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