Period 1--AP 20
We opened the class with watching the scene from Branagh's version of Othello for the students to see how Iago managed to manipulate Othello into believing Cassio was talking about Desdemona, when in fact, he was referring to Bianca. From there, we continued with our reading and are almost finished with Act IV.
Period 2--AP 30
Mr. Farrell helped the students analyze the first soliloquy of Hamlet. They continued with the reading of Act I and we spent a bit of time looking at Polonius's speech since it is so applicable to advice they may be receiving from their parents in this, their grade 12 year.
Period 3--AP 10
We continued with our analysis of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" and the students were clearly able to see the misinterpretation they all made of the poem from the beginning! It was fun for them to discover the true meaning of the poem and work together to develop a theme based on the idea of personal myth making. This was a fun class today!
Period 4--History 10
A couple of students started the class with their current events presentations. They were interesting to say the least! Then, we studied the political cartoon with which I left them which illustrated some of the reasons for the French Revolution. I handed out a sheet which outlined some of those reasons (again, looking at the three estates), and finished off the class with a little quiz (that didn't count for anything--just a knowledge check) on their understanding of the three estates.
No school for students tomorrow as it is a Professional Development day for teachers, so everyone can enjoy their long weekend!
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