Period 1--AP 20
We continued to read the play. We are just in the middle of Act III, scene iii, so things are heating up for Othello. We will continue with this reading tomorrow.
Period 2--AP 30
"The Pardoner's Tale" was the focus for this day's study. We reviewed the concept of indulgences, medieval Catholicism, and sin in order to set up the events of the tale. This is primarily an except of the tale--his lecture to the pilgrims about the sin of avarice are summarized rather than read in full, and the reading the students did picks up right from the actual tale of the three rioters. The students were then given their assignment--as a judge, which of the three tales we examined, "The Miller's Tale," "The Knight's Tale," and "The Pardoner's Tale" was the best tale. This will be done in a persuasive essay format, and the students need to be aware of the need to use counter-arguments and contrast to fully make their case. They will also need to define what they feel makes something a "good" tale.
Period 3--AP 10
We revisited the idea of euthanasia and looked at a power point that examined the legal definition of murder as well as the more morally ambiguous idea of mercy killing/assisted suicide. We did this by examining the Canadian cases of Sue Roderiquez and Robert Latimer. We started reading the poem "David" by Earl Birney and the students were directed to be on the lookout for foreshadowing.
Period 4--History 10
As a class, we reviewed the overview study sheet I gave them yesterday and then, they had the rest of class to study for tomorrow's exam.
REMINDER: The AP classes have their literary devices quizzes to study for tomorrow.
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