• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Words for tone and attitude: indignant, sardonic, conciliatory…; Euphemism, oxymoron, paradox and understatement; Literary analysis: theme, symbol, ambiguity). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. Which tone word matches this description? trying to end a disagreement and restore goodwill (conciliatory / incredulous / indignant / earnest) → conciliatoryPrompt: Think about whether the attitude is positive, negative or neutral, then how strong it is.
2. Which figure of speech matches this description? A mild or indirect phrase used instead of a harsh or uncomfortable one. (paradox / euphemism / understatement / oxymoron) → euphemismPrompt: Ask: does it soften, combine opposites in two words, seem self-contradictory as a whole idea, or downplay?
3. Which word best describes the speaker's tone? I still picture my grandmother's kitchen, warm with bread, and wish I could step back into those summers. (nostalgic / detached / indignant / apprehensive) → nostalgicPrompt: What feeling do the speaker's word choices and punctuation reveal?

• Read the first lines of a short text aloud and ask what students predict will happen and why.
• Share the objective: Satire, parody, caricature and deadpan. Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Imitating the style of a particular work or genre for comic effect.
• Step 1: Satirists use imitation (parody), exaggeration (caricature, reductio ad absurdum) and tone (deadpan, irony) to criticise and amuse.
• Step 2: parody: Imitating the style of a particular work or genre for comic effect.
• Step 3: So the answer is: parody
• Answer: parody
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Exaggerating a person's features or traits to make them look ridiculous. (caricature / deadpan / satire / reductio ad absurdum) → caricaturePrompt: Is the technique about criticising society, copying a style, exaggerating a person, a straight-faced delivery, or pushing an argument to absurdity?
2. Which comic or satirical technique is used here? A fake news report announces that the government will fix the housing crisis by making all homes smaller — a joke that targets real policy failures. (reductio ad absurdum / parody / satire / caricature) → satirePrompt: What is being made fun of: a society or policy, a style or genre, a person's looks or traits, or an argument?

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Exaggerating a person's features or traits to make them look ridiculous. (caricature / parody / deadpan / satire) → caricaturePrompt: Is the technique about criticising society, copying a style, exaggerating a person, a straight-faced delivery, or pushing an argument to absurdity?
2. Type the comic or satirical technique (in English) that matches this description. Exaggerating a person's features or traits to make them look ridiculous. → caricaturePrompt: Is the technique about criticising society, copying a style, exaggerating a person, a straight-faced delivery, or pushing an argument to absurdity?

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/english/grade-12.