Monday, April 25, 2011. Voc. Quiz 25. Complete Othello Act IV questions.

Thursday, April 21, 2011. Check Vocabulary Lesson XXV (25). View film version of Othello, ACT IV (4). Film Quiz. REMINDER: Voc. Quiz on Lesson 25 Monday, April 25.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Complete reading of Othello ACT IV.Take notes: ACT IV: -Iago gets specific about Desdemona's infidelity. Othello has epileptic seizure. Iago tells Othello to hide and eavesdrop (listen in hiding) on Cassio's conversation. Cassio comes back and tells Iago about his being with Bianca. Othello thinks Cassio is talking about Desdemona. Bianca comes and tosses handkerchief to Cassio. In the meantime, visitors from Venice arrive to talk business with Othello. In anger, out of nowhere, Othello slaps Desdemona. Lodovico, (a gentleman from Venice and Desdemona's distant cousin) demands Othello to make amends to Desdemona for hitting her.Othello questions Emilia about Desdemona's fidelity. Emilia defends Desdemona as innocent. Othello questions Desdemona and calls her terrible names. Desdemona asks Iago for help. Desdemona and Emilia talk about cheating on husbands. Desdemona says she would never betray Othello. Emilia says if the price were right, she would to make her husband king. HOMEWORK: Bring completed Vocabulary Lesson 25 XXV to class tomorrow.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Voc. Quiz 23 XXIII. Read Othello ACT IV, Scene 1 to line 260, p. 214. Homework: Review on web vernacular version.

Monday, April 18, 2011. Film review. Othello TEST ACTS I-III. Voc. Quiz Less. 23 XXIII tomorrow.

Friday, April 15, 2011. Review for TEST on Othello ACTS I, II, and III on Monday, April 18. Quiz on Less 23 postponed for Monday, 4/18

Thursday, April 14. Work on Othello ACT III questions. TEST on Acts I-III on Monday, 4/18.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Work on Othello ACT III questions. You should be able to finish at least through number 11 from Scene 3. You will receive a grade for this task. You will finish the remainder tomorrow. REMINDER: Bring Voc. Lesson 23 definitions and sentences tomorrow. You may work the sentences in the workbook for extra practice. TEST ON OTHELLO ACTS I, II, AND III, MONDAY, APRIL 18.

Friday, April 8, 2011: Complete questions for Othello ACT II. Substitute teacher Monday, April 11, 2011: Complete character chart. Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Complete reading of Othello ACT III. Discuss allusion, soliloquy, and comic relief. Also discuss dramatic and verbal irony.

Thursday, April 7, 2011. Read Othello ACT II and begin ACT III to page 149. Discuss "allusion" with "nine heads of Hydra and Chaos.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Read The Tragedy of Othello, ACT II to page 109. Reading from audio CD of begining of Scene 1 in ACT II. Discussion of characters of Cassio and Iago. REMINDER: No vocabulary lesson this week. Lesson 23 due next Thursday 4/14. Quiz 4/15

Monday, April 4, 2011. Vocabulary Quiz 22 XXII. Work on Othello questions for ACT I. Finish for homework by accessing text through the internet. Type "Othello" and click on "No Fear Shakespeare." Bring completed questions tomorrow. Make sure you staple your drawing as the cover sheet and the question handout as the last page.

Friday, April 1, 2011. Presentation by TPP (School Newspaper) and Carrillon (yearbook) to recruit new staff members. Complete ACT I in The Tragedy of Othello. Draw picture, color it of any scene in ACT I. Label your picture ACT I, Scene ____. Vocabulary Quiz 22 XXII will be given Monday, April 4.