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Comedy . . . Mad Libs. Studio Menu Items 1 st six weeks. Comic Strip. Puns. Monologue. A word game where one player prompts another for a list of words to substitute for blanks in a story, usually with funny results .
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Comedy . . . Mad Libs Studio Menu Items 1stsix weeks Comic Strip Puns Monologue
A word game where one player prompts another for a list of words to substitute for blanks in a story, usually with funny results. • Mad Libs was invented in 1953 by Leonard Stern and Roger Price, who published the first Mad Libs book themselves in 1958. Mad Libs
Let’s try it! • Plural noun: _______________ • Plural noun: _______________ • Plural noun: _______________ • Adjective: _________________ • Adjective (color): _____________ • Verb: ________________ Mad Lib Word List
Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and his mother were so poor that they only had two old _________. Jack’s mother sent him to the market to sell them for some __________. Jack ran into a strange woman and traded her for some magic ___________. Jack planted them, and soon, there was a/an _____________ stalk growing from the ground. Jack climbed up the stalk and reached a/an _______ castle. He started to __________ when he heard the sound of a giant approaching. Mad Libs Example
You will create a simple story with a minimum of 15-20 missing words. • Word Bank must be on a separate page. • You must use a variety of parts of speech for your blanks. Mad Libs
You will create a 5-7 pane comic strip telling a story of your choice. It must be illustrated and your pictures must “speak as loudly” as your words. • Characters and story should be original! • Example: Buggs Bunny • Example: Archie Comic Strip
The Rugrats Comic Strip ComicStripFan.Com
If you choose to create single pane comics, you must create 5, and the pictures must “speak as loudly” as your words. Your illustrations should give the text an even deeper meaning. Some great examples are on the next slide. Single Pane Comics
http://www.familycircus.com/ The Family Circus
"A Play on Words" • Using a word or words that have more than 1 meaning. Example: Our social studies teacher says that her globe means the world to her. Puns
A humorous substitution of words that are alike in sound but different in meaning, as in this passage from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll: • “And how many hours a day did you do lessons?” said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject. • “Ten hours the first day,” said the Mock Turtle, “nine the next, and so on.” • “What a curious plan!” exclaimed Alice. • “That's the reason they're called lessons,” the Gryphon remarked: “because they lessen from day to day.” From Grammar Dictionary: pun
How do you fix a broken tomato? • With tomato paste. Tomato Paste Pun Fun! Tom Swifities Link
Why did the spider go to the computer? • To check his web site. Pun Fun! Written by Rachel - Tom Swifities Link
What did the big toe say to the little toe?" • There's a big heel following us. Pun Fun! (Kid's Jokes)
How do celebrities stay cool? They have many fans! • He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends. • Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He is all right now. • Sir Lancelot once had a very bad dream about his horse. It was a knight mare. Puns: More Examples
Book of Puns • You will create a 6-10 page book of puns with one pun per page. • Your book must have a cover page. • The pages must be organized in some logical way. • Each pun should be illustrated with color. Pun Assignment
A monologue is a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, performed by a single speaker. • Lamont Carey (I Can't Read) HBO Def Jam Poetry - YouTube • The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Best Monologues) Part 2 of 3 – YouTubeThe first 2:15 seconds Monologue
More Examples: Taylor Lautner on SNL- FULL opening monologue - YouTube Saturday Night Live - Taylor Swift Monologue - Video - NBC.comstart at 2:00 Monologue
You will write a serious or comedic monologue (speech) that you will perform alone. Your topic must be school appropriate and you must have a hard copy to turn in. Your topic should be something you are passionate about or simply entertaining for your audience. Your performance must be well-rehearsed and last 1-3 minutes. HINT: A 1 minute commercial is approximately 150 words or one full page of writing. Monologue Assignment