I made sure that I explained the extra credit to everyone today (Othello Journals). It’s five prompts – in order to get the credit, do all five. I’m looking for QUALITY THINKING here rather than QUANTITY.

Then, we talked about the assignment for today: the Othello character chart. I don’t care whether you do this on the computer or on paper, but if you do it on the computer, please make sure that you turn it in as a PDF.

Here is a brief explanation of each column:

• Relationship – what is his/her role and relationship to the other characters.
• Strength – what does this character do well
• Weakness – what is this character’s downfall
• Defining moment – What is the moment when we get to see this character’s TRUE colors – who she/he REALLY is.
• Essential question – What is the one MOST important question to ask the character.
• Symbol – draw a quick symbol that represents an aspect of that character’s personality, role, or importance.

Here is a sample chart you can look at for a different book: