Monday, April 19, 2010

1. Completed reading of Othello ACT I oral and Elizabethan English with tape.
2. Began working on Othello assignment packet for ACT I.

Significant Quotes for ACT I: Make sure you have these quotes in your notes.

I.1.58: (Iago) "In following him [Othello] I follow but myself;"

I.1.65: (Iago) "...I am not what I am."
NOTE: Ensign: Lowest commissioned officer under a lieutenant.

I.3.167-168: (Othello) "She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd,/And I loved her that she did pity them." (This is how Desdemona and Othello fall in love.)

I.3.193-195: (Brabantio) "I here do give thee that with all my heart/Which but thou hast already, with all my heart would keep from thee."
(Brabantio is bitter and feels betrayed by Desdemona and Othello.)

I.3. 289-290: (Duke) "If virtue no delighted beauty lack,/ Your son-in-law is far more fair than black."
(Duke favors/likes and respects Othello's good qualities.)

I.3.292-293: (Brabantio) "Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see; She has deceiv'd her father, and may thee."
(Brabantio is spiteful toward Desdemona and retaliates by planting a seed of doubt about Desdemona's honesty.)

Friday, April 16, 2010.

1. Vocabulary Quiz 26 XXVI.
2. Continue reading play Othello

Thursday, April 15, 2010.

1. Check vocabulary Lesson 26; review.
2. Begin reading Shakespeare's play Othello to beginning Scene 3.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010.

1. View Film Clip on Intro to Othello. (From United Streaming Database in Bellaire Library).
2. Take notes on handout.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010.

1. View film clip on Intro to Shakespeare( fromUnited Streaming Database: See Bellaire website)2. Take notes on handout.

Monday, April 12, 2010.

1. I Had Seen Castles TEST

Friday, April 9, 2010

1. Complete all IHSC Questions. Test on Monday.
2. Read pp. 578-583; these are war poems. Answer all questions following each poem.
3. Complete Activities and Explorations # 1. Please complete collage on a 8 1/2 x 11 white sheet.
Due Monday.
Thursday, April 8, 2010

1. Read IHSC Day 6---Finish the novel.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

1. Work on IHSC Day 5 questions.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

1. Discuss symbols and effects of WWII on the narrator and his family.

2. Read IHSC Day 5

Monday, April 5, 2010

1. Check Voc. Lesson XXIV (24) Copy your responses on a sheet of paper. Turn in. Also turn in workbook.
If you were negligent in completing this take home quiz , you are to work the lesson, write an essay using all the words, underline each vocabulary word. The grade will be a makeup grade.

2. Work on I Had Seen Castles Day 5.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

1. Check I Had Seen Castles Day 4. Turn in.
2. Read I Had Seen Castles pp. 68-79; discuss symbols in novel.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

1. Complete reading I Had Seen Castles pp. 60-67.

2. Work on I Had Seen Castles Day 4 questions. If you did not finish in class, finish during lunch tomorrow.

REMINDER: Complete Vocabulary Review Lesson XXIV (24). Bring completed lesson on Monday, 4/5. This will be counted as a take-home quiz grade.

REMINDER: Make sure you finish reading your novel over the weekend. A novel assignment will be given to you next week.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

1. Read I Had Seen Castles pp. 53-67
2. Work on I Had Seen Castles Day 3 Questions; check/grade in class. Turn in.

Complete Vocabulary Lesson 25. Due Thursday. Quiz Monday, 4/5

Monday, March 29, 2010

1. Read I Had Seen Castles pp. 33-52; discuss.

2. Begin I Had Seen Castles Day Three (3) Questions.

Friday, March 26

1. Voc. Quiz XXIII (23).
2. Work on I Had Seen Castles Day TWO comprehension questions 1-16.


Thursday, March 25

1. Check Vocabulary Lesson XXIII. Sentences and Definitions.
2. Complete I Had Seen Castles Day TWO reading, pp. 17-32. Discuss.

Wednesday, March 24

1. Complete I Had Seen Castles Comprehensive Questions for DAY ONE. Turn in for grade.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

1. Intro to I Had Seen Castles; Read and analyze poem.
2. Read pp. 1-16

Monday, March 22, 2010

1. Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 12-22 TEST. If you were absent, see me for make up.