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Course: 8th grade reading & vocabulary > Unit 1
Lesson 1: Building knowledgeWelcome to the Funny Business unit!
Good jokes make us laugh. But what is it that makes them funny in the first place? In this unit, we’ll be learning about how comedy works. We'll also think about these questions: How is humor embedded in our culture? What are some different approaches to joke-making? Why is comedy valuable?
In this unit, you will:.
- Read comic stories and drama
- Learn about different types of comedy
- Think about how comedy works
By:
- Watching videos that explain some different approaches to reading
- Reading and answering questions about literary and informational texts
- Learning new academic words
In order to answer the essential question: What is comedy, and what can we learn from it?
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Anyone else forced to be here for school?(333 votes)
No I'm just doing this for fun(81 votes)
ugh upvote if you dont wanna be here(279 votes)
what did the horse say when she fell?(62 votes)- I've fallen and I can't giddy up(140 votes)
im so done with this(92 votes)
this is kinda dumb goofy ahhh(77 votes)
pov you do reading plus khan academy and English assignments because your school is so far behind in teaching(60 votes)
I'm not understanding why more than half of it is videos, that also make no sence.(39 votes)- u didn't spell "sense" right.(35 votes)
- yall in school too??(43 votes)
yes, but its my parents making me do this(14 votes)
if you drop soap on the ground, would the floor be clean, or the soap be dirty?(16 votes)- Oh my. That is a complicated question. I have to make an assumption here that you are referring to a bar of soap. The grammatically correct way to refer to a bar of soap is by simply saying “soap”. So now I assume that your question is, “If soap falls on the floor, is the soap dirty or is the floor clean?”
There are four scenarios:
1. The floor is already clean
2. The floor is dirty
3. The soap is clean
4. The soap is dirty
If the floor is already clean, and the soap is clean, you will have to pick up the soap, put it where it belongs and then clean the soap residue off of the already clean floor. Nothing more should be required.
If the floor is dirty and the soap was clean before it hit the floor, then now the soap is dirty. You will have to pick up the soap, wash it, and then put it away. Now you have a bigger problem. The clean soap touched the dirty floor in one spot. You can’t just clean on spot on a dirty floor, it would not make sense. So now you have to clean the whole floor.
If the floor was clean and the soap was dirty, now the floor is contaminated with dirtiness. You will have to pick up the soap, wash it, and then clean the contaminated floor.
Now if the soap was dirty before it fell, and the floor was dirty before the soap fell on it, you will have to gather the soap, clean it, put it away and then clean the whole floor.
And now, to complicate things more, what if you picked up the soap with dirty hands? Are your hands still dirty or are your hands now clean? Or, Maybe you have clean hands and picked up a dirty soap bar. Now what is dirty and what is clean? In the food processing industry, which I am a part of, we would say that all is contaminated and all has to be washed again. So to be safe and to be absolutely certain that everything is clean, it is the best practice to wash everything when in doubt.
If you did not mean “a bar of soap”, then all of this is out the window. I will have to start over. Like liquid soap is way different. Powdered soap is a whole other process .
I hope this helps you!(26 votes)
This is pretty lame(12 votes)
