We are starting to read Othello today (Act 1), but before we started reading, we did the Italian Stereotypes based on Jersey Shore.

The reason we did this (copy this on the back of your Italian stereotype word storm:

Shakespeare chose Italy as the setting for the play Othello because the English had these same stereotypes of Italians. There is no way a GOOD, ENGLISH girl would disobey her father and run off to marry and old, black man.

Afterwards, we read the entirety of Act 1. Some great readers today were Shelden, Madison, Justin ,and Fernanda! If you read along with us, I’ll give you extra credit – up to five points a day. That’s a TOTAL of 25 extra points you can earn. This would be GREAT for people who have turned in a major grade late or people who are gunning for an A (who wants to be a First Mate?)!

Then, we talked about the Othello Haikus that will be due NEXT FRIDAY AFTER THE ENTIRE PLAY IS READ.

There is no way that we can get all 15 stinkin’ haikus done today when we have only read three scenes! If you still need more help with haikus, check this link out!

To make things easier for you, there is a link in BB that gives a summary of broken down by act and scene. Pretty easy!