of Complete Unit which includes:
- Curricular Philosophy
- Detailed Unit Calendars
- Assessment Plan
- ELL/Differentiation Plan
- Rubrics
- Variety of worksheets and assessments
Sample of Unit Calendar
Academic Discussion Preparation Worksheet
Self-assessment Rubric for students and teacher
Tone Graphic Organizer
Sample from Differentiation Plan
Character Instagram Worksheets
Worksheet for students to watch and assess modelled academic discussion with rubric.
Sample Slides from Opening of the Unit. (click here to view)
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