Much thanks to those who responded.
Original message
A sixth grade reading teacher has requested ideas for teaching situational
irony. She is particularly looking for picture books or short stories that
illustrate this literary device. I'll post a hit for those who are
interested. Thanks.
gift of the magi?
The "Sweetest Fig" by Chris VanAllsburg would be a good picture book for
this lesson.
What about "Gift of the Magi"?
Do you mean like the pig who teaches table manners in a story from one of
the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books? How about Jane Yolen's, Sleeping Ugly, when
the the ugly girl gets the prince and the princess becomes a conversation
piece? Jon Sczieka's True Story of the Three Little Pigs and The Frog Prince
Continued... probably a lot of the fractured fairy tales would have
situational irony.
Bertha Crawford, Librarian
Clifton Middle School
6001 Golden Forest Dr.
Houston, TX 77092-2359
713-613-2516 x317
Fax 713-613-2523
bcrawfor@houstonisd.org
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