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Shakespeare Period 1
Don't forget to view the Youtube links for "Othello" and "O" posted on February 8
Homework - Due by Monday, typed, printed, and emailed

In this section Iago gets Roderigo to wake and tell Brabantio that his daughter has eloped

1. Who are Roderigo and Iago
2. What kind of people are they
3. What does each seem to want from the other?
4. Who’s in control?
5. Who is Brabantio?
6. What sort of person do you think the Moor is?
7. How do you picture Brabantio’s daughter?
8. Why is neither Othello nor Desdemona mentioned by name in the scene?
9. What sort of language does Iago use to tell Brabantio of his daughter’s elopement?
10. On what fears and prejudices is Iago playing?

1. Why do Iago, Roderigo, and Brabantio hate the man they are discussion?
2. What reasons does Iago give for continuing to follow his master?
3. What kind of person do you expect the man they discuss to be?
4. How do you imagine him? Count the number of times the word “Moor” is used in 1.1. Can you draw any conclusions?

Period 2:
Imagine that you have a child that is dating (or considering getting married to) a member of a different race than your own, someone of the same gender, or both of a different race and the same gender. How do you deal with this? Describe at least the first meal with this person and at the most go through the entire relationship in story-form, with dialogue.  Give the class and overview and select four students who can perform an improv based on your scenario. 

Period 3:
Finish reading "Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison.

AIM: - What was the advice of the grandfather on his deathbed?

Ralph Ellison Interviews

When individuals and minorities are being oppressed by a group, what are their choices? Write about a real or imagined situation and list the possible options an individual or minority has? Be sure you can think of two opposing solutions.

Now, invent two characters who argue and discuss the two solutions

Write your dialogue out and prepare it for the class.

Period 8 - Regents English
Find the Youtube links posted on February 8 on The Prince And The Pauper
AIM: How does Twain use "opposites" to propel the action of the story forward into the second chapter?
Homework: Double-entry journal Chapter III
The Prince And the Pauper
Do you like to read and listen to the story at the same time? Click for the Audio