Download the text of Othello (Othello_PDF_FolgerShakespeare.pdf) from the Resources or from https://shakespeare.folger.edu/downloads/pdf/othello_PDF_FolgerShakespeare.pdf.
 
Watch a video that lays out the plot of Othello, contrasting what appears to be happening vs. what is really happening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EztNFiBCndo
 
Read Othello, Act I, scene i.
Add details from Act I, scene i to your lens chart.
 
Watch videos:
Othello I i Wake Brabantio Kani.mpg
Othello I i Wake Brabantio Fishburne.mpg 

Download the text of Othello (Othello_PDF_FolgerShakespeare.pdf) from the Resources or from https://shakespeare.folger.edu/downloads/pdf/othello_PDF_FolgerShakespeare.pdf.
 
Watch the three versions of the opening scene of Othello (in the Renaissance folder in the Google drive):
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?
 
Submit your chart to U3L3A1 Comparing Film Versions on Turnitin by 11:59 PM on Thursday, October 8.
 
Watch two versions of the next part of scene I:
Othello I i Wake Brabantio Kani.mpg
Othello I i Wake Brabantio Fishburne.mpg
 
Complete the activity on pp. 275-277 of the text.
 

Hand in your vocabulary journal.
 
Review/discuss Cultural criticism (text p. 258) and identify the dominant culture and the marginalized individual(s) in Beowulf and Grendel. You will identify these same elements as we study Othello.
 
Read about Marxist hierarchy (text p. 269).
 
Complete pp. 270-271.
 
Download handout for taking notes while reading Othello (Perspective in Othello Perspectives in Othello_Lenses.docx).
 
Read how to cite line numbers in a play (Essay Guide, p. 91).
 
Watch Othello play summary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH6phTSOn3Q

​Go to either U3L1A1 Renaissance Notes or the Renaissance folder of the Google drive and download or print the Renaissance Notes graphic organizer (Renaissance Monarch Chart.doc).
 
Review the notes over the Renaissance Period (Renaissance 2017.ppt) and fill in the boxes in the chart.
 
Submit your completed chart to the U3L1A1 Renaissance Notes assignment in Turnitin.com.

Today we will finish your literary analysis paper.

Look at the explanation of Vibrant Verbs (Verb brushstroke, detailed, with assignment/examples: Verbs_lesson_e.pdf, in the Grammar folder on the Google drive).

Include one of EACH brushstroke (labeled) in your essay: Participial, Absolute, Appositive, Adjectives Out of Order, Vibrant Verbs.

Read about academic voice in the analysis essay with Common Violations of Scholarly Writing.pptx in the Writing folder in the Google drive.

Read about Conclusions (Essay Guide, pp. 71-73).

Read about the Works Cited page (Essay Guide, pp. 27-28, 124, 132-133).

​Finish and hand in your essay.

Today we will continue working on your literary analysis paper.

​Look at the explanation of Adjectives (Adjectives Brushstroke.pptx, in the Grammar folder on the Google drive) and hand in on Turnitin.com.
 
Review the information in Resources in a presentation titled 3 Adding Details from Texts.pdf. This presentation is also in the Writing folder on the Google drive. Additional information and examples are available in the Essay Guide (see last slide for page numbers).
 
Write the body of your literary analysis.

Today we will continue working on your literary analysis paper.
 
Submit your vocab journal by 11:59 PM.
 
Look at the explanation of Appositives (Appositive Brushstroke.pptx, in the Grammar folder on the Google drive) and hand in on Turnitin.com.
 
Read about outlining and organizing the literary analysis paper (Essay Guide, pages 51-57), paying particular attention to Plot Dump (p. 52) and Literary Present (pp. 56-57).
 
Create a sentence outline for your essay. ​Step by step directions are provided in the presentation titled 2 The Sentence Outline, which can be found in the Resources section of CTLS as well as the Writing folder on the Google drive.

Today we will practice with another brushstroke, and then we will begin working on your literary analysis paper.
 
-Look at the explanation of  Absolutes (Absolute Brushstroke.pptx, in the Grammar folder on the Google drive) and hand in on Turnitin.com.

-Create a sample sentence containing Absolute brushstrokes following the directions in the presentation and submit the sentence to Turnitin.com.
 
-Create a new MLA-formatted file for your essay in Microsoft Word and add a CREATIVE title.

-Read the general guidelines for the thesis statement on page 7 of the Essay Guide.

-Read about creating a thesis statement for a literary analysis on pages 8-9 of the Essay Guide.

-Write an appropriate thesis statement for your paper.

-Read about Introductions on pages 45-47 of the Essay Guide.

-Write your introduction.

Read about the summative assignment on page 241 of your text and look at the rubric titled Applying a Critical Perspective Rubric.pdf it is attached to assignment U2L4A1 and on the Google drive (it can be found in the Springboard Text – Unit 2 Videos & Handouts folder).
 
Read the two stories on pages 243-248 of your text and select the one you feel most comfortable with. Then, write an analytical essay applying the Feminist Critical Perspective to the short story you have selected.

​In your essay, identify the messages that the story conveys to the reader when the Feminist Critical Perspective is applied, using cited evidence from the text to develop your points. You MUST include a bibliographic citation for the text you have chosen on the last page of your essay.
 
Submit your essay to Turnitin.com by midnight on Friday, September 25, 2020.

Use the link to the text in Tuesday’s blog entry or access the PDF of “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” in the Medieval Period folder on the Google drive and read the Wife of Bath’s tale.
 
Once you have read the story, go to https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-x3OL5-ROEmquMR_D8kYLUM3RZAT171EmpK7PWZ6M7tUNVhSNDVVWlNETDM3V1M5Qk1TQjVRWldJQy4u and answer the questions.