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.