Literacy Through Laughter: How to Teach a Sitcom-based Unit

The sitcome has been a mainstay of family entertainment since its inception. As Louise Lavery explains, its stable of solid archetypes, predictable story arcs and easily discerned messages can make it a valuable resource for teaching narrative structure in the junior secondary English classroom.

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Screens in the Classroom, middle years, Blossom, Family Matters, Full House, Fuller House, The Goldbergs, Malcolm in the Middle, The Middle, television, screen literacy