The tension is almost palpable when we stopped reading yesterday!
Today we read 4.2, 4.3, and 5.1.
Tomorrow, we will get Othello finished – we just have ONE SCENE LEFT!
Remember, we have the play preview on Thursday and the benchmark on Friday.
Next week, seniors have the rotation – if you don’t sign up for sessions, they will be assigned for you. Check Blackboard!
We read Act 4 today. It went by pretty quickly, so you should have time to get caught up with all of your haikus, especially if you use the Syllable Counter that I have in Blackboard. You can enter in sentences – just be careful with the names of characters. One students used “Desde” as a nickname for Desdemona, and since Desde isn’t a real word, the webpage didn’t recognize it and said it was only ONE syllable rather than two.
Today while reading, we talked about how gestures can be misinterpreted. Remember Riley took a student in hall way to talk about her vegetable noodle peeler? You guys need to get your minds OUT OF THE GUTTER!
We also talked about how HARSH and HATEFUL Othello’s words to Desdemona were – we agreed that there are some words that you just can’t forgive. If a boyfriend were to compare me to maggots in rotting meat, I’d break up with him. If he said he wished I’d never been born, I’d assume he was breaking up with me. What’s worse to say to someone: “I hate you” or “I wish you’d never been born”?
Get those haikus done! We’ll finish Othello tomorrow!
Today, we read Othello Act 4. This is what I call “vegetable peeler act”.
Here are a few of my Othellos hiding under the desk from Cassio:
We then had about 30 minutes to work on the haikus. We will have a little bit of time to finish them on Wednesday, but if you aren’t around Act 3, I’d suggest working on them outside of class.
If you haven’t turned in your YOLO/Carpe Diem paper in yet, turn that in!
We only have four more days to wake up early before we get a week off of school!
Progress reports come out tomorrow, but my computer is not letting me grade at home. My help desk ticket is still being “looked at,” but I wasn’t able get much graded before grades were due. That means for some of you who stayed late on Friday to get get worked turned in, I wasn’t able to grade it. HOWEVER, since I don’t you to be penalized,I am going to grade everything here at school today and if your grade goes up, I will manually change the grade on your progress reports.
As far as classwork is concerned, we just read Act 4 and did the Othello Act 4 haikus.
Pretty easy! We’ll finish the play tomorrow! 🙂
Today we (you guessed it!) read Act IV. We talked a lot about sticks and stones may break your bones and how words are powerful.
You guys are getting to the point where you are starting to hate the “actors” who are playing Iago – this is the best part of my job. I love it when people interrupt the play and yell out “Damn Iago!” 🙂
We had time to work on haikus today – this should be a great opportunity for you to earn an easy 150 points. Last year, I think the lowest grade that I gave last time was 130, which is still a pretty good grade.
I’m starting to call parents/guardians if your grade is not where it needs to be. We are running out of days for you stay after school, and I get worried when you say that you’re going to work on stuff at home, because it rarely happens.
If you have missed a lot this week (Rolley and Alexis) you’ll need to get caught up on your reading of the play. Make sure that you work on the haikus as well!
Extra credit can be taken up until the final exam. You can still work on this!
