Volunteers Needed!
Saturday, May 16th, 2015
Tenth Annual Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival
Saturday, May 16th, 2015
Tenth Annual Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival
Are you a teen in grades 6 through 12 who thinks authors are rock stars? Or perhaps, you are a college student or adult who loves to make magic happen? If so, come help us make the Tenth Annual Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival an experience to remember!
We need nearly 200 volunteers to ensure the event runs smoothly.
This year’s Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival (TBF) will take place on Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Nazareth College. Every year, this free one-day community event connects thousands of teens with award-wining authors from across the country.
Each volunteer will be assigned to work a minimum of a two-hour shift. Volunteers are needed to serve as author assistants, festival greeters, festival guides, and sales assistants in the TBF merchandise area. Those volunteers available all day may apply to serve as author assistants, but these positions are very limited.
Apply soon! We’d love to have you join the TBF team!
From Ms. Aspenleiter
We need nearly 200 volunteers to ensure the event runs smoothly.
This year’s Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival (TBF) will take place on Saturday, May 16, 2015, at Nazareth College. Every year, this free one-day community event connects thousands of teens with award-wining authors from across the country.
Each volunteer will be assigned to work a minimum of a two-hour shift. Volunteers are needed to serve as author assistants, festival greeters, festival guides, and sales assistants in the TBF merchandise area. Those volunteers available all day may apply to serve as author assistants, but these positions are very limited.
Apply soon! We’d love to have you join the TBF team!
From Ms. Aspenleiter
All volunteers must attend a mandatory training session at Nazareth College on Tuesday evening, May 12th from 6:30 to 8pm. We will email you details about this training along with your volunteer assignment. You are responsible for your own transportation to and from this mandatory training and the festival itself. You will need to provide an e-mail address where confirmations and details can be sent about volunteer assignments. If requested, those students who volunteer may receive a document certifying the number of community service hours they provide.
Ready to sign up? Simply go online to complete the TBF Volunteer Submission Form:https://nazareth.wufoo.com/forms/tbf-volunteer-form/
Volunteer Registration is open February 23 – March 27, 2015
If you have additional questions, you can also send your message to tbfvolunteers@gmail.com
Forms must be completed no later than Friday, March 27.
Thank you and we hope you will be able to join us at Teen Book Fest 2015!
Ready to sign up? Simply go online to complete the TBF Volunteer Submission Form:https://nazareth.wufoo.com/forms/tbf-volunteer-form/
Volunteer Registration is open February 23 – March 27, 2015
If you have additional questions, you can also send your message to tbfvolunteers@gmail.com
Forms must be completed no later than Friday, March 27.
Thank you and we hope you will be able to join us at Teen Book Fest 2015!
1) I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
2) I can analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story.
3) I can analyze a case in which grasping point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement)
4) I can establish and use criteria to classify, select, and evaluate texts to make informed judgments about the quality of the pieces.
5) I can analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
6) I can determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.
The following should be familiar from last week, but let's revisit the definition of satire, so as to anchor the concept.
EAR BUDS NEEDED!
EAR BUDS NEEDED!
What is satire?
Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.- Satire is synonymous with mockery,derision, scorn and caricature; however, there are nuances among these; so be aware.
- Satire may be written (literature), graphic (political / social cartoons) and performances. What unifies all these forms is their purpose: constructive criticism, so as to effect change.
- What are some of the techniques used used within the above media?
- 1. parody-a piece of writing, music, etc., that imitates the style of someone or something else in an amusing way
literary example: Well, at least there’s one decidedly delicious thing to have come out of the 50 Shades of Grey phenomenon. Quite literally delicious: this week sees the release of 50 Shades of Chicken: A Parody in a Cookbook, which details the sordid adventures of a young, inexperienced chicken as she gets her breasts and thighs handled by a chef — while serving up some excellent recipes for roasting chicken as well.
musical example
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnoZeGkhFGo
- 2. burlesque-a play, story, novel, etc., that makes a serious subject seem funny or ridiculous; a metaphor in which the figurative comparison is exceptionally comic, grotesque, or exaggerated. In poetry there a wonderful examples with Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock, which is a tells of a great battle to procure a lock of hair or in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, but there is also burlesque comedy, which began in the 19th century and made fun of high brows.
It was typically broad and low; with a strong emphasis on Slap Stick and sexual innuendo. The lead comedian was known as the "top banana"; and many well-known comedians started in Burlesque — such as Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Milton Berle — before crossing over into movies, radio, or the fledgling television industry. One of the most famous classic Burlesque comedy routines is Abbott and Costello's Who's on First?. This one for cultural knowledge; take a peek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=airT-m9LcoY
3. exaggeration- to think of or describe something as larger or greater than it really is
4 juxtaposition-the act of placing two things next to each other
- 5. analogy- that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others
- 6. comparison-the act of looking at things to see how they are similar or different
- 7. double entendre- ambiguity of meaning arising from language that lends itself to more than one interpretation
- "Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution"
- "A man is incomplete until he is married. Then he is finished."
- assignebt"Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again."
- Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator - "This is really a lovely
- horse. I once rode her mother."
here's the problem with double entendres: they are too risque for the classroom. Check them out on your own.
OK, now that you have reviewed the material, here is what you are going to do:
Last week we looked at The Daily Show; now you are going to check out the Colbert Report.
The topics should sound familiar.
The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. It satirizes conservative personality-driven political pundit programs, particularly Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits.
I'd like you to open a word document and list the seven techniques used in satire. As you watch the clips, find examples to support them. Include general information on the theme or topic, then support with some textual evidence. There is no need to quote the whole story. Make sure to include material from all of the clips. Obviously, not every technique will be in each clip.
Send along by the end of class on Tuesday, March 3.
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Techniques list:
1. parody
2. burlesque
3. exaggeration
4. juxtaposition
5. analogy
6. comparison
7. double entendre
Send along by the end of class on Tuesday, March 3.
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Techniques list:
1. parody
2. burlesque
3. exaggeration
4. juxtaposition
5. analogy
6. comparison
7. double entendre
links:
1. Cancelled Colbert about 7 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBPgXjkfBXM&list=PLCD54AAAA6AF29ED5
2. Libertarians abou 7 1/2 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71JazFJAS_k
3. Citizenship: 4 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYKoZJ_YDKE
4. phone aps 3 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b23LSEX6qzY
5. race relations 6 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LktQqlOp0pc
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