Shakespeare:

Today:

We finished O.

I gave you a review sheet for Othello:

Othello Essay Questions ( 50 points)

CPA:  Please answer one essay question.  H:  Please answer 2 of the following questions.

Please consider one line that if taken out of the play, would change the play completely.  What line would you remove?  Please explain everything that it would alter.

Please describe in detail Act 5 of the play.  Your focus should be on how all conflicts were resolved.  What conflicts were left open?  You should also examine the main 5 characters and detail what happens to each at the end of the play as part of your answer.

Iago is a complex and interesting character.  Please examine his actions throughout the play and discuss how he successfully set up all of the main characters in the play.

If you had to remove 4 parts of the play that would not alter the main story, what parts would you remove and why?

Test on Tuesday.  Review on Monday.  You may outline your essay and use these notes on the test.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal:  You have an unlimited budget to cast a modern version of Macbeth.  Please consider casting actors that would have a modern appeal to younger audiences.  You may do this as a list, but please explain in detail as to WHY you selected each person.

We talked about the Macbeth curse:
http://www.sciencechannel.com/video-topics/sci-fi-supernatural/curses-curse-of-macbeth/

HW:  Please use the lines that you memorized in a unique situation and be ready to write about it after vacation.

Shakespeare:

Today:

We finished our unit on Othello watching the modern HS re-telling in the movie O.

Brit Lit.:

Today:

Journal:  Please describe your unexpected 1/2 day yesterday in great detail.   1/2 page

We put the finishing touches on your 20 question Kahoots! quiz.

We played the best ones.

We started act III

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Shakespeare:

Today:

Journal:  In act IV sc 2 we learn that Desdemona's father has passed away.  Please write a one page letter that he sends to his daughter on his deathbed.                               1 pg

Pg 206:  Four photographs assignment.

I passed out permission forms for the movie O.

We watched the final death scene and talked about the impact of making it a slow drawn out death.

HW:  Finish the play

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal:  Macbeth goes back to receive 3 new prophecies in act IV.  What do you think these will predict?  How will each specifically effect the events in the play.  Please explain in detail    1pg

We finished the Macbeth lines, including the Cusick Challenges.  Props to Dawson and his Trump impersonation.

We broke into small groups to review act 1+2.  Each group used Kahoots! to make a review game.  Req: 20 questions, mult choice.  For each, please include a picture or video to make your question more interesting.  We played the best ones.

Shakespeare:

Today:

Journal:  What are your thoughts on black and white love relationships?  1/2 pg

Storytime:  We sat on the floor and shared your Othello Origin Children's story.

We acted act IV and played freeze pop.  With the tivo dvr remote, you paused the action.

Quiz on act 4 if time

HW act V sc 1+2.  Finish play for wed. 

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal:  Please describe the experience of learning lines of Shakespeare.  What worked for you?  What was the hardest part?   Why are you not ready to go today?  1/2 page

We recited our 10 Macbeth lines.  -10 each day not ready.  This is a test grade.  One free line if you get stuck.

We finished act 2 and completed notes for the act.

We took a quiz on act 2.