Approaches to Shakespeare

For Lewis and Clark students enrolled in Approaches to Shakespeare, click on this link to access electronic copies of class documents.

The worst of both worlds

And you wonder why I don't like Disney or musical theater? Here's the worst of both worlds.

Have an adventurous summer!

Wed 6/17

Key Passage analysis final

Tue 6/16

Sophomores
1. extra credit day
2. vocab final-- 10 points

Mon 6/15

Sophomores
1. choice book journal #3
2. time to read, complete extra credit, gather vocab words

Fri 6/12

Sophomores
1. present Othello projects
2. HW: read your books, gather ten vocab words

Thur 6/11

Sophomores
1. Journal #2: find a key passage
2. finish Othello project
3. read or do extra credit

Wed 6/10

Sophomores
1. choice book journal #1: freewrite on one of these topics: characterization, setting, conflict, atmostphere, dialogue, foreshadowing, expostition, style
2. extra credit-- due Tuesday the 16th
3. time to read/write

Franklin High Student Accepted to MIT

Don't be a grade-grubber; work to maximize deep understanding. Ever since, "I focus on trying to retain the material and really learn it," he says, "not so much on getting an A."

Read more here.

Tue 6/9

Sophomores
1. create reading calendar
2. begin vocab assignment-- two words a night
3. time to read or work on Othello project

Mon 6/8

Sophomores
Choice book assignment-- read book by 6/17
work on Othello project--- due Friday

Fri 6/5

Sophomores
Work on Othello project

Thur 6/4

Seniors
speeches

Sophomores
Othello test

Ewan McGregor talks about Iago

You might recognize Ewan McGregor from the Star Wars films.

Othello (Anthony Hopkins): Iago tells of a handkerchief

Is Anthony the worst Othello ever? You be the judge?

Shakespeare in the ghetto, Othello

Othello directed by Alan Parker

Here's a clip for the film version starring Lawrence Fishburn as Othello.

Punch Shakespeare

Tue 6/2

Seniors
1. finish Like Water for Chocolate film
2. work time: study for the test, complete extra credit, revise final speech

Sophomores
film: Othello

Mon 6/1

Seniors
1. collect magical realism essay/story
2. "December" discussion
3. film

Sophomores
1. Othello project topics
2. film