We started a new unit today: Othello! I had a hard time in English classes as a student when we read Shakespeare because I hated all the “research” we did about his life. When Shakespeare was born, when he died, how many kids he had, and all about the Globe stage. BOR-ING.

Part of my job is to make the stuff we read RELEVANT, so that’s what today is all about. You might not realize what this article today has to do with reading Shakespeare, but I promise it will make sense when we finish reading the play. 🙂 I’m a tricky teacher!

So, today we did a Socrative seminar over An American Honor Killing. I highlighted the essay for names and also had a chart in the wall showing the relationships between people.

The grades were pretty easy – you got points for reading and for participating in the discussion. If you needed help, I had “Say Something” cards around the room to help as prompts.

The plan was that after we finished the discussion, I would give you time to work on your Marrow essay from Thursday, but only B1 got around to that. So… I’ll squeeze in some time for you guys to work on your essays tomorrow. I also won’t put the zeros in until tomorrow.

Mrs. Ekster also came in my third block, and we used up the entire time talking. We even had a few people draw on the board to explain a concept to the class.

Love it!