1. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.1 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.5 Objective: SWBAT analyze the context clues in the beginning of Act V of Othello in order to reveal the characters’ personalities, actions, and intent. November 9 th 2015 1 Topic: Analysis of Context clues in Act V of Othello. EQ: How can we analyze the context clues portrayed within Act V of Othello and how they represent each of the characters’ actions within the climax of the text? DO NOW/ Quickwrite: What are context clues and why are they necessary for when a person is reading a text?

2. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.1 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.5 Objective: SWBAT analyze the context clues in the beginning of Act V of Othello in order to reveal the characters’ personalities, actions, and intent. November 10 th 2015 2 Topic: Analysis of Context clues in Act V of Othello. EQ: How can we continue to analyze the context clues portrayed within Act V of Othello and how they represent each of the characters’ actions within the climax of the text? DO NOW/ Quickwrite: Please use one of the words we learned yesterday in a sentence.

3. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.1 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.5 Objective: SWBAT analyze the context clues in the beginning of Act V of Othello in order to reveal the characters’ personalities, actions, and intent. November 9 th 2015 3 Guided Practice: You will take turns dramatically reading scene1 of Act V and will take note of any important context clues portrayed within the literary text.

4. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.1 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.5 Objective: SWBAT analyze the context clues in the beginning of Act V of Othello in order to reveal the characters’ personalities, actions, and intent. November 9 th 2015 4 Independent Practice: -Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Contextual Clues 1) Read the sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean on the lines provided.

5. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.1 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.5 Objective: SWBAT analyze Iago’s motive as a character as we have reached the ending of the text.. November 12 th 2015 5 Topic: Analysis of Iago’s character in Act V of Othello. EQ: How have our opinions of Iago altered as we reach the ending of the text? Quckwrite: How do you think people’s views of Iago have changed towards the end of the play? How do you know this?

6. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.1 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.5 Objective: SWBAT analyze Iago’s motive as a character as we have reached the ending of the text.. November 13 th 2015 6 Topic: Analysis of Iago’s character in Act V of Othello. EQ: How can we continue to analyze how our opinions of Iago altered as we reach the ending of the text? Quckwrite: How do you think people’s views of Iago have changed towards the end of the play? How do you know this?

7. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.1 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.5 Objective: SWBAT analyze Iago’s motive as a character as we have reached the ending of the text.. November 12 th 2015 7 Iago’s Psyche: Gullible fools or Consummate Liar?: -”If Iago is played as an obvious villain, Othello and the other characters are reduced to credulous (gullible) fools whereas, Shakespeare was concerned with the difficulty in distinguishing between appearance and reality.

8. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.1 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.5 Objective: SWBAT analyze Iago’s motive as a character as we have reached the ending of the text.. November 12 th 2015 8 Iago’s Psyche: -Iago’s innate evil is almost irresistible because of his charismatic personality and ability to manipulate those around him. -As Iago increases his strength and vitality, Othello loses his mind and dives further into lunacy.

9. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.1 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.5 Objective: SWBAT analyze Iago’s motive as a character as we have reached the ending of the text.. November 12 th 2015 9 Iago’s Psyche: Guided Practice: We will continue to dramatically read Act V scenes 1 and 2 of Othello.

10. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.1 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.5 Objective: SWBAT analyze Iago’s motive as a character as we have reached the ending of the text.. November 12 th 2015 10 Independent Practice: A loose Philosophical Chairs: IAGO IN THE JUDGEMENT CHAIR How is Iago seen by others early on in the play? 1)Place a chair in the center of the room to signify Iago. - Volunteers should select a character from the play and consider what this character thinks of Iago.

11. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.1 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.5 Objective: SWBAT analyze Iago’s motive as a character as we have reached the ending of the text.. November 12 th 2015 11 Independent Practice: A loose Philosophical Chairs: 2) Each character should place themselves in relation to the chair, for example, Emilia who has a difficult relationship with her husband but seems to love him, may stand quite close to Iago. -Each character should in turn introduce themselves to the audience and then state his/her opinion about Iago, either to the audience or to “Iago” himself.

12. Key Ideas and Details: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.1 Craft and Structure: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11- 12.5 Objective: SWBAT analyze Iago’s motive as a character as we have reached the ending of the text.. November 12 th 2015 12 3) How have these opinions changed by the end? 4) This exercise should be repeated after Iago’s crimes have been made clear. 5) Although some of the selected characters may be dead by this time, volunteers should consider how their opinion of him has changed. -You will record your findings in the selected graphic organizer.