Reminder: Any student who has not completed at least three drafts of the research paper needs to do so as soon as possible. Failure to do so will jeopardize your ability to pass Junior English Language Arts.
Monday, January 28Classwork
- Do Now: Vocab Unit 10, Quiz B
- Then: Theme review- jealousy, reputation, revenge, love, justice, appearance vs. reality, eyes and vision, poison, black and white, dirt and filth (ref. pp. 294-300)
- Next: Summarize Act I, Sc. i & ii
- After: Watch Act I, Sc. iii (excerpted from the 1995 version starring Laurence Fishburne, dir. Oliver Park)
- Assessment: Discussion about Othello's speech and the reason for Brabantio's anger
- Read Act II, Sc. i & ii (be ready to discuss events IN DETAIL during class)
- Finish independent reading assignment due Friday by 2:15
Classwork
- Do Now: Character study- Othello (use pg. 301, Question 1)
- Then: watch Act II, Sc. iii (excerpted from the 1995 version starring Laurence Fishburne, dir. Oliver Park)
- After: Character study- Iago (use notes from film and Question #2 on p.306)
- Next: Discuss motivations of both Othello and Iago in the play so far
- Assessment: Debating motives- Iago vs. Othello
- Read Act III, Sc. i & ii
- Finish independent reading assignment due Friday by 2:15
Classwork
- Do Now: Character study- Desdemona (use pg. 312, Question 11)
- Then: Is lying and schemeing ever defensible? (discussion looking at Othello's and Iago's motives)
- After: Short essay defending either Iago or Othello in Shakespeare's Othello
- Using the rubric provided, score your essay and defend your score in a written response
- Finish independent reading assignment due Friday by 2:15
- Study for Vocab Unit 11, Quiz A
- Read Act III, Sc. iii & iv (Monday's quiz will have a question referring to this reading)
