Othello - Day 12

Happy last day of Freshman English of 2017!

Today we have a quick and (hopefully) fun project - creating songs!

• Here is a link to today's activity

Remember - no homework over winter break! Enjoy! See you in 2018!

Othello - Day 11

Happy Wednesday! Our final week before winter break is flying along!

Today you'll start with this writing - hopefully it will take around 30 minutes, and then we will have time to discuss what you had to say.

• Othello writing #2

Othello - Day 10

Today - Tuesday - you shared the dialogues you wrote about Act III, scene 3 as we tried to identify the turning point of the play for Othello. Along the way, we identified several of the methods used by Iago to influence Othello, from seeming one way (trustworthy, loyal) and being another, to raising doubt in Othello's mind about Desdemona's love. He raises questions about her actions - she disobeyed her father in marrying Othello, so maybe she will be deceitful to others - she will want to be with people "like her" - and by the end of the scene Othello declares that his love for her is over and that he wants both Desdemona and Cassio killed.

Check the Google Slide show presentations you made yesterday to see all of the dialogues. Hopefully, you were taking great notes on all of this! We had an excellent discussion about it, too!

Othello - Day 9

Happy Monday!

To get us back into the world of the play, you'll continue to work with your same partner as we explore Act III, looking for the climax and the turning point of the play.

You'll use this Google Slide presentation to guide your work:

• 1st period
• 3rd period

Homework for tonight: Act IV, scenes 2 & 3 + journal response

Othello - Day 8

We'll start by reviewing the work we did with the Othello (the character) yesterday.

Then, we'll do this in-class writing about the play:

• Othello in-class writing #1

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For the weekend, you will be reading Act IV, scene 1 + writing a journal response

Othello - Day 7

We'll start today by hearing the speeches you wrote for Iago, using a combination of words from his soliloquies and your own.  What are your thoughts about Iago at this point in the play?

Then we'll turn our attention to Othello. You'll stay with the same partner for the two parts of this activity:

1. I'll assign you a page from Act I to read over - you are looking for any language about Othello, specifically, words used to describe him or things said about him. You'll enter your words (and phrases) into the first chart on this spreadsheet:
1. 1st period
2. 3rd period
2. I'll assign you a speech said by Othello. Your assigned section might include some lines said by other characters - read those to make sure you follow the story. Choose one or two lines as representative not of what Othello is talking about, but how he is talking about them. What is his tone, his mood, or his emotion? You'll enter your words (and phrases) into the second chart on the spreadsheet from above.

When you are finished, we'll all look at these charts together to get our heads around our impressions of Othello after the first two acts of the play.

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HW: III.4 + journal

Pages for chart 1:

7-9-11-13-15-17-21-23-25-27-33-35-37-41-43-45-49-51-53-55

Excerpts for chart 2:

1.2.20-31; 75-123

1.3.91-111; 111-147; 149-170; 171-196; 254-294; 295-342

2.1.197-233

2.3.172-208; 218-277

Othello - Day 6

Today you'll continue to work with the same partner from yesterday. We'll continue to focus on Iago and follow these steps:

1. Complete your re-write of Iago's soliloquy from the end of Act I, scene 3
2. Read his soliloquy at the end of Act II, scene 1 (lines 308-334). Discuss it with your partner and name 5 key points Iago makes here.
3. Read his soliloquies at the end of Act II, scene 3 (lines 356-382 and 404-410). Discuss it with your partner to make sure you follow Iago's plans.
4. Choose one word from each line of II.3.356-382 - the word you consider to be the key word in each line. This will give you 27 words.
5. Using these 27 words + any other words you choose, write a short speech that tells us everything about Iago up to this point in the play. You can use names of other characters if you want. This can be as long as you want, as long as you use the 27 words.
1. I recommend typing these words into their own documents so you can see them in one place.
2. Please type out your speech and underline the words you use.
6. We'll hear these out loud, read by one or both of you.

Depending on how long this takes, we'll look at the language Iago uses to describe Othello or start the reading for tonight.

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HW: Act III, scenes 1-3 + journal

Othello - Day 5

Happy Monday!

Today we'll start by sharing (out loud) one of the lines you wrote about in one of your journal entries from last week. (FYI - we'll do this a lot!)

Then, to get us back into the world of the play we'll focus on Iago's soliloquy at the end of Act I.

After that, we'll look at Othello himself - or, rather, how others see and think of him, especially in scene 1 of act I.

Tonight you are reading and writing about scene 3 of Act III. (Remember you can always look at the calendar to see the homework, not just in the daily blog post)