Jokes - Part 2
Jokes - Part 2
Jokes - Part 2
1o bimestre – Aula 02
Ensino Fundamental: Anos Finais
● Temático: jokes; ● Compreender a estrutura de
piadas e anedotas, conhecendo
● Gramatical: Simple Present,
suas características;
usado para escrever
narrativas. ● Usar o Simple Present em uma
narrativa e realizar a escrita de
uma piada;
● Fazer uma apresentação oral
de uma piada.
Are you joking?
Personal answers.
As we saw last class, a joke can be a short story with a setup and a
punchline, and an anecdote is a story that involves a real or fictional
character.
To tell those jokes, you can use the Simple Past:
“Arthur Conan Doyle once went to Paris. He hired a cab…”
“Three people found a magic lamp in the desert…”
But you can also use the Simple Present to talk about the past:
“A man walks into a bar…”
“Two people meet at the corner of a street…”
“A man goes to the doctor and says, …”
The structure of a joke
Last class, you made a draft of a joke.
Now we are going to write and tell those jokes.
Let’s start by the structure of a joke (remember, it is not fixed).
The two more important elements are the setting and the characters.
The setting is where the joke takes place, like a specific location or
situation.
The characters are the people, animals, or entities involved in the joke.
“A chicken walks into a store...”
character setting
Using the Simple Present to tell jokes
We can use the Simple Present Tense to tell jokes and other narratives.
When the subject is in singular form, the action verbs usually end with
“s”. Here's a joke using Simple Present and its key elements:
The setting and the characters:
A cat walks into a coffee shop.
The cat looks at the barista and says, “I'd like a cup of coffee, please.”
Using the Simple Present to tell jokes
The momentum:
As the barista prepares the coffee, the cat continues, “You know, I'm a
huge fan of espresso because it's always purr-fectly strong.”
The punchline:
The barista hands over the coffee and says, “Well, you've got to be kitten
me with these puns!”
Start writing your joke.
After the setting and the characters, prepare the momentum.
As Judd Apatow says:
“All good jokes are based on two important things:
A good joke is part storytelling and part social commentary. It gives people
a way to process and reflect on the world around them through humor.”
SÃO PAULO (Estado). Currículo em Ação: Linguagens, Tecnologia e Inovação e Projeto de Vida – Ensino
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