Friday, April 4, 2014

Schedule for last period

Below is the schedule until the end of the year.  Clicking on a date will open the text required for that lesson:

Week 1 2 3 4 5
14 31-Mar SE WEEK FOA Paper 2/Oth
15 7-Apr Othello Act 1 Othello Propaganda Intro Band of Brothers
16 14-Apr PROJECT  WEEK
17 21-Apr SPRING  BREAK
18 28-Apr SPRING  BREAK
19 5-May Common Sense Decl. Of Ind. Oth/Out. FOA
20 12-May Othello Act 2 Othello/Outline WT We shall fight… Day of Infamy Othello
21 19-May Othello Act 3 Othello Case for Aparth. IRA Prop. Othello
22 26-May Othello Act 4 Othello Racism & Anti-Semitism. SHAKE WKSHP  WT DUE
23 2-Jun Othello Act 5 Othello Media Bias Media Bias FOA
24 9-Jun FOA FOA FOA FOA FOA
25 16-Jun SE WEEK   Paper 2

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

The context of Othello

Read this interesting essay to understand the cultural context of Shakespeare's Othello.   For an idea how to make a newspaper article on Othello, see this page.

Saturday, March 1, 2014

The Stone Gods

Here is an interview with Jeanette Winterson about The Stone Gods that contains lots of interesting information about what her intentions were and what the meaning of the book is.  Just go to the page that the link points to, and click on the "show transcript" button to get the complete text.


And here is a Master's Thesis about The Stone Gods in PDF format.  Besides a very interesting analysis of the book, with extensive references and quotes, it will give you an idea of what a Master's Thesis looks like, and also presents an good example of the correct way to cite your research in proper, academic format.