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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