Close Reading/Note Taking Models for Othello Critical Essay

Use the following document as a model for how you can begin to do a close reading of specific lines in the text.

Note Taking Ideas for Critical Essay

Here is a guide to help you prepare for your critical essay.

Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement Presentation

Here is an overview of rules regarding pronoun/antecedent agreement.

Close Reading of Othello 1.3

Close reading guide to Othello 1.3

Race Issues in the Modern Day

Read the following article from the New York Times and respond to it in a few sentences.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/01/business/media/cheerios-ad-with-interracial-family-brings-out-internet-hate.html?_r=0

Socratic Seminar on The Odyssey

Focus on the final books:  21 - 24

Consider the following:

-Odysseus as a character - strengths, weaknesses

Highlight specific examples

What is your ultimate appraisal of him?

-Gender roles

-Justice

Are characters’ fates just?  Highlight specific examples. (Consider the suitors, the maids, the bard, the servants)

What happens in the very end?  How does Athena make peace?  Is this just?

-Family dynamics

Relationship between Odysseus and Penelope - what are your thoughts on this relationship?

Father/son dynamics

Mother/son dynamics


You should bring in specific quotes/lines that are relevant to these topics.

These notes and review will also help you prepare for your short reading assessment. Both the Socratic Seminar and the reading assessment will be on Thursday, February 13th.


Rubric

Compare/Contrast Essay Assignment

Assignment Description

Draft due on turnitin.com by Friday, February 14th.