“Wait… That's NOT What I Thought?” Four Ready-to-Teach Lessons on Verbal, Situational, and Dramatic Irony

Irony: “Wait… That’s NOT What I Thought?” is a complete, ready-to-teach system for one of the most commonly mistaught concepts in ELA. Inside, you’ll find a foundational lesson on what irony actually is (and why it’s not just a fancier word for sarcasm), followed by four full, standalone lesson plans: verbal irony, situational irony, dramatic irony, and a culminating lesson that mixes all three for real discrimination practice. Every lesson follows the same nine part structure: a real life hook, teacher modeling, a sorting activity, scenario cards, a short passage, movie and TV examples, social media examples, a literature example, a writing activity, and an exit ticket. A compiled Scenario Card Bank and Exit Ticket Collection are included at the back. Students already recognize irony in their own lives. This guide simply gives them the vocabulary to prove it.