Merchant of Venice Assignments #1


Assignment Sheet
Shakespeare
August 30 – October 1, 2012

O what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
  Merchant of Venice (I.iii.85)

Date
Class
Homework
Thursday, August 30
Introduction, Administrative Trivia
Sign on to the blog. Review for summer reading quiz.
Friday, August 31
Summer Reading Quiz

Make Shakespearean image
Monday, September 3
Labor Day: NO SCHOOL

Make Shakespearean image
Tuesday, September 4
Image presentation. Introduction to the MOV.
Read Act One, Merchant of Venice (MOV) Complete reading guide.
Wednesday, September 5
Why is Antonio so sad?  What is Venice like? Who are the good guys?
Read Act Two, scenes i-iv of MOV. Complete reading guide.
Thursday, September 6
Casket plot, thematic implications and interpretation.
Finish Act Two, MOV. Complete reading guide.
Friday, September 7
X-Period: NO CLASS
Finish Act Two MOV. Complete reading guide.
Monday, September 10
Shakespeare’s Language #2: Antithesis, Repetition, Lists. Reconsider Portia’s opening.
Review Acts One and Two by collecting images/techniques on sheet.
Tuesday, September 11
Share images etc. Morocco and Aragon.
Read Act Three, MOV. Complete reading guide.
Wednesday, September 12
Even Wed: NO CLASS
Read Act Three, MOV. Complete reading guide.
Thursday, September 13
Bassanio and Portia.  Lorenzo and Jessica. Gratiano and Nerissa.
Study for Vocabulary Quiz, Lists One and Two.
Friday, September 14
Vocabulary Quiz, Lists One and Two
Short Essay: “Outward shows” due Wednesday.
Monday, September 17
Rosh Hashanah: NO SCHOOL
No major assessments
Tuesday, September 18
X-Period: NO CLASS
Short Essay: “Outward Shows” due tomorrow.
Wednesday, September 19
Essay Due.  Film versions of casket selection and others.
Read Act Four, MOV. Complete reading guide.
Thursday, September 20
Act Four: TENSION! DRAMA! GREAT STUFF!
Study for Vocabulary Quiz, Lists One, Two and Three.
Friday, September 21
Vocabulary Quiz, Lists One-Three
Finish MOV. Complete reading guide.
Monday, September 24
An odd and anticlimactic ending. Intro to essay.
Read Othello, Act One. Complete reading guide.
Tuesday, September 25
Loose Ends. Video presentations.
No homework night.
Wednesday, September 26
Yom Kippur: NO SCHOOL
No homework night.
Thursday, September 27
Introduction to Othello.
Study for Vocabulary Quiz, Lists One through Four.
Friday, September 28
Vocabulary Quiz, Lists One through Four.
Finish Merchant of Venice Essay, due Monday.
Monday, October 1
Essay Due on Merchant of Venice.


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