Pre-AP English II: Othello Reading Assignment (4/2)

4/2 Update: The summarizing will take place tomorrow, 4/3.

Please make sure do the reading over the weekend so that on Monday you can summarize what happens in Act III, Scene 1, 2, and 3 through DESDEMONA's line:

Emilia, come -- Be as your fancies teach you:
Whate'er you be I am obedient.
Exeunt Desdemona and Emilia

This is Act 3, Scene 3, Line 88-89 in my copy of the text. Yours should be somewhere around that.

Pre-AP English II: Othello Literary Devices Scavenger Hunt

If you did not finish in class, please complete the assignment on a separate sheet of paper. On Monday, attach it to the page you turned in during class.

Find examples of the these literary devices in Act II of Othello. Write them with proper citation, like this:

SPEAKER: Line with literary device (Act#.Scene#.Line#(s))

If you're using a digital copy without line numbers, write "digital copy" instead of Line#(s).


ALLITERATION


ALLUSION


ANAPHORA


APOSTROPHE


METAPHOR


PARADOX


PERSONIFICATION


SIMILE

English II (on-level): Julius Caesar Jeopardy

Review for tomorrow's test by replaying today's Jeopardy game!

Don't forget to reread the play if there are things you need to review.

English I (Pre-AP): No Fear Shakespeare—Romeo and Juliet

The No Fear Shakespeare edition of Romeo and Juliet looks like the book at the left.

If you bring your copy to class by Friday (3/30) you'll receive 105 points, 5 point more than you'll receive if you wait until Monday (4/2).

BTW, I spoke with Ms. Munoz and her class is just starting to read the play. You won't be able to buy the book from her current student, but last year's students (this year's sophomores) may have a copy.

Pre-AP English II: Othello Reading Assignment (3/28)

Please make sure you can answer the following question before coming to class tomorrow:

What advice does Iago give Cassio so he can regain his post as Othello's Lieutenant?

The answer will be found in the section of the play where we left off today. Read from IAGO's line

You or any man living may be drunk at a time, man. I tell you what you shall do.

to CASSIO's line

Good night, honest Iago.
Exit

Pre-AP English II: Othello Reading Assignment (3/27)

Make sure you've read Act 2, scenes 1 and 2, before you come to class tomorrow. You'll need to summarize both scenes.

(Links above take you to an online edition of No Fear Shakespeare. You're welcome.)

Pre-AP English II: Othello Act 1 Test Preview

I will provide you with excerpts from the play. You will be tested on the following literary devices:

• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Anaphora
• Apostrophe
• Diction
• Foreshadowing
• Flashback
• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Metaphor
• Metonymy
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron
• Paradox
• Personification
• Simile

you will also need to know the three types of irony

• Verbal
• Dramatic
• Situational

In addition, you'll need to explain why Shakespeare used the device he used (how does the use of the device contribute to the overall success of the text).