IC: Dual-interpretation performances
SWBAT:
1) Develop alternative interpretations of the scene and the work as a whole
2) Discuss character motivation, attitudes and emotional states and the competing interpretations they suggest
3) Discuss artistic choices and blocking (including movement on stage)
4) Rehearse your dramatic interpretations
Homework: Annotate three scenes that you think are especially important for understanding the role of gender in Othello. Hint: using your book may be an option for the essay the following week.
IC: Othello Performances
SWBAT: perform two performances of a scene from Othello and explain how their artistic choices (movements, speaking rhythm, tone, pauses).
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HW: Read p. 3-4 of Gatsby by tomorrow. Take a picture of the annotations below and upload them to Teams.
Underline one phrase or sentence that best helps you understand how Nick (the narrator) sees himself & circle one word that best helps you understand him. p. 3
Underline a sentence on p. 4 that suggests how Nick has strong mixed feelings about
Gatsby.
IC: Othello Performances
SWBAT: perform two performances of a scene from Othello and explain how their artistic choices (movements, speaking rhythm, tone, pauses).
Barracuda News: Mock AP World & Mock AP Micro this weekend. Go get it!
HW: Complete "What Happened During the Night Storm" on Quill by Sunday. Minor
Grade ETC: 20 min.
Read p. 5-7 from Gatsby by tomorrow and complete the annotations, take picture to submit to Teams assignment. Annotation instructions in Teams assignment.
IC: Planning an Argument Essay
SWBAT:
1) Pair quotes to use in a literary argument essay about justifying terrible acts in Othello.
2) Explain how the way character's justify terrible acts contributes to an interpretation of the play as a whole.
3) Review thesis statement format
Homework: Read p. 7-10. Underline two descriptive sentences or phrases that show the contrast between descriptions of Tom and the women in the room on p. 10.
IC: Write a Thesis/ Write a Paragraph
SWBAT:
1) Write a thesis and body paragraph that includes both textual analysis and literary argumentation.
2) Explain how the way character's justify terrible acts contributes to an interpretation of the play as a whole.
3) Write a thesis as a class.
Homework: Read to p. 13 by Monday. Expect a Quiz next week.
Don't forget to finish the "What Happened During the Night Storm" on Quill by Sunday. Minor Grade ETC: 20 min.
IC: Revise a paragraph
SWBAT: revise a paragraph, contextualizing evidence, combining summary of key plot events with quote and using cause/ effect language as part of a line of reasoning
IC: MCQ & Write a poem
SWBAT: answer MCQ questions about a poem as well as write a one-sentence poem on the topic of dependence in the style of William Carlos William's The Red
IC: Act 3
SWBAT: identify examples of repetition, animal imagery, and other techniques in lago's machinations/ evil plan.
Open the Othello 3.3 assignment in Teams, download the questions, find relevant quotes from Othello and answer the Q's in your document.
IC: Man & Camel MCQ on Albert.io
SWBAT:
1) work with partners to answer MCQ's about a poem
Prepare for your Othello performance for Thursday in case I am able to return to school.IC: Man & Camel MCQ on Albert.io
SWBAT:
1) work with partners to answer MCQ's about a poem
Prepare for your Othello performance for Thursday in case I am able to return to school.
IC: Interpret Desdemona's Response
SWBAT:
1) Interpret Desdemona's response to Othello's story about the origin of the handkerchief.
2) Perform a one-minute interaction between Othello and Desdemona in which you interpret Desdemona's response to Othello.
HW: Read to p. 181 from act 4, scene 1. Expect reading quizzes this week.
IC: Fall into a Trance
SWBAT:
1) Interpret Shakespeare's use of the word "lie".
2) Perform a one-minute interaction in which you emphasize the word "lie" as part of a performance of the scene in which O' falls into a trance.
Elements: The poet employs connotation >>> connotative diction
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HW: Read to p. 193, finishing Act 4, scene 1. Expect reading quizzes this week. Complete "Exit Ticket" Response in Exit-ticket Channel if unfinished.
IC: Direct Othello's Fall
SWBAT:
1) Prepare a one-minute interaction for another group in which you emphasize Othello's psychological transformation following the trance.
2) Explain how Othello's mental state has deteriorated after he awakes from the trance.
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HW: Read to p. 199, Act 4, scene 2 by tomorrow. Expect reading quizzes this week.
IC: Direct Othello's Fall Performances & Arc of Heroic Figure
SWBAT:
1) Prepare a one-minute interaction for another group in which you emphasize Othello's psychological transformation following the trance.
2) Track Othello's changing state of mind and explain how a group's artistic choices show the deterioration of Othello's psychological state.
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HW: Read to p. 235, Finishing Act 5, scene 1 by Monday. Expect reading quizzes!
Quiz 18 (strong and weak acids (identify based on formula, know if they should be written as ionic or molecular in an equation), titration, stoichiometry involving molarities)
IC: PETAL "Plants" & Model Essay
SWBAT:
1) identify a "implied audience" in Olive Senior's Plants, explain how specific techniques are used to develop the relationship between the speaker, audience, and plants.
2) Use "model" phrases and verbs as part of your analysis sentences
HW: Read Othello to p. 93 by tomorrow. Expect Quizzes this week.
IC: Perform a scene
SWBAT: explain how character's motivations in a scene contribute to the action of Act 2, scene iii
You may use the litcharts translation to add your comprehension
A: Poetry Reading on Friday, March 28
Who's interested?
HW: Read Othello to p. 93-107 by tomorrow. Expect Quizzes this week.
IC: Albert.io Othello Quiz/ Performance Preparation
1) Complete the MCQ's for Act 1, Scene iii by the end of class that are assigned in ALBERT.IO
-You may work together to answer the questions, although you will only have 15 minutes to complete the quiz.
2) Prepare for your presentation
Due to an ongoing medical situation, it is possible that I will not be in class tomorrow. If this happens, we will present next week.