Quarter 3, Week 4

Tuesday, January 22
Classwork

1. Do Now: Vocab Unit 10, Quiz A
2. Next: Prepare journals for presentations (name, topic, done well, needs improvement, something learned)
3. After: Finish Presentations
4. Then: Distribute Othello
5. Time-permitting: Reflection-writing workshop (see the outline here)

Homework

• Finish writing reflection
• Read pp. 16-17 in Shakespeare's Othello (this is background information that you will need to understand the events of the play) There will be a test on this information next class!
• Continue independent reading due by next Friday, February 1 @ 2:15

Thursday, January 24
Classwork

1. Do Now: Othello background test prep in journals
2. Then: Test on background information from Shakespeare's Othello
3. After: Read/Listen to Act I, Sc i & ii
4. Next: Watch Act I, Sc. iii (excerpted from the 1995 version starring Laurence Fishburne, dir. Oliver Park)
5. After: Discussion about Othello's speech and the reason for Brabantio's anger

Homework

• Study for Vocab Unit 10, Quiz B
• Continue independent reading due by next Friday, February 1 @ 2:15
• Read Shakespeare's Othello Act II, Sc. i (complete strategy worksheet)

Reminder: ALL Juniors must complete the research paper process to move-on to Senior English.  There will be no more class-time devoted to the process; however, all of your English teachers are available to help you complete the assignments: annotated bibliography, outline, draft 1, draft 2, draft 3 and reflection.