Stop the video. Ask students to predict how the disruption will be resolved. Complete the viewing of the episode. Have students compare British and American situation comedies. Time the length of scenes in each sitcom over a four-minute span and discuss the pace of each sitcom.
Students can examine in detail the types of humour employed in a situation comedy.
They will need an explanation of the terms pun , slapstick , irony , insult and one-liner . Institutional comedies, they argue, base their humour on what the audience already knows about the institution or organisation. Return to Secondary Lesson Plans Index.