Lesson Plan: Day 4 (Friday, March 9, 2012)
Unit: Othello
Grade: 10
Content Area: English
Length of Class: 47 minutes
Lesson Title: Act 1 (day 1 of 2)
Unit Essential Question: How does Othello connect to our world today?
Standards:
4.b. – Uses higher-level questioning skills as an approach to understanding texts
Objectives:
 Today I will use higher-level thinking questions as an approach to understand by
constructing responses to questions about Act 1 of Othello.
Objective Assessment Plan:
 Informal observations during class
discussions.
 Completed Act 1 viewing note catcher.
 1-page response to the prompt re:
racially-charged language in Act 1,
Scene 1.
Key Vocabulary and Concepts:
 See Act 1 vocabulary list handout
Briefing: List steps, script details, include timing and appropriate transitions for each element
Grouping
Plan
Total Time
Break down time for each
step & transition
0:00 – 10:00
1) DGP – Friday: Weekly Quiz
Individual +
Whole Class
2) Transition to Othello
Teaching Activities: Lesson sequence steps and scripted details, include timing and
appropriate transitions for each part.
Whole Class
10:00 – 10:30
Grouping
Plan
Total Time:
1) Explain the vocab. requirements (per each act)
a. As we start each act, you will get a vocab. list.
b. For at least 5 words for each act, you need to complete a vocabulary web—that
means by the end of the unit, you will have completed AT LEAST 25 vocabulary
webs. If you do more than 5 for an act(s), you can receive some extra credit on your
final portfolio.
c. You picked up, on your way into class today, a copy of what the vocabulary web
looks like. You won’t always get fresh copies of the vocabulary web—instead, just
draw them up on your own paper for each word that you do. THESE NEED TO GO
INTO YOUR FINAL PORTFOLIO.
d. Please do the vocab. webs in parallel with each act that we read. So that means you
do the vocab. work for act 1 while we are reading through act 1. You will need to
complete the vocab. work on your own time though.
Whole Class
Break down time for each
step & transition
10:30 – 12:30
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2) Quickly read aloud Act 1 scene synopses to the class
Whole Class
12:30 – 14:00
3) Watch Act 1 of Othello film version (24 mins)
a. Please complete the Act 1 viewing note catcher while you watch. There are
separate questions for each of the 3 scenes in this act.
b. Your completed note catcher must be turned in, in your final portfolio!
Whole Class
14:00 – 38:00
4) Discuss students’ responses to the higher-level thinking questions on the Act 1 viewing note
catcher
a. Scene 1
b. Scene 2
c. Scene 3
Debriefing: List steps, script details, include timing and appropriate transitions for each
element
Whole Class
38:00 – 46:00
Whole Class
Whole Class
Whole Class
38:00 – 41:00
41:00 – 44:00
44:00 – 46:00
Total Time: Break down
time for each step &
transition
46:00 – 47:00
Grouping
Plan
1) Wrap-Up:
Whole Class
a. Homework for tomorrow:
i. Read Act 1, Scene 1 (SCENE 1 ONLY) this weekend. Pick up a copy of the No
Fear Shakespeare original/modern text side-by-side on your way out the
door if you think you’ll need the additional support.
ii. Also, please grab a slip of paper with the writing prompt that you’ll
respond to for homework, after you read Scene 1. You will write a 1-page
response to the prompt.
iii. Please complete both of these assignments by March 19th.
Materials Needed: (Include
 Laptop connected to TV monitor
copies of handouts, protocols for
 Copies of DGP quizzes
discussion, etc.)
 Othello film version (on laptop)
 Copies of all handouts:
 Act 1 vocab. list
 Vocabulary web template
 Act 1 scene synopses handout
 Act 1 viewing note catcher
 Half-sheet of paper containing prompt re: racially-charged language in Act 1, Scene 1 (for hw)
Expected Product(s):
 Completed DGP Quiz
 Completed Act 1 viewing note catcher
 1-page response to the prompt re: racially-charged language in Act 1, Scene 1
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