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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Make Your Writing Funnier

For Students 9th - 10th
Emmy Award-winning comedy writer Cheri Steinkellner offers a few tips and tricks for finding the funny in your writing. [5:07]
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 9: Laughter

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students understand that specific structures and literary elements create humorous effects in a variety of print and nonprint sources. Students explore the development of humor to determine a text's deeper meaning and purpose, and apply...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Analyzing Election Cartoons (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A instructional activity that helps students identify symbols and caricature in political cartoons. Students will analyze how political cartoons portray messages, opinions, and points of view and will then compare them with written...