Yo Mama

Okay, it is confession time.

During my second year of teaching I had this great idea to use popular movies as examples of literary terms. You should know that the word LITERARY instantly causes me to run to a book. However, in the mind of 6th graders, LITERARY is just another word for boring. SO, I decided to show them, through movies, that the same techniques perfected by authors in novels are incorporated into the movies they love.

Good idea, right?

I thought so too, and from the first minute that I started this project (with video editing and tons of work) I knew what movie clip I wanted to use for hyperbole.

Picture the scene.... 30 sixth graders (the majority of them boys) sitting around watching a clip from Sister Act 2 where Whoopi Goldberg, in all her nun glory, gets control of the class by telling a Yo Mama joke!

CLASSIC...... PERFECT........RELEVANT AND FUNNY....... & AN EXAMPLE OF HYPERBOLE!

Wondering about the confession?

Well, here's the deal. Not a week later, I sat in a 6th Grade Team Meeting where we discussed the increased number of Yo Mama jokes circling the halls of Highview and the need to "nip those jokes in the bud" before things got out of control.

YIKES!! I am embarrassed to say that I stayed silent in that meeting. :)

So, in light of all of that, I have uploaded the infamous video below, for you to enjoy and am taking suggestions for movie clips with examples of hyperbole that are school appropriate. 

By the way, I LOVE the idea of having a YouTube account to share with my students and parents!!

Happy Tuesday!!

- Stacey

P.S. Want to see the other Literary Terms Videos I have created? Take a look at my YouTube account!

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