Today we are peer reviewing our satire articles. Please make positive, constructive comments on at least two others’ articles in the google folder. Consider the guidelines listed below.

Satire final draft due Wednesday.

For students currently being oriented in the studio, your satire articles will be due next Monday.

Satire Guidelines 

Word Count: 200 – 400

Include: 

• Humor! (sarcasm, irony, exaggeration)
• Quotes (absolutely they can be made up)
• News structure (lede, inverted pyramid structure, who, what, when, why, and how)
• A purpose – which should NOT be explicitly stated – it’s not an editorial! (you think homework is ridiculous and so you are mocking it)

Satire Guidelines 

Word Count: 200 – 400

Include: 

• Humor! (sarcasm, irony, exaggeration)
• Quotes (absolutely they can be made up)
• News structure (lede, inverted pyramid structure, who, what, when, why, and how)
• A purpose – which should NOT be explicitly stated – it’s not an editorial! (you think homework is ridiculous and so you are mocking it)

First Draft Due: Friday at the end of the day

Satire – deciding what to write about

1. Read through this helpful article: http://www.wikihow.com/Write-Satire-About-Current-Events
2. Decide on a topic and a purpose
   • (Example: topic – homework     purpose – use sarcasm and understatement to mock the excessive amounts of homework that students are assigned).
3. Complete this form to submit your topic and purpose.

1. Do the Tuesday, November 22 post if you have not yet. Everyone should have this post completed.
2. Satire: 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.
3. Read this article: http://www.theonion.com/article/42-million-dead-in-bloodiest-black-friday-weekend–30517
4. On your blog, write a short post in which you explain what makes this article satyrical. What societal issue is being critiqued? What is the author’s likely view? How does she inject humor?

https://goo.gl/forms/O9V9TlmjabqGWbwJ2

SATIRE

1. Read these straight news articles (this is NOT satire):
   1. http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/07/us/dakota-access-pipeline-visual-guide/
   2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/21/police-citing-ongoing-riot-use-water-cannons-on-dakota-access-protesters-in-freezing-weather/
2. Read the document “Elements of Satire”
   1. elements_of_satire
3. Read this Onion article: http://www.theonion.com/infographic/what-you-need-know-about-dakota-access-pipeline-54744
4. Complete the following form: https://goo.gl/forms/V85et8NNO9rFmUP62

Final drafts of your news articles are due today in the folder!

• Your first draft of your news article should be in the folder.
• Please peer review at least THREE classmates’ articles today.
• Final draft of your news article is due Monday. 

News story first drafts are due by the end of the day! 

Submit to the “News Articles 11/17” folder!

STRAIGHT NEWS STORY

FIRST DRAFT: Thursday @ end of day

WORD COUNT: ~200-250

REMEMBER: Start with your lede – one-two sentences in its own paragraph that answers all the vital questions in the story – who what when where why and how. How you arrange this sentence is also dependent on what you feel is most important.

EXAMPLE: An elderly Moscow man died Monday when an early morning fire raged through his home.

In 16 words, we know the who (the Moscow man), the what (the fire that happened), the when (Monday, early morning), the where (his home), and a little bit of why (a man died because of a fire).  The why and the how can be explained more in the following paragraphs to keep the reader’s interest, but the who, what, when, and where is what will get the reader’s attention in the first place.

All other paragraphs should be arranged in an inverted pyramid (the most important, essential information first, in descending order, each paragraphed focus on lesser and lesser essential information).

When in doubt, ask me!