THURSDAY 12/18 SOUTH IHS

Finish presentations that were snowed out on Tuesday. If your group was still unable to go, please be ready on the first day we return from winter break.

Watch ending of "Othello" on video, and PM classes watch ending of "Stage Beauty"

HWK: NONE!

WED. 12/17 CHS IHS

Presentations!

If you ran into snow-related problems in being prepared for your presentation, please be ready to go on Friday (assuming you can make it school SAFELY).

HWK:
None! Who knows if we'll even have school on Friday? If we do, it's "Othello movie day."

TUESDAY 12/16 SNOW DAY AGAIN! NO SCHOOL!

I suppose yawl are just rockin' and rollin' (just like my grandson in the above pic). But really, aren't you ready to do some school again?

If you missed your Othello presentation, please come to class next time ready to do it. If there's a snow-induced complication, email me. If you have a writing conference that was snowed out, email me to reschedule.

HMWK:
DRINK REAL HOT CHOCOLATE (NOT THAT WATER AND POWDER STUFF)

THURS. 12/11 SOUTH IHS AND MONDAY 12/15 CHS IHS (SNOW DAY ON MONDAY -- NO SCHOOL AT CHS IHS)

Watch "willow scene" on video

Make/finish newspaper headings as review of Act 4

Begin reading Act 5 and acting out sword fight scene

HWK:
Finish reading Act 5
Presentations on Acts 4 or 5
FOR MY CHS STUDENTS WHO WERE OFF ON A SNOW DAY:
Please come to class on Wed ready for a quiz on Act 5 and ready to do your presentations. Hope you're enjoying your day off Email me if you have any snow-day problems regarding work in the class.

TUES. 12/11 SOUTH IHS AND WED. 12/12 CHS IHS (Late start)

Vocab test on 20 words from "Othello"

Writing Rocks lesson on "affect/effect"

I read and comment on part of 4.4

Class forms groups and, time permitting, begins work on a "newspaper" headline/photo for a section of Act 4 (No time for this at CHS)

HMWK:
South IHS -- no homework/on THURSDAY, your hmwk will be to finish reading the play
CHS IHS -- finish reading the play for Monday 12/14

FRI. 12/5 SOUTH IHS AND MON. 12/8 CHS IHS

Turn in vocab hwk and play "acting out vocab" charades game

Act out end of 4.1 with Lodovico, Desdemona, Othello & Iago in costume

Watch first part of Act 4 on video/Discussion "brothel" imagery in Othello's words to Emilia

All classes EXCEPT South PM1 had a quiz on 4.2&3

HOMEWORK:
Be ready for a vocab test on all 20 words next class

WED. 12/3 SOUTH IHS AND THURS 12/4 CHS IHS

Dramatic presentations on Acts 2 & 3

As time permits, discussion and reading of Act 4

HWK:
Read 4. 2-3
Create pictures of the next ten vocab words on HALF sheets of plain paper. On back of each sheet, write (don't type) the vocab word and definition. The words are: blank verse, castigate, discord, circumspect, edifying, defunct, consecrate, dilatory, discretion, dramatic irony

MON. 12/1 SO IHS AND TUES. 12/2 CHS IHS

For SO PM2 and CHS AM classes, we had a quiz on 3.4

Finish watching Act 3 on video

Look at Emilia's attitude toward men in lines 97-100 and groups of 3 formulate a response to these lines from the point of view of one of the men in the play. One group writes the lines on butcher paper and SCANS them (marks out iambic pentameter) for review of what we learned last class. Remember -- you'll be responsible for being able to scan Shakespeare's lines in your drama presentations.

Discuss why Iago says to Othello, "...let her live" (referring to Desdemona)

HW: READ 4.1. THOSE WHO ARE SIGNED UP FOR PRESENTATIONS ON ACTS 2 &3 WILL GO NEXT CLASS.