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Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.

 Agenda: Warm-up: Wooclap questions--what is evil?  What are examples of evil actions? Crash Course Philosophy: The Problem of Evil https://youtu.be/9AzNEG1GB-k  Folger Video "Deception in Othello " for role of Iago (up to 5:00) https://youtu.be/d1HoEfPN-i0 Homework: Make sure that you are caught up

Jekyll and Hyde in Adaptation

 Agenda: Finish reading Act 2 (8th only) Viewing: Jekyll and Hyde (2008) modern adaptation Homework: Make sure you are caught up and have submitted your Act 2 questions 

Othello Act 2, Scenes 2-3

 Agenda: Finish Reading Act 2 (period 8 needs some of tomorrow) Complete Act 2 reading questions Homework: Submit your Act 2 reading questions before the break

Othello Act 2, Scene 1

 Agenda: Begin Act 2, Scene 1 Homework: Make sure you are caught up 

Analyzing Epithets in Othello

 Agenda: Background videos Race and religion in Othello  https://youtu.be/x1hPm2iWrks?list=PLR8P-dSNaJkWISMNLpQE5Gat_2aYcYh67 Viewing the scenes skip to encountering Brabantio https://youtu.be/JGLenqBTDhQ a different view of Iago: https://youtu.be/32XqR9TMjx0 Complete analysis of the epithets  Homework: Submit your completed epithet worksheet

Tracing Epithets in Othello

 Agenda: Epithets WS overview Make sure your chart is done and that you've included examples from all 3 scenes Homework:  Make sure you are caught up and that you've submitted your Act 1 questions 

Finishing Act 1, Scene 3

 Agenda: Complete Act 1, Scene 3 and Reading questions Homework: Make sure you are ready to submit these by Monday

What's in a Name?

 Agenda: Look up meaning of names from Othello character list Extra credit posters Begin Act 1, Scene 3 Homework: Make sure you are caught up  

Picture it, Venice, the 1500s

 Agenda: Warm-up: Radio Garden and Map Overview Read Act 1, Scene 2 Complete Act 1, Scene 2 RQs Homework: Finish Act 1, Scene 2

Finish Act 1, Scene 1

 Agenda: Warm-up: Create your own epithet and make sure 1-4 are answered Finish Act 1, Sc. 1 Complete scene 1 questions Homework: Make sure all of your act 1, scene 1 questions are completed  

Epithets and Othello

 Agenda: Epithet Notes: https://youtu.be/A_nLwAct7kQ  Begin reading Othello Answer reading questions as we go Use the modern translation as needed List names use for Othello whenever possible Homework: Make sure you have completed the notes for today

Burn Book Nicknames

 Agenda: Make a list of everything you have called other people recently.  No editing.  No collecting.  Dispose of it after class. What was the motivation?  Create categories explaining why you called people these names. Nicknames videos https://youtu.be/KA7mpOvTgs8  https://youtu.be/51jIcy7aJMw Continue working on blog if unfinished from yesterday You may use ideas from today's class Homework: Make sure your blog is completed

A Rose by Any Other Name

 Agenda: Name personal journal In a free write, write a response that focuses on the questions below.  You should write your answer in your ongoing ELA 12 journal.  Title it "Names--2/1/22" Names.  We all have them, but do they matter?  Does your name have a particular meaning?  (A family meaning?  A religious meaning?  A meaning from the language it comes from?  If you are unsure about the last question, try Google.) Does that have an impact on who you are?  Would you be the same person if your name was something else or if your parents had gone with their second choice?   Naming Playlist https://youtu.be/cXa_-idMJb8 https://youtu.be/8J6ZFcSJC8Q https://youtu.be/H-v76gt5lkI Blog using notes from video Now that you have watched a number of opinions on names and have done a little thinking about your own, write a paragraph that explains your beliefs.  What do you think about names?  Do you agree with anything brought u...

Senior Survey

 Agenda: Mid-year Survey Continue viewing silent Jekyll and Hyde Homework: Turn in survey