"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."
— Jane Austen (PRIDE AND PREJUDICE)
— Jane Austen (PRIDE AND PREJUDICE)
Classwork_____________________________ January 23 - Intro to Shakespeare January 24 - Othello Anticipatory Qs January 25 - Discussion of Q's January 26 - Start Act 1, Scene 1 January 27 - Role play for Act 1, Scene 2 ____________________________ January 30 - Patience; Act 1, Scene 2 January 31 - Relationship Recipe; Act 1, Scene 3. February 1 - Roderigo & Iago; Brabatio prosecution/defense research. February 2 - Brabantio trial February 3 - Caught'ya midterm _____________________________ February 8 - Act 2, Scene 1 "perfect woman" February 9 - Act 2, Scene 2 & Scene 3 February 10 - Loyalty _____________________________ February 13 - Rumors and Scandal February 14 - Pity; Act 3, Scenes 1, 2, 3 February 15 - Dual Nature of Man _____________________________ February 27 - Review via Othello film February 28 - Act 4 March 1 - Relationships Before and After March 2 - Act 5 March 3 - Who said that? Comparison to original source material. March 4 - One word summary of Character's resolution ______________________________ March 7 - AP questions on Othello March 8 - Othello Unit Test (longer response due Friday) March 9 - Review Othello Test/Ap questions ______________________________ March 13 - Trapped on an Island March 15- Human psychology: Maslow, Freud, Bystander Effect March 16 - Historical context of LOTF March 17 - Chapter 1 ______________________________ March 20 - Chapter 1 voc./power game March 21 - Establishing civilization March 22 - Chapter 2 group summary March 23 - Nature v. Nurture March 24 - Nature v. Nurture Paragraph ______________________________ March 27 - Chapter 3 March 28 - Settings handout March 29 - Save the Last Word - Hobbes March 30 - Chapter 4 March 31 - Fire vs. Pig Hunt ______________________________ April 3 - Chapt 5 voc/Chapt 5 questions April 4 - Symbolism sheet April 5 - Symbolism Carousel April 6 - Chapters 7 & 8 annotations April 7 - Time to read. Discuss 9 & 10 ______________________________ April 17 - Review LOTF - Socratic Cir. April 18 - LOTF review games April 19 - LOTF unit test April 20 - Work on LOTF essay ______________________________ April 24 - Pygmalion myth (Ovid) April 25 - Archetype & The Artist's Dilemma April 26 - Phonetics & Shavian drama FOLLOW KITE RUNNER SCHEDULE CHART FOR REST. _______________________________ May 22 - Kite Runner film May 23 - Socratic Prep May 24 - Socratic Prep May 25 - Socratic Circle 1 ______________________________ June 1 - Socratic 2 |
Homework___________________________
2/13 - Act 2 mind map for summary and quotes 2/15 - Finish Act 3 ___________________________ February 27 - Make sure you are working on your mind maps of quotes and summaries through Act 3 March 1 - Act 2 - 4 discussion questions March 2 - Act 5 discussion questions (complete quotes and summary for acts 4 & 5) March 3 - Read the Selections from Gli Hecatommithi (in study guide), read and compare to Shakespeare’s play text. What is directly taken from the play? What is adapted? What is discarded? From CLASS- When finished you may work with a partner on Study Guide:What did he say? & Who said that?, Finish mind map, summaries and comprehension questions for all acts., Work on mind map for themes - where do you find examples of the themes of Jealousy, Confusion (appearance vs. reality), Love, Revenge… etc., Characters mind map - who are the major and minor characters and how are they significant .____________________________ March 17 Read first chapter of LOTF, pgs. 7-17 Focus on.... o What is the setting of the story? o What has happened before their arrival? Why are they there? o What is the initial conflict presented? ______________________________ March 21 - Finish Chapter 2 March 22 - Vocabulary for 1 due Thurs. March 24 - Chapter 2 vocabulary. ____________________________ March 30 - Finish last few pages of Chapter 4 March 31 - Chapter 5 due Monday. _____________________________ April 3 - Read Chapter 6 April 4 - Finish Symbolism handout April 5 - Read Chapters 7 & 8 April 6 - Finish the book by end of break. Book talk when we return. _____________________________ Week of April 17 - LOTF unit test on Wednesday. Character confessional due Monday. LOTF essay due Tuesday. ______________________________ April 24 - Don't forget to email LOTF confessional. (If email not working, bring in on flash drive) ** Pygmalion will be due by Monday May 1. Read about 15-20 pages a night to stay on task. It's a play so it will go fast. We will have an assessment on the play on May 1 |
Things to NoteThe final will be given on Wed., Thurs, Friday during the last week of school. Here's our review guide.
|
"It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime..."
— Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)