Friday, February 1, 2019

Cliff's Notes Video
Animated Tales 
SparkNotes Act I 
SparkNotes Act II



Complete Act II Study Guide - Act II Quiz Monday

Read Marriage Customs & How To Be A Good Wife
How to Chuse A Good Wife From a Bad
Assignment: Create a mini poster with 3 rules for modern day wife picking.  Must use one from old documents.

Journal:  How responsible is Cassio for the loss of his reputation?

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Perfect Couple and Santa

Roger and Elaine

Discuss Act II

Complete Study Guide

Journal: Describe the qualities of a "perfect couple"? Maybe one that has been married for 50+ years.

83 years

87 years

90 years

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

View and Discuss Othello Act I, Scenes I-III

Journal:  How important is reputation?

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Assign Othello Act II study guide
Watch Othello Act II, Scene I 
Read Act I, Scene I 
Complete that section of the study guide.

Journal: How do you feel about over-the-top PDA? After reading "Our Love Was Colorblind,"  how do you think the Elizabethan audience would have felt about this display by Othello and Desi?

Monday, January 28, 2019

Assign New Journal Worksheet

Othello Act I Quiz

Othello Act I Study Guide Due

Our Love Was Colorblind pull question due

Read: 10 Ways Shakespeare Changed Everything

Journal:  What qualities would you abhor* in a mate?  *regard with distrust or hatred

Friday, January 25, 2019

Male Stereotypes

Part II

11 Male Stereotypes Every Man Has to Face in Society Even Today

Journal:  A father and son get in a car crash and are rushed to the hospital. The father dies. The boy is taken to the operating room and the surgeon says, “I can’t operate on this boy, because he’s my son.”

How is this possible?

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Bathroom Passes








Discuss Act I, Scenes II & III

Read  Our love was colour blind... but our families weren't

Pull question:After reading this article, in a three-paragraph response,
discuss the obstacles that interracial couples have faced and do you
feel that society will truly accept couples that are deemed "different"?
Explain your response thoroughly.

Pull Question Response Due MONDAY

Journal:  Analyze how the limited courtship of Desi and O might impact their marriage.

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

View and discuss Act I, Scene II & III

Complete Study Guide

Journal: If you were unlucky in love, by age 30 would you let an expert choose a mate for you? Do you think a connection like those on "Married at First Sight" have any chance of working out? What about cultures that still have arranged marriages?

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Battle Debrief
Assign Journal Worksheet

Othello Settings/Characters PPT

Assign Othello Act I Study Guide

View Act I, Scene I (7 min)

Summary

Journal:  Describe the most important qualities of your                  ideal mate.

Monday, January 21, 2019
MLK Day – No School

Friday, January 18, 2019

Bookstore
Finish M&W Bingo
Battle of the Sexes

Journal:  Predict the outcome of the Battle of the Sexes.  Explain your answer.

Thursday, January 17, 2018

20/20 Men and Women Documentary
Bingo Note Taking Strategy

50 Real Differences

Journal:  What have you always wanted to know about the opposite gender? No sex questions, please?

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Create Battle of the Sexes Questions

Two questions with answers

that you believe the other gender can't answer

Female Stereotypes

Take notes: Title
Stereotype/Generalization
Message

Pull questions due

Journal: Discuss several stereotypes about women.

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Early Release

Read:

Beauty and the Beast

Pink Brain and Blue Brain

No Journal Today

Monday, January 14, 2019

Debrief Male v. Female Superheroes

Child X: A Fabulous Child’s Story
HW:  Read “Child X: 2011”
"'Boy or girl?' Parents raising 'theybies' let kids decide"
Complete three pull questions.  Due Wednesday

Journal: Would you want to raise a "theybe" ? Why or why not? What kind of parent do you plan to be?

Journal Samples

Superhero PPT

Friday, January 11, 1019

Collect Journals

Male v. Female Superheroes

Create T-Chart:    

Reinforces Stereotype/Against Stereotype

Collect T-chart

Journal: Are Superheroes an important component of childhood?

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Jigsaw - Are gender specific toys harmful?
Same groups meet
Small 1-2-3 meet
Close Read worksheet due

Create Super Hero Lists

Journal: Discuss your favorite super hero from your childhood.

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Toys PPT
Read one of three toy articles:

1. Toys Are More Divided by Gender Now Than They Were 50 Years Ago

2.  The problem with separate toys for girls and boys. What started our obsession with assigning gender to playthings, and how can parents combat it?

3. Are gendered toy harming children?

 

Journal: How might gender-specific toys be harmful to kids?

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Groups analyze toy lists and share findings

Period One
Period Two
Period Six

Worksheet for each group

Journal:  What are your observations about the different (male/female) group dynamics during the compiling of the toy lists? 

Monday, January 7, 2019

Welcome Back
Rules/Procedures PPT

Assign First Week Journal Worksheet- Yep. Old school. Sample.

Groups compile a list of childhood toys.

Journal:  Describe a favorite childhood toy.  Don't name/identify the toy until the last sentence.  Let us guess?