12-14/17-2007 Otello

Lesson:
Collected the white “close reading” sheets and the “Iago’s Bestiary” sheets that were homework for today.

Shakespeare’s Insults and a modern Iago Speech:
We shared insults and Iago's paraphrased speech


Complete the “Othello Objective” reading reactions sheets. If absent it is found on the assignments link. The reading logs will be collected next class. A list of the logs can be found on the assignments sheet.

HMWK: Read 2.2 & 2.3
Othello Objective
• Logs will be collected next class.
• One log option could be to find places where Iago is telling a lie.

12-11/12 2007 Shakespeare insults and a close reading of 1.3

Lesson:
“And I Loved Her That She Did Pity Them”
I stamped reading logs, if absent make sure you get yours stamped.
I collected the word search.

We finished Dramaturgy Reports

We went over Shakespeare’s Insults and did a close read instead from 297 to 386.
It starts after Othello and Desdemona have left and Iago and Roderigo are alone.
You will need to pick up this form if you were absent.

Iago’s Bestiary
Fill out the bestiary sheet, then create a modern paraphrased version of this speech (365-385).
Be exhilaratingly wicked with the language Avoid obscenity and come up with pungent contemporary expressions that are the modern equivalent of Iago’s.
Otello
You will need to pick up the bestiary from a friend or from the bakc of class if you were absent.
If absent, you will have to make up a quiz on the first Act
Homework
Read 2.1
Write in your log….your choice. Use the opposite pages with activities for some guidance. Any of these activities will work!!

12-7/10 Othello Word Search

Lesson:
If absent:
Write differences and similarities you have seen in the movie Othello which you viewed last class and your own acting they have done in class.


1. To what extent do the actors look like, or sound like, the characters they have imagined? Who would they cast differently?

2. What impression do you have of Desdemona? Why?

3.Judging only from what you saw and heard in this scene, how do Dedemona and Othello feel about each other? How do you know?

4. If you were the director, where would you place Iago in the section of the scene that follows his reentrance with Desdemona? Why?

5. If you were the director is there anything you would have had the actors do differently?


Dramaturge Reports:
Three student groups will be reporting today on the Turks, the Moors, and Venice.
If absent, look these up on your own to make sure you understand these in the play.

What may have accounted for Elizabethan dislike for foreigners, and, possibly, what causes natives of a country to regard foreigners as a threat?

Othello Word Search:
See the Othello word search sheet on the assignments page.
If absent, complete the word search activity.

HMWK: Finish Othello word search and read the rest of Act 1, Scene 3

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12-5/6 2007 “Keep Up Your Bright Swords"

Acting Companies performed 1.2

First Impressions: If you were absent answer the following questions and turn them in next class.

We saw Othello for the first time in this scene--is he what you though he would be? Is he respected by his associates? How do you know?

What contrasts are there between the way Iago, Roderigo, Brabantiohave described Othello and the way he looks and behaves when he actually appears?

Do you notice basic differences in attitude between Cassio and Iago in their short conversation (1.2.60-65) following Othello’s exit?
Why is Brabantio convinced that Othello must have used witchcraft on his daughter? Why does he have difficulty believing his daughter could run to Othello’s “sooty bosom”?

Dramaturges Reports: Venice and Cyprus (If absent, please look these places up on-line)
Film: We watched the first 20 minutes (through Act 3 of the film version of Othello

Homework
Read 1.3.1-342
Complete log entry including:
Describe Othello as you see him in your imagination. Say which actor, or type of actor, you would choose to play the role. Find a picture on-line or in a magazine that resembles your idea of Othello, or draw your own.
Iago swears in line 38 “By Janus.” Janus is a Roman two-faced god. Give examples of Iago’s two-faced behavior. How might an actor convey this?

11-3/4 Othello: "I am not what I am"

Lesson:
We shared log #1. The question for this can be found on the last blog entry.
We chose hats for our characters and assigned topics for Dramaturges. Many professional acting companies today have dramaturges, consultants who are responsible for providing directors with all kinds of historical and literary information pertaining to the play. You will become this for our journey through Othello.
Presentations should be about 5 minutes and be both informative and interesting.
Dates for presentations:
December 5/6: Venice and Cyprus
December 7/10: Moors and Turks
January 8/9: Ira Aldridge, Paul Robeson, and Recent Othello Productions
January 10/11: Epilepsy
Make sure, if you were absent, to see me to be assigned a project.
We then broke into acting companies to read and perform scenes from 1.2. If absent, complete an extended log entry. Label it "Absence make-up entry". Thi sentry will be worth double the points.


HMWK:
Read 1.2
In addition to your log entry, do this free-writing exercise. Write about a time when you resented someone who received an honor you were hoping to get. How did you feel about the person who received it, and how did you feel about the one who chose the other person instead of you?

Projects:
Best Draft is due 12-6 on turnitin.com
Code for our class on turnitin is: 2099300
Best draft turned in during class on the 6th