othello act 5

Today: Othello act 5
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Today: Othello act 5

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Test in test week: BYOD test
Take your laptop to class 
with a full battery 


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The test
Learn: 
-Background (lessons 1 and 2, 6) 
-Plot: Make sure you know what happens, who is who.
-Quotations (paraphrase): who says what in which situation?
-Study the characters and the facts about handkerchief (lessons 3-7)

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Kind of Questions
BYOD test

Multiple Choice  / drag questions
Short open questions
Questions about the text (paraphrase)
Essay-questions

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Recap: facts about the Elizabethan theatre

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Elizabethan theatre

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Elizabethan theatre


  • Elizabeth I, Queen of England
    (1558-1603)
  • Lord Chamberlain's men: company of actors for  
     which Shakespeare wrote (after 1603: The King's Men)
  • Richard Burbage: main actor, played all the leading  roles.
  • Going to theatre was very popular

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Mention two important facts about Elizabethan actors.

Slide 8 - Open question

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The Globe

  • Built in 1598
  • Outside of London        
    no control of the Puritan city officials (who were hostile 
    to theatres)     
    fear of the spread of diseases (the Plague) 
    plays attracted crime / people skipped work etc.
  • Could take up to 3000 people
  • All sorts of people visited

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William Shakespeare lived in the...
A
15th century
B
16th century
C
17th century
D
18th century

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Who visited the plays at The Globe theatre?
A
all sorts of people
B
only people from court
C
only men
D
only the poor

Slide 13 - Quiz

What kind of plays did Shakespeare not write?
A
Tragedies
B
Musicals
C
History plays
D
Comedies

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The Globe was built outside London because...
A
the plays produced a lot of noise
B
theatres were banned within the city limits
C
it was illegal to visit a play
D
there was no space for such a big theatre in the city

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Plays were performed in the afternoon because
A
they needed the daylight.
B
the city-walls closed at seven.
C
in the evenings the actors had to perform elsewhere.
D
people didn't want to travel in the dark.

Slide 16 - Quiz

1. Early London theaters like The Globe had no roof.
2. A large portion of the audience would stand in the yard, directly in front of the stage.
A
1 is true, 2 is false
B
2 is true, 1 is false
C
both statements are true
D
both statements are false

Slide 17 - Quiz

Read act 5 
(page 48)
act 5, scene 2

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Assignment 2: paraphrase
timer
5:00

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5 Handkerchief

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Talking
  • Say what you know about the handkerchief
  • Why was it important to: Othello / Desdemona / Iago /
      Bianca?
  • In what way did it feature in the dramatic ending?

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Work with a classmate
Do assignment 5
Finished? Read the article (assignment 6) and summarize it in a diagram.
timer
10:00

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Assignment 6: 
Individually:Read the article


Together: Make a summary 
timer
5:00
timer
1:00

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Assignments 3, 4
Essay question: 
watch the video
study the question
make a scheme for an answer

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Slide 27 - Video

Prepare for your test
See LessonUp in Som

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