Tuesday, December 15, 2009



TUESDAY 12/15 SHELDON IHS

Your presentations!

We also came closing to finishing the film version of "Othello." We'll finish next class

HWK: BE READY FOR A SHORTISH (30 MINUTES?) FINAL TEST ON OTHELLO

Monday, December 14, 2009



MONDAY 12/14 SOUTH IHS

Short final test on "Othello"

View Act 5 on video

HWK: Presentations! For AM 2 class, your rewrite of the "Oedipus" essay is due Wednesday. For AM 1 and PM classes, it's due on Friday.

Friday, December 11, 2009



FRI. 12/11 SHELDON IHS (EARLY RELEASE)

Watch Act 4 on video

HWK: READ ACT 4. BE READY FOR PRESENTATIONS IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE ONE YET.

Thursday, December 10, 2009



THURS. 12/10 SOUTH IHS

Vocab test on all 20 words from Othello

Watch Act 4 on video

Activities on Act 4

HWK: REVIEW PLAY AND BE READY FOR A TEST ON THE WHOLE PLAY. THE TEST WILL BE A LIST OF CHARACTERS FOR FILLING IN BLANKS REGARDING WHO DOES WHAT, AND THEN 2-3 QUESTIONS YOU'LL ANSWER BY WRITING A PARAGRAGH FOR EACH ONE.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009



TUES 12/8 SOUTH IHS AND WED. 12/9 SHELDON IHS

Play vocab game with last 10 Othello vocab words.

At Sheldon, we had a vocab test. At South, students turned in vocab hwk and will have a test next class.

Examine Act 4 through discussion and acting.

HWK: READ ACT 5. SOUTH, BE PREPARED FOR A VOCAB TEST

Monday, December 7, 2009



MONDAY 12/7 SHELDON IHS

Hand in your typed vocab work

Quiz on Act 3

Watch Act 3 on video

I model on overhead how to write a paragraph that has three introductory clauses followed by a comma, and then you write one that we share with the class (a 5 or 6 sentence paragraph with at least 3 of the sentences using an intro clause correctly). IF YOU MISSED THIS CLASS, you need to do this. Let me know if you need help.

HWK: FINISH READING ACT 4. NEXT CLASS, WE'LL PLAY A VOCAB GAME AND THEN HAVE A VOCAB TEST ON ALL 20 WORDS.

Friday, December 4, 2009



FRIDAY 12/4 SOUTH IHS

Discuss community service

View Act 3 on video

Review commas after introductory clauses by looking at your paragraphs from a couple of classes ago

HWK: Finish reading Act 4. Second set of Othello vocab due, and we'll have a test on all 20 Othello vocab words

Wednesday, December 2, 2009



WED. 12/2 SOUTH IHS (LATE START) and THURS. 12/3 SHELDON IHS

Your presentations!

Also, I announced to the class the following dates:
Tuesday, 12/8 (South) and Wed. 12/9 (Sheldon), we'll have a vocab test on all 20 words from Othello
Monday, 12/14 (South) and Thursday 12/17 (Sheldon) we'll have a final test on Othello that will be part character identification and part paragraph-type answers.

HWK: Read 4.1


TUES. 12/1 SHELDON IHS

Finish acting from last class.

Work with groups of different sizes to act out scenes from Act 3

HWK: Finish reading Act 3