Saturday, March 2, 2013

Othello by William Shakespeare

Week #26 March 4-8, 2013

Literature: Othello by William Shakespeare
Short reading: an essay
Appeals: pathos, logos, ethos
Writing: Sentence structure
Vocabulary: Act II #s 8-15 spur, infirmity, frailty, babble, prate, clamor, importune, dilatory

Homework:

  • SAT vocab notes - due: Wednesday, March 6
Monday - Friday
WARM-UP exercise: SAT question of the day
  • Due to the shortened period schedule on Monday, we will continue to read the play and discuss questions and answers.
  • We will take a vocabulary quiz on Tuesday.  It will cover the vocabulary words from the week before and Shakespearean drama terms.
  • Continue to read and discuss Othello on Tuesday.
  • We will have WITS writing on Wednesday. 
  • On Thursday, we will look at an essay and edit and revise it as a class.
  • Students will bring their rewritten essay on Friday. 
  • Students will read an article and identify examples of logos, ethos, and pathos in it. While students are reading, select students will conference with me about the essay written previously.
  • Part of the time in class on Friday will be spent on sentence structure. 

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