Friday, April 29, 2011. Review for Othello ACTS IV and V. Bring signed study guide for grade.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

Per. 2 and 4: Complete reading of The Tragedy of Othello ACT V (5). View film up to scene where Othello kills Desdemona.

Monday, April 25, 2011. Complete Othello ACT IV questions.

Thursday, April 21, 2011. View film version of Othello, ACT IV (4). Film Quiz on Othello ACT IV.
Happy Earth Day tomorrow!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Complete reading of Othello ACT IV.
Take notes: ACT IV: -Iago gets specific about Desdemona's infidelity. Othello has epileptic seizure. Iago tells Othello to hide and eavesdrop (listen in hiding) on Cassio's conversation. Cassio comes back and tells Iago about his being with Bianca. Othello thinks Cassio is talking about Desdemona. Bianca comes and tosses handkerchief to Cassio. In the meantime, visitors from Venice arrive to talk business with Othello. In anger, out of nowhere, Othello slaps Desdemona. Lodovico, (a gentleman from Venice and Desdemona's distant cousin) demands Othello to make amends to Desdemona for hitting her.
Othello questions Emilia about Desdemona's fidelity. Emilia defends Desdemona as innocent. Othello questions Desdemona and calls her terrible names. Desdemona asks Iago for help. Desdemona and Emilia talk about cheating on husbands. Desdemona says she would never betray Othello. Emilia says if the price were right, she would to make her husband king.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Per. 1 Read Othello ACT IV with audio. Read Scenes 1 and 2 to pg. 228. Complete Vocabulary Lesson 5 "Business" and turn in for grade.
Per. 2 & 4: Othello TEST ACTS I-III. Also, Vocabulary Lesson 5 "Business."

Monday, April 18, 2011. Othello ACTS I-III TEST. Per. 1 Per. 2&4: Film review ACTS I-III.

Friday, April 15, 2011. Review for TEST on Othello ACTS I, II, and III. Monday, April 18.

Thursday, April 14. Work on Othello ACT III questions. TEST on Acts I-III on Monday, 4/18.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011. 1. Voc. Lesson 4 quiz. Work on Othello Act III questions. TEST ON OTHELLO ACTS I, II, AND III, MONDAY, APRIL 18.

Friday, April 8, 2011: Complete questions for Othello ACT II. Substitute teacher Monday, April 11, 2011: Complete character chart. Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Complete reading of Othello ACT III. Discuss allusion, soliloquy, and comic relief. Also discuss dramatic and verbal irony. Study Lesson 4 "Art and Music" for quiz on Wednesday, 4/13!!

Thursday, April 7, 2011. Read Othello ACT II and begin ACT III to page 149. Discuss "allusion" with "nine heads of Hydra and Chaos.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Read The Tragedy of Othello, ACT II to pages: Per. 1: 105; Per. 2: 107; and Per 4: 109 Scavenger hunt (with audio CD) in original text for lines.

Monday, April 4, 2011. Vocabulary Quiz 3 "ment". Work on Othello questions for ACT I. Finish for homework by accessing text through the internet. Type "Othello" and click on "No Fear Shakespeare." Bring completed questions tomorrow. Make sure you staple your drawing as the cover sheet and the question handout as the last page.

Friday, April 1, 2011. Presentation by TPP and Carillon to recruit new members. Complete reading of ACT I in The Tragedy of Othello, and draw a picture of any scene in ACT I. Vocabulary Quiz 3 "Ment" will be given Monday, April 4.