Humor


Definition:

Humor is the capacity to perceive, appreciate, or express what is funny, amusing, incongruous, ludicrous, etc.

 

Humor is the healthy way of feeling a "distance" between one's self and the problem, a way of standing off and looking at one's problem with perspective.

 

 

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Books about Humor:

Primary -

 

The Gruffalo

by Julia Donaldson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giraffes Can't Dance

Giraffes Can't Dance

by Giles Andreae

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

by Simms Taback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commotion in the Ocean

Commotion in the Ocean

by Giles Andreae

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knock, Knock! Who's There?:

My First Book of Knock Knock Jokes

by Tad Hills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intermediate -

FREAKY FRIDAYFREAKY FRIDAY
Rodgers, Mary
A thirteen-year-old girl gains a much more sympathetic understanding of her relationship with her mother when the two switch bodies. 

 

 

 

 

HARRIS AND ME: A SUMMER REMEMBERED HARRIS AND ME: A SUMMER REMEMBERED
Paulsen, Gary
Pig wrestling and mouse hunting are just two of a young boy's raucous escapades the summer he lived on his cousin's farm. 

 

 

 

 

HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS

HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
Rockwell, Thomas
Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

KNIGHTS OF THE KITCHEN TABLEKNIGHTS OF THE KITCHEN TABLE
Scieszka, Jon
A magic book transports three boys back to the days of King Arthur in the first book of the "The Time Warp Trio."

 

 

 

 

 

THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTHTHE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
Juster, Norton
Milo, a little boy who didn't know what to do with himself, goes through the phantom tollbooth, behind which lies a strange land and even stranger adventures.

 

 

 

 

 

SQUASHEDSQUASHED
Bauer, Joan
Ellie is determined that Max, her 600 pound pumpkin, will win the big weigh-in at the County Fair.

 

 

 

 

 

THE TWITSTHE TWITS
Dahl, Roald
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted a family of monkeys.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Resources on the Web:

http://www.humormatters.com/kidsjoke.htm

 

For Teachers:

Reasons for teaching with and about humor

http://radicalpedagogy.icaap.org/content/issue8_2/shatz.html 

Writing with humor:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writeit/humor/teacher/humorwriting.htm

 

 

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