AGENDA TED Talk Iambic Pentameter Background Quiz Discuss

AGENDA *TED Talk: Iambic Pentameter *Background Quiz *Discuss Close Read Practices #2 and #3 answers *Finish Act II, Scene 3 *Sticky Note Response Act II *Introduce Group Responses for Othello Act I and II (15 -20 min to work on tomorrow before presenting) HW:

REMINDERS 2 -26 -19 **Don’t forget your new seats! q. Background Quiz today q Othello Quiz, Acts I & II – Thursday, 2/28 q. Othello – each night, you should: re-read what we read in class in the modern English translation. work on developing a study sheet for all the quotes I tell you to highlight as we read.

TED Talk: Iambic Pentameter and Shakespeare • To what does poetic meter refer? • What is a foot in poetry? • What is a dactyl? • What kinds of lines do a dactyl create? • What is a trochee? • What is the most commonly used foot in Shakespeare? • What is iambic pentameter? • When do Shakespeare’s characters tend to use iambic pentameter? • Why did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter?

OTHELLO BACKGROUND QUIZ

OTHELLO: ACT II *Close Reading Practice #2 Read Act II, Scene 3 Reading Purpose Questions: How does Iago develop over the course of Act II? How does Othello develop over the course of Act II?

END OF ACT II – 2 RESPONSES On an index card: Choose and state the most important moment in Act II. Identify the line or lines that accompany that moment. Why is it the most important? What does it reveal about a character/the emerging themes in the play? On the other sticky note: (new charts for Act II) Choose either Othello, Iago, or Desdemona. On a sticky note, write a comment, question, or line that expresses your thoughts on the character you chose. Place the sticky note on the appropriate chart.

• Group 1 – Review ALL the post it notes on the Othello charts. Synthesize and write 2 -3 statements summarizing what is represented on the chart. Also, identify 1 -2 questions to share with the class. • Group 2 – Review ALL the post it notes on the Desdemona (and other characters) charts. Synthesize and write 2 -3 statements summarizing what is represented on the chart. Also, identify 1 -2 questions to share with the class. • Group 3 – Review ALL the post it notes on the Iago charts. Synthesize and write 2 -3 statements summarizing what is represented on the chart. Also, identify 1 -2 questions to share with the class. • Group 4 – Review Iago’s speeches in Act I. What seems to be his attitude to human relationships? How would you sum up his philosophy on life? • Group 5 – Review Iago’s speeches in Act II. What seems to be his attitude to human relationships? How would you sum up his philosophy on life? • Group 6 Sort index cards from Most Meaningful Moment in Act II. Present what similarities/differences are in the responses; then present what your group believes is the most important moment and why. • Group 7 – Using symbols and pictures, create a visual representation of what has happened thus far in the play. Leave room for additions. • Group 8 – Identify key phrases/words that each of the following characters use and explain why these phrases and words are important. (i. e. what do they reveal about the