Classwork
- Finish Shakespeare Activity- Any missing or incomplete steps may still be completed for credit
- Watch video to reinforce the 'Essential Question': How does literature shape or reflect society? Address this essential question of the quarter in your journal (If you are absent, the video, America in Primetime: The Crusader, can be viewed by clicking here. Please address the essential question in your journal as it pertains to this film.)
- Journal prompts for video (short answer format for each):
- (Required) Does literature shape or reflect society? Remember to use examples from the video and explain if literature shapes our society, reflects it or both.
- (Optional) How are modern characters different from those in the past? Why is it important to make this distinction? What does it say about our society versus the society of 50 years ago?
- (Optional) Does the audience need to think characters are 'good people' to stay engaged and relate to them? Does this say anything about the morality of the audience?
- (Optional) The video mentions that modern characters are usually forced to choose between two negative outcomes, also known as 'a rock and a hard place.' Why might this be more appealing to today's audience, than the clear choice between good and evil that characters in earlier stories faced?
- Reminder: we will be assessing and reflecting the products on Thursday in class
- Finish Steps 1-4 of the Shakespeare's Othello Activity by class-time on Thursday
- Finish the Product for presentation or submission by class-time on Thursday
Classwork
- Do Now: pre-assess your product. In your journal, predict your product based on the rubric you've created for yourself.
- Then: Gallery Walk of products (student presentations if necessary for particular product)
- After: Assessment of products with student-produced rubric
- Then: Reflection on activity from beginning to end (finish by end of class)
- Preview next quarter's thematic focus: The Contemporary World: Non-fiction, Poetry and Fiction
- Sign-up for independent reading by Friday @ 2:15 (if I do not see that you are signed-up for a book by this Friday at 2:15, one will be assigned on March 28 when you arrive to class.)
- Create your American Literature Textbook account if you haven't done-so in the beginning of the year. Complete the first online activity (ask for print material on Thursday of you do not have internet access at home.)
