Writers - Southern Humorists: Lesson Plans / Other Resources

Lesson Plans
	Unit Lesson Plan Mountain Humor in Folktales and Other Media Emphasis on Appalachia - Junior High
	Lear, Limericks, and Literature: Creative Writing Lesson Plans Uses material found in books by Edward Lear - High School
	April is the Funniest Month: Vocabulary Lesson Plans Jokes, doodles and riddles - Grades 3-5
	Fractured Fairy Tales and Fables with Jon Scieszka Classroom activity guides that help students write their own fractured fairy tales.
	Glencoe Online - Teacher Resources - Literature - Lesson Plans - Humor Various Lesson Plans
Other Resources
	"It Was Funny When it Left Here" Taken from a talk delivered at the The California Reading Association
	Artistic Network - Top Ten Tools for Writing Humor
	Satiric Quill - Five Tips For Writing Humor
	Writers Write - Seven Steps to Better Humor Writing
	Institute of Children's Literature - Rx for Writers - "Lighten Up: Humor in Middle Grade Fiction" with Mary Ryan Transcript of questions and answers with author Mary Ryan
	Ohio Library and Information Link - Abstract of "A Descriptive Study of How Humor in Literature Serves to Engage Children in Their Reading"
	University of Toledo - Paul Many Homepage - Humor in Young Adult Literature
	Documenting the American South - Article from Encyclopedia of Southern Culture - Library of Southern Literature - Humor in Literature

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