AP Literature Agenda
September 10-14, 2012!
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Daily
Monday 9/10
**sub today: behave yourselves!
-review agenda independently
-opener: socratic discussion question othello, act i
-classwork: othello, act ii study questions
(due wednesday); week 5 vocabulary; study
for vocabulary quiz 2
*objective: analyze complex literary text.
Tuesday 9/11
-henry county college fair
-1st period report to mrs. risch*
-3rd period report to mr. mcmillen*
*work on othello, act ii study questions
(due wednesday); week 5 vocabulary; study
for vocabulary quiz 2.
• thursday, 9/13/12:
othello quiz (acts
i&ii)
• friday, 9/14/12:
vocabulary quiz #2
• saturday,
september 29,
2012: sss #1
• thursday, may 9,
2013: ap lit exam
Wednesday 9/12
-opener: write socratic discussion questionothello, act ii
-classwork: othello, act iii study questions
(due friday); week 5 vocabulary; study
for vocabulary quiz 2
*objective: analyze complex literary text.
Thursday 9/13
-opener: othello q&a
-othello quiz (acts i&ii)
*objective: analyze complex literary text.
Friday 9/14
Homework
Monday
• read othello (p. 708);
othello study
questions (act ii);
vocab.
Tuesday
• read othello (p. 708);
othello study
questions (act ii);
vocab.
Wednesday
• read othello (p. 708);
othello study
questions (act iii);
vocab.
Thursday
• read othello (p. 708);
othello study
questions (act iii);
vocab.
Friday
• none!
-vocabulary quiz #2
-vocabulary review
*objective: acquire content specific
vocabulary.
-oOovocabulary
quiz friday, 9/28/12: sets 5&6
aside
character
couplet
denouement
(day noo mon)
• dialogue
• elegy
• epigram
• figurative language
•flashback
•gothic
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-on notecards
-term on one side
w/ illustration
-definition w/
textual example
on the other
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Othello
The Tragedy of
Othello the Moor of
Venice
1603
William Shakespeare
• As a Moor, a native
of Northern Africa
(also referenced as
“Barbary”), Othello
is both a romantic
and an exotic
character, who
quickly captivates
the impressionable
desdemona. The
lovers elope, and
thus begin their tale
of bigotry, jealousy,
manipulation,
hatred, betrayal,
deception, naivete,
love and passion.
Key Facts
• Full Title: The
Tragedy of Othello,
the Moor of Venice
• Genre: Tragedy
• Setting: Venice and
Cyprus
• Climax: The murder
of Desdemona, by
Othello
• Protagonist:
Othello
• Antagonist: Iago
DEsdeMONa
otHELLo
coincidence?