Gifted English II: We have finished Othello! Which means that we have not finished our analysis of Othello. Not by a long shot. Today: Thesis statement help for the Iago paper, a screening of The Great Smother via Kenneth Branagh/Morpheus's vision, and beginning the questions (the super-challenging questions, btw) in the burgundy book. Othello test is probably Friday. It's really a fun test, complete with clip art and quotes and fun times. You'll laugh; you'll cry; it's better than Cats.
NOTE: Our next outside reading is Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe; you should be able to check it out of the Media Center starting later this week. I'll confirm and double-confirm with the MC personnel.
APees: We need to go over three more FRQ's like we did yesterday, after which we are doing a discussion of Chapter 12 in Jane Eyre and a syntactical analysis. If you need to take the Jane make-up quiz, see me any time tomorrow. It should take about 10-15 minutes, so budget your time accordingly.
NOTE: Our next reading assignment is Heart of Darkness by Conrad. The MC has a number of copies, but you might find it helpful to acquire your own. Last year, I found a vendor that sold copies for two bucks each; the cover price was listed as a dollar, but they marked them up a bit AND charged shipping. But if it's worth it to you to save a trip to a bookstore, then we can put in an order together before Spring Break and have the books a week or so afterward. I'll take a poll tomorrow.
