1. Define the vocabulary:
Stanza, Quatrain, Couplet, Meter, Syllable, Rhyme Scheme, Scansion, Parody, Hyperbole
2. Know the benefit of reading a text using an eReader like the one by Barnes and Noble.
We looked at Irving mentions of St. Nicholas in "The History of New York." So fast.
3. This lead us to Moore's "Twas the Night Before Christmas." Link
4. We looked at a few parody versions of the poems.
One we particularly enjoyed was the Tex-Mex version. Download Tex-Mex Twas the Night Before Christmas
5. We analyzed the meter, language, and rhyme scheme to make sure the parody has characteristics of the original.
6. Students wrote at least the first two stanzas of their original parodies of Moore's work.
7. We also watched "Weird Al" Yankovich's musical parody of Michael Jackson's "Bad."
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Weird Al Yankovic - Fat (Official Music Video) - Click here for this week’s top video clips
