Unless stated otherwise, all assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the date they are assigned.
 
All handouts, presentations, videos, and other class materials are available on the Google drive for this class, organized in folders according to unit and subject.
 
Your most important resource: The Essay Guide
PDF of Othello is HERE.
 
Reminders and Due Dates:
-Monday, Feb. 28: We will use the SpringBoard text in order to complete the class activities. An electronic copy will NOT be provided. (pp. 147, 176, 177).
-Thursday, Mar. 3: We will use the SpringBoard text in order to complete the class activities. An electronic copy will NOT be provided. (pp. 281-282).
-Tuesday, Mar. 8: Vocab Journal #5 Due
-Wednesday, Mar. 16 and Thursday, Feb. 17: Othello test
 
 
 
Monday, Feb. 28, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, RI1, W4, SL1, L1, L6
 
U3L2A1 Othello Analysis

1. Read “How is My Perspective Shaped?” discussion (p. 147).
2. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge0b5EPdL8I  from 5:55 to 7:48 and 10:20 to 11:32 to see the different subtext that can be delivered through the exact same words.
3. Volunteers prepare dialogue on p. 177 with scenarios.
4. Discuss subtext and stage directions. (p. 176).

 
Review citing line numbers in a drama (Essay Guide, pp. 92-93).
 
Watch Othello play summary (Othello in 6 Minutes.mp4): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH6phTSOn3Q
 
Begin reading Othello aloud in class, filling in the charts as we read.
 
Presentation Lens Details Othello I I FA21.pptx walks you through how to document CMF details for the first scene.
 
Read I.i through the “I Am Not What I Am” monologue.
Watch and discuss the first version of the opening scene of Othello:
Othello I i I Am Not What I Am Kani.mpg
 
Discuss soliloquy and aside from p. 304 of the SpringBoard text.
 
 
 
Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, W4, SL1, L1, L6
 
U6L5A9 Faulty Coordination
Ruby Grammar Wkbk, Faulty Coordination, pages 83-84 (11GE2023pdf. 11GE2024.pdf)
 
U3L4A1 Sonnets & Pastoral Poetry
Using the green British Literature textbooks under your desk (or on the shelf at the back of the room), complete the worksheets that have been provided (you may need to use the Table of Contents or Index to locate the information in the textbook): Sonnets and Pastoral Poetry Wkst.doc and Pastoral Poetry.doc

​NOTE: All of the information and poems are readily available on the Internet. If you are working at home, try using Google to find the information and poems.

If any time remains, you may work on your vocabulary that is due next week. You may use Othello or the poems you have worked with today as sources for your vocabulary words.
 
 
 
Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, W4, SL1, L1, L6
 
Go over worksheets from yesterday.
 
U6L5A10 More Faulty Coordination
Ruby Grammar Wkbk, Faulty Coordination, pages 85-86 (11GE2025.pdf; 11GE2026.pdf).
 
U3L3A1 Comparing Film Versions, Part I (RF)
Watch the three versions of the opening scene of Othello:
Othello I i I Am Not What I Am Kani.mpg
Othello I i I Am Not What I Am Olivier.mpg
Othello I i I Am Not What I Am Fishburne.mpg
On the chart (Comparing Film Versions Graphic Organizer I i I am not.docx), identify how the characters are portrayed in each version. What is the same? What is different? How do the differences affect the impact of the scene on the viewer?
(discuss after EACH video).
 
U3L2A1 Othello Analysis
Read and analyze the rest of I.i with Lens Details Othello I I FA21.pptx.
 
 
 
Thursday, Mar. 3, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, W4, SL1, L1, L6
 
U6L5A11 Faulty Parallelism
67 Parallelism 12GE2019.pdf; 68 Parallelism 12GE2020.pdf
Parallel Structure and Conjunctions.pptx
 
U3L2A1 Othello Analysis
Play versions of Wake Brabantio and discuss similarities/differences/methods that directors use to hide Iago’s identity:
Othello I i Wake Brabantio Kani.mpg
Othello I i Wake Brabantio Fishburne.mpg
Othello I I Wake Brabantio Marshall.mpg
 
U3L2A2 Moor through a Cultural Lens
Complete activity 3.7: The Moor: Character Analysis Through a Cultural Lens (pp. 281-282).
 
Discuss the cultural prejudice demonstrated in I.i.
 
 
 
Friday, Mar. 4, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, W4, SL1, L1, L6
 
U6L5A12 Sentence Structure
47 Sentence Structure 12GE1915.pdf; 48 Sentence Structure 12GE1916.pdf.
 
U3L2A1 Othello Analysis
-Read/analyze I.ii
-Watch Othello I ii Street Confrontation Kani.mpg (2:33) and Othello I ii Street Confrontation Fishburne.mpg  (2:12). Compare/contrast clips, discussing gestures, tone, prop, costuming.
-Read I.iii through Othello’s explanation of what happened.

Unless stated otherwise, all assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the date they are assigned.
 
All handouts, presentations, videos, and other class materials are available on the Google drive for this class, organized in folders according to unit and subject.
 
Your most important resource: The Essay Guide
 
Reminders and Due Dates:
-Tuesday, Feb. 15: Vocab Journal #4 Due
-Wednesday, Feb. 16: U6L4A9 Preposition Practice and U6L4A11 NoRedInk Prepositions and Modifiers Practice due
-Thursday, Feb. 17: U2L4A1 Applying a Critical Perspective due; Rubric HERE
-Friday, Feb. 18: You MUST have your SpringBoard text pages in order to complete the class activities. An electronic copy will NOT be provided. (pp. 146, 190, 258, 269-271).
-Tuesday, Mar. 8: Vocab Journal #5 Due
 
 
Monday, Feb. 14, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL6, SL1, W2, W4, W5, W9, L1, L3, L4, L5, L6
 
U6V4 Vocab Journal #4 due tomorrow.
 
Go over worksheets from Friday.
 
U6L2A2 Subject-Verb Agreement
93 SV Agrmt Nns Pronns Vbs 12GE2301.pdf; 94 SV Agrmt Nns Pronns Vbs 12GE2302.pdf; 95 SV Agrmt Compound Subj 12GE2303.pdf; 96 SV Agrmt Compound Subj 12GE2304.pdf; 97 SV Agrmt Confusing Subj 12GE2305.pdf; 98 SV Agrmt Confusing Subj 12GE2306.pdf
 
U2L4A1 Applying a Critical Perspective
Read about how and what to quote and cite (pp. 82-94 in the Essay Guide).
Read about how NOT to cite dialogue (Quoting Dialogue_NO.pptx)
Read about lead-ins (99-105), commentary (106), and citations (89-93) in the Essay Guide.
A review of ALL of these concepts is provided in the presentation: 3 Adding Details from Texts.pptx.
Select appropriate details from your story and merge them into your essay with appropriate lead-ins and citations.
 
 
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL6, SL1, W2, W4, W5, W9, L3, L4, L5, L6
 
U6V4 Vocab Journal #4 due tonight by 11:59.
 
U6L4A9 IXL Preposition Practice AND U6L4A11 NoRedInk Prepositions and Modifiers practice due tomorrow.
 
U2L4A1 Applying a Critical Perspective
 
Assignment page HERE and Rubric HERE.
 
Review Common Violations of MLA Format.pptx.
 
Review Conclusions (Essay Guide pp. 115-117, 129, 147).
 
Review the Works Cited page in the Essay Guide (pp. 26-27, 137-139). Review the Sample Vocabulary Entries with WC Page.pdf and check the entries you have used in your vocabulary journals and essays.
 
Write your conclusion and edit and proofread your paper.

Remember to add (and LABEL!) the brushstrokes in your paper: participial phrase, absolute phrase, adjectives out of order, appositive phrase, vibrant verbs.
 
Your essay is due by 11:59 PM on Thursday, Feb. 17.
 
 
 
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022
Standards: RL9, SL1, L1, L6
 
U6L4A9 IXL Preposition Practice AND U6L4A11 NoRedInk Prepositions and Modifiers practice due tonight.

Go to our class in CTLS and complete the three small assessments (Progress Check).
​
U6L5A7 Subjects and Complements (NG)
27 Hard to Find Subjects 12GE1805.pdf; 29 Dir Indir Objects 12GE1807.pdf; 31 Obj Subj Complements 12GE1809.pdf
 
U3L1A1 Renaissance Notes (RF)
Review the Renaissance notes (Renaissance 2017.pdf) and fill  in the notes chart (Renaissance Monarch Chart.doc).
Interesting supplemental resources:
Tudor Family Tree.pptx
Richard III, King found under parking lot, laid to rest – CNN.pdf
Richard III_ Five things we've learned since he was found – CNN.pdf
Body found under parking lot is King Richard III, scientists prove _ CNN.pdf

 
Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI9, L1, L6
 
U2L4A1 Applying a Critical Perspective due by 11:59 PM.
 
U6L5A8 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

1. Read about Pronoun Agreement and Faulty Comparison (pages 11-12 in packet, general directions REV MC2 FA16.docx).
2. Complete worksheets: 99 PA Agrmt Personal Pro 12GE2307.pdf; 101 PA Agrmt Indef Reflexive Pro 12GE2309.pdf; 103 PA Agrmt Vague Pro Ref 12GE2311.pdf; 105 PA Agrmt Ambiguous Distant Pro 12GE2313.pdf

 
U3L1A2 Renaissance Speeches
Today, you will analyze two speeches given by Queen Elizabeth I, one when she was a young woman and one at the end of her reign. All files are in the 3 Renaissance folder in the Google drive.
 
First, watch the two film versions of the speech that Elizabeth made to her troops while awaiting an attack from the Spanish Armada (Queen Elizabeth I - Speech to the Troops at Tilbury.mp4; Queen Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett), Tilbury Speech.mp4). Then, read the speech and answer the associated questions (Queen Elizabeth I Speech - Against the Spanish Armada.pdf; Queen Elizabeth I Speech Before Her Troops MC Qs.docx).
Next, read and answer the questions about Elizabeth I’s Golden speech (Queen Elizabeth I Golden Speech with MC Qs.docx).
 
Fill in the first two columns of the SOAPSTone analysis about these speeches (Speech SOAPSTone.doc). You will not hand this in, yet. We will be completing it and handing it in later.
 
 
Friday, Feb. 18, 2022
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI9, SL1, L1, L6
 
U6L2A3 Conjunctions and Their Meanings
Conjunction Sort by Meaning.docx; Conjunctions exercise choosing the correct one.docx
 
Unit 3
You will need your SpringBoard text to complete these activities:

1. Review/discuss Cultural criticism (p. 258) and discuss application in Beowulf and Grendel. Discuss in relation to Othello.
2. Complete and discuss Marxist Anticipation Guide.pdf.
3. Think/Pair/Share Essential Question #3, p. 146.
4. Introduce Marxist lens (p. 190)
5. Discuss Marxist hierarchy (p. 269).
6. Complete text pp. 270-271. Discuss.
7. As we read Othello, students will trace themes, motifs, and details relevant to the Cultural, Feminist, and Marxist lens on these charts: Othello Evidence Log New Rev.docx; Perspectives in Othello_Lenses.docx. These charts make up your legal “cheat sheet” for the written portion of the Othello test. The more thorough your charts are, the higher your grade is likely to be on the test. You will be required to quote and cite evidence from Othello, but you will not be allowed to use the actual text. You will have access only to the information you have recorded on your charts. You will be allowed to use only HAND-WRITTEN charts on the test.

Resources:
Literary Theories Combined.docx.
Othello study guide (Othello Unit Plan Yeah.pdf, pp. 17-18).

Unless stated otherwise, all assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the date they are assigned.
 
All handouts, presentations, videos, and other class materials are available on the Google drive for this class, organized in folders according to unit and subject.
 
Your most important resource: The Essay Guide
 
Reminders and Due Dates:
Tuesday-Friday, Feb. 8-11: We will be using the SpringBoard text (pp. 198-205 and 241-248).
Wednesday, Feb. 9: U6L5A1 NoRedInk Identifying Subjects and Verbs Practice due
Tuesday, Feb. 15: Vocab Journal #4 Due
Wednesday, Feb. 16: U6L4A9 Preposition Practice and U6L4A11 NoRedInk Prepositions and Modifiers Practice due
Thursday, Feb. 17: U2L4A1 Applying a Critical Perspective due
 
 
Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL6, RL9, SL1, L3, L4, L5, L6
 
U6L4A8 Appositive Brushstroke
Review Appositive Brushstroke.pptx and hand in two sentences: 1) a base sentence, and 2) the base sentence with an appositive added.
 
U6L4A9 IXL Preposition Practice
Go to IXL | Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Spanish. Log in (log in information is provided in CTLS Announcements).
1. On the right, click on the gold start that says “36 skills suggested by your teacher.”
2. Complete “Identify prepositions and their objects” AND “Identify prepositional phrases” (at the bottom of the list).
3. Complete both exercises with 85% or higher SmartScore by Wednesday, Feb. 16.
 
Unit 2
-Look at the name of lens for unit two and identify what it DOES and DOES NOT mean with
Feminist Critical Lens.pptx
-Text page 198.
- Bechdel Test for Women in Movies
 
-Consider three different critical perspectives (lenses): a horticulturalist (a person who studies plants and trees), a gerontologist (a person who studies aging), and a feminist.
Watch “The Giving Tree” video (The Giving Tree - Animated Children's Book.mp4)and discussion of themes through different lenses.
 
-Watch the Legally Blonde Courtscene video (Legally Blondes courtscene.mp4) and consider which gender stereotypes are broken and which are reinforced in the video.
Read the description of the Wife of Bath from the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (lines 455-486 of Wife of Bath Description and Tale.pdf). Read the Prologue to the Wife of Bath’s tale to see how Chaucer links the tales together (Wife-of-Bath-s-Tale text Trans Coghill.pdf).
 
 
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
Senior Meeting: 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. (dismissed at 9:55 a.m.)
 
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL6, RL9, L1, L3, L4, L5, L6
 
U6L4A10 Adverb Clauses
Adverbs (13 Adverbs 12GE1713; 14 Adverbs 12GE1714) and Adverb Clause (43 Adverb Clauses Elliptical 12GE1911.pdf and 44 Adverb Clauses Elliptical 12GE1912.pdf): underline the adverb clause and circle the subordinating conjunctions – ignore other directions.
 
U2L3A1 Gender Stereotypes (RF)
Read “Cinderella, the Legend” (text pp.201-203) and answer questions 1-5 that follow the text (not 6). Instead of number 6, use the Essay Guide to create a Works Cited entry for the essay (Feminist Lens and Cinderella Text 198-205.pdf).
 
U2L4A1 Applying a Critical Perspective (RS, WS, LS) + MLA Format (WF)
Read about the summative assignment on pages 241-248 of your text and look at the rubric titled Applying a Critical Perspective Rubric.pdf (In the Google drive in the Springboard Text – Unit 2 Videos & Handouts folder).
 
Read the two stories on pages 243-248 of your text, marking the details that are important when you are looking at the story through the FCP (Feminist Critical Perspective) and select the ONE you feel most comfortable with (Applying a Critical Perspective Text pp 241-248.pdf).
 
You will be writing an analytical essay applying the Feminist Critical Perspective to the short story you have selected. Your essay MUST include a Works Cited page.
 
All you need to do today is read the story and mark the gender details. We will be working on the essay in class over the next few days.
 
 
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL6, SL1, W2, W4, W5, W9, L1, L3, L4, L5, L6
 
U6L5A2 NoRedInk Identifying Subjects and Verbs practice due tonight
 
U6L4A11 NoRedInk Prepositions and Modifiers practice due Feb. 16.
 
Discuss Adverb worksheets from yesterday.
 
U6L4A12 Vibrant Verbs Brushstroke
Look at the explanation of the Vibrant Verb brushstroke, detailed, with assignment/examples in Verbs_lesson_e.pdf (in the Grammar folder on the Google drive).
You will be expected to include one of EACH brushstroke (labeled) in your essay: Participle, Absolute, Appositive, Adjectives Out of Order, Vibrant Verbs.
 
Discuss “Cinderella, the Legend.”
 
Go over how to properly create the bibliographic citation for “Cinderella, the Legend” (Kolbenschlag, par. 7).
 
Read the Wife of Bath’s tale and consider what is revealed about the Wife and Medieval society when the text is viewed through the Feminist Critical Lens (FCL).
 
U2L3A2 Texts Through a Feminist Critical Lens (RF)
Go to the following form and answer the questions: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-x3OL5-ROEmquMR_D8kYLUM3RZAT171EmpK7PWZ6M7tUNVhSNDVVWlNETDM3V1M5Qk1TQjVRWldJQy4u
This assignment is due by 11:59 PM today.
 
 
Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022
U2L4A1 Applying a Critical Perspective (RS, WS, LS) + MLA Format (WF)
Today we will begin working on your literary analysis paper.
 
Please note that an A paper will go beyond what is explicitly stated in the text and delve into what is suggested (Applying a Critical Perspective Text pp 241-248.pdf; Applying a Critical Perspective Rubric).
 
First, we will discuss gender details and developing an appropriate theme from “The Wife of Bath’s Tale.”
 
Follow these steps to begin your essay:
 
-Create a new MLA-formatted file (MLA format, p. 11) for your essay in Microsoft Word and add a CREATIVE title.
 
-Read the general guidelines for the thesis statement on page 6 of the Essay Guide.
 
-Read about creating a thesis statement for a literary analysis on pages 6-8 of the Essay Guide (1 Thesis and Introduction LA.pptx).
 
-Write an appropriate thesis statement for your paper.
 
-Read about Introductions on pages 47-49 of the Essay Guide.
 
-View presentation: 1 Thesis and Introduction LA.pptx (Google drive - > Writing - > Lit Analysis).
 
-Write your introduction.
 
NOTE: It is the READER who uses the critical lens, NOT the AUTHOR. The author writes the story, and the reader views the details through a critical lens in order to interpret the meaning of the details.
 
You will NOT hand this in yet. This will become part of your essay.
 
 
Friday, Feb. 11, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL6, SL1, W2, W4, W5, W9, L3, L4, L5, L6
 
U2L4A1 Applying a Critical Perspective
Read about outlining and organizing the literary analysis paper (Essay Guide, pages 53-59; 2 The Sentence Outline.pptx), paying particular attention to Plot Dump (pp. 55-56) and Literary Present (pp. 59-60).
 
Create a sentence outline for your essay.
 
Step by step directions are provided in the presentation titled 2 The Sentence Outline.pptx.
 
GUM (Homework)
U6L3A6 Quotation Marks and Italics
Review Quotation Marks and Underlining/Italics (137 Q Marks Quotations 12GE2711.pdf; 138 Q Marks Quotations 12GE2712.pdf; 139 Q Marks wOther Marks 12GE2713.pdf; 140 Q Marks wOther Marks 12GE2714.pdf; 141 Q Marks and Underline 12GE2715.pdf; 142 Q Marks and Underline 12GE2716.pdf).