December 2018
Week 3: Othello Act V
"Put out the light, and then put out the light."
"Put out the light, and then put out the light."
Monday Dec 17
Tuesday Dec 18
Wednesday Dec 19
Thursday Dec 20
Friday Dec 21
- StudentPaths
- Questions on Acts I-IV?
- Act 5 begins (RSC)
- Pop Sonnet Contest: And the winner is . . .
Tuesday Dec 18
- Finish Act 5: The End of Othello.
Wednesday Dec 19
- Othello Test: Acts I-IV
Thursday Dec 20
- RSC Extras: "The Character of Othello"
- Discussion: Seven Statements about Othello
Friday Dec 21
- Project intro?
Week 2: Othello Acts III & IV
"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! / It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on."
"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! / It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on."
Monday Dec 10
Tuesday Dec 11
Wednesday Dec 12
Thursday Dec 13
Friday Dec 14
- Perform 3.3 in relay
- After each mini-scene: what's the most important step taken toward ___'s fall?
- one script per troupe (with any cuts and directors' notes) must be submitted after this performance
- HW: read 3.4
Tuesday Dec 11
- Watch 3.3
- "Pass the handkerchief"
- Why is the handkerchief so important to Othello?
- What does Emilia say about men and women (3.4.120-24) and jealousy (3.4.180-83)?
- Trace the path of the handkerchief, from before the play begins through the end of 3.4
- Watch 4.1
- HW: read 4.1
Wednesday Dec 12
- Watch 4.1
- What do you make of this scene? Is Desdemona's (non) response part of the tragedy of this play, or is it a misstep on Shakespeare's part?
- HW: read 4.2 (accusations) and 4.3 (The Willow scene)
- Complete a reading log entry for something significant from each scene (quotes, reading passages, plot and character developments, recurring motifs or symbols, etc.). Tomorrow's discussion will center on your entries.
Thursday Dec 13
- Reading Log discussion/test question creation : 4.2 and 4.3
Friday Dec 14
- Due today:
- Finish and submit your Othello Act IV test questions (see Schoology)
- Read and vote for your favorite Pop Sonnet! (see Schoology)
- See Acts I-IV test review tips (see Schoology)
- The Willow song (4.3)
Week 1: Othello Acts II & III
"Reputation, reputation, reputation!"
"Reputation, reputation, reputation!"
Monday Dec 3
Tuesday Dec 4
(I'm out today for teacher stuff)
Wednesday Dec 5
Thursday Dec 6
Friday Dec 7
- Director's notes/collaborate to prepare two different versions of 2.3
- Draft our two acting troupes
Tuesday Dec 4
(I'm out today for teacher stuff)
- Read 2.3.
In your reading log, paraphrase the following passages from 2.3 and, in a few sentences, comment on what they reveal / why they're important to the characters, plot / your personal reactions:- Cassio 2.3.281-84 (paraphrase and comment)
- Iago 2.3.285-295 (summarize/comment)
- Cassio 2.3.307-12 (para/comment)
- Iago 2.3.332-45 (summarize/comment)
- Iago 2.3.356-359 (para/comment)
- Iago 2.3.370-82 (summarize/comment)
- Read 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3.1-201
Wednesday Dec 5
- 2.3: perform our two versions
- Review 2.3 reading log
Thursday Dec 6
- Watch 2.3 on film and compare
Friday Dec 7
- Prepare 3.3: The Temptation Scene in relay
- one script (with any cuts and directors' notes) must be submitted after Monday's performance
- HW: finish reading 3.3