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
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.
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
- Read “How is My Perspective Shaped?” discussion (p. 147).
- 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.
- Volunteers prepare dialogue on p. 177 with scenarios.
- 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.
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