.... Wednesday was awesome!
We took up homework, we poked fun at people who were away .... and walked right up to the teacher, asking him what we did yesterday ... at which point in time the teacher kinda cried a little and pointed to the web address of this blog, pinned up on the wall in the room ...
Then, we took up the homework from yesterday, watched/talked about the scenes in the play and chatted a bit about possible interesting essay topics for this unit.
We did take a peek at updated marks for the students as well.
We also tried to take a peek at this, but I was interrupted....
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Tuesday Nov 8
Well, it was a bit of a go today in class.
Some interesting ideas happened. I also asked about Vocabulary and Theme/Terms study .... if y'all need help, y'all just need to ask very quietly....
We did get Act II finished. I did assign work for tomorrow ... 11, 13 and 14.
We also did watch the 1995 version in to Act III. What. A. Play!
Some interesting ideas happened. I also asked about Vocabulary and Theme/Terms study .... if y'all need help, y'all just need to ask very quietly....
We did get Act II finished. I did assign work for tomorrow ... 11, 13 and 14.
We also did watch the 1995 version in to Act III. What. A. Play!
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| Whisper, whisper ... whisper .... |
Monday, November 7, 2016
Monday Nov 7
Shhhhhh .... shhhh ...... shhhh ...... shhhh...... It's like I'm at the beach somedays in class....
We got most of the things I wanted to get to today - I do have a mark for each student and wanted to conference with each today, but that just didn't happen. Never fear, we will get to that tomorrow.
We got through Act 2 scene 3 today. I reminded students of the Nov 10th due date today, too.
On to tomorrow!
Friday, November 4, 2016
Friday Nov 4
That was one of the scenes that the actor Michael Maloney has done with Kenneth Branaugh over the years. He is also playing Rodirigo in 1995 version of Othello that we were watching today in class.
Another look for young Michael ... he starts at 2:18 of this video:
In any case, we got to watch a fair amount of the film today, getting to the fight scene between Cassio and Rodirigo.
We also got the due dates for Part One of Othello.
Not that I want to clog up this blog post with videos ... but I forgot about this one until today.
Very, very funny.
Not that I want to clog up this blog post with videos ... but I forgot about this one until today.
Very, very funny.
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Thursday Nov 3
So ... there was a still a number away today. I'm honestly hoping you are keeping up with your courses, including this one.
Today we did a fair amount of work together on the Theme and Terms Study for Othello.
We did also have an example of student work from a quiz. We took a look at the structure of a level four answer from a quiz that was done recently. It was a very good dissection and discussion of what worked and what did not work.
We also did a couple of fun things - on "How to use your phone for things other than social media" or "How to use your phone as a tool, not a toy". I showed students a few apps I use - Learn Swift, Polar Beat, ICE and At Bat to name just a few.
Learn Swift is an app designed to help people learn how to put together their own apps for the iPhone. Sky View Free is an astronomy app that shows the constellations, the planets and other interstellar phenomena. Polar Beat is an app that can monitor your heart rate as you exercise, as long as you have the heart rate monitor chest strap. (A student asked me; I have the H7 Polar HR Monitor). At Bat is an app that let me watch major league baseball games off of my cell phone with a monthly fee. I watched most of the Blue Jay 2016 season either on my phone or on my Apple TV at home.
The ICE app is not shown but is a way of letting EMT personnel make a phone call off of your phone, just in case you can't speak to them in an emergency.
After we finished with the projected material, we got to watch a scene from Othello - when Othello is accused of stealing Desdemona away from her family. It's the scene that uses "Anthropophagi" - my favourite word from this text.
We did also discuss the ideas behind this video I found online from the British Arts Council:
One other thing I said I would post for this class was this:
and this one, too:
RosterBot Holiday Zamboni Loop from ianb on Vimeo.
Today we did a fair amount of work together on the Theme and Terms Study for Othello.
We did also have an example of student work from a quiz. We took a look at the structure of a level four answer from a quiz that was done recently. It was a very good dissection and discussion of what worked and what did not work.
We also did a couple of fun things - on "How to use your phone for things other than social media" or "How to use your phone as a tool, not a toy". I showed students a few apps I use - Learn Swift, Polar Beat, ICE and At Bat to name just a few.
Learn Swift is an app designed to help people learn how to put together their own apps for the iPhone. Sky View Free is an astronomy app that shows the constellations, the planets and other interstellar phenomena. Polar Beat is an app that can monitor your heart rate as you exercise, as long as you have the heart rate monitor chest strap. (A student asked me; I have the H7 Polar HR Monitor). At Bat is an app that let me watch major league baseball games off of my cell phone with a monthly fee. I watched most of the Blue Jay 2016 season either on my phone or on my Apple TV at home.
The ICE app is not shown but is a way of letting EMT personnel make a phone call off of your phone, just in case you can't speak to them in an emergency.
After we finished with the projected material, we got to watch a scene from Othello - when Othello is accused of stealing Desdemona away from her family. It's the scene that uses "Anthropophagi" - my favourite word from this text.
We did also discuss the ideas behind this video I found online from the British Arts Council:
One other thing I said I would post for this class was this:
and this one, too:
RosterBot Holiday Zamboni Loop from ianb on Vimeo.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Wed Nov 2
Yeah, it was a weird one.
Too much sugar left over from Halloween and it was an off day, as we had a 3B lunch instead of a 3A lunch.
Meh, these things happen. We did take a look at this:
Shakespearience In School Experience from Shakespearience on Vimeo.
We stopped and started it a few times, especially when we got to talk about how we were going to be doing the play.
I'll add a few more handouts for the Study of Drama type ideas later on in the unit, thanks to the discussion.
We also got a chance to do the terms - Setting, Conflicts and point of view for Othello. We got to discuss two of the themes, too: "Gender", "Blindness v sight", and touched very briefly on the idea that "Heroes can't fall in love". The last one we didn't get a chance to talk about was "Jealousy". We'll get to that one soon.
The other video I wanted to see was this one, but as it was a weird day, my timing for the class was off and it didn't happen:
I also found this on YouTube:
Too much sugar left over from Halloween and it was an off day, as we had a 3B lunch instead of a 3A lunch.
Meh, these things happen. We did take a look at this:
Shakespearience In School Experience from Shakespearience on Vimeo.
We stopped and started it a few times, especially when we got to talk about how we were going to be doing the play.
I'll add a few more handouts for the Study of Drama type ideas later on in the unit, thanks to the discussion.
We also got a chance to do the terms - Setting, Conflicts and point of view for Othello. We got to discuss two of the themes, too: "Gender", "Blindness v sight", and touched very briefly on the idea that "Heroes can't fall in love". The last one we didn't get a chance to talk about was "Jealousy". We'll get to that one soon.
The other video I wanted to see was this one, but as it was a weird day, my timing for the class was off and it didn't happen:
I also found this on YouTube:
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Tuesday Nov 1
So we did some one on ones today - giving back essays, updating and discussing some things owed to the teacher for class and some even did quizzes for me.
Preparation for midterm marks being entered this weekend/Friday-ish.
Then we had a light discussion of the Theme/Terms study we need to get started in the next few days.
Preparation for midterm marks being entered this weekend/Friday-ish.
Then we had a light discussion of the Theme/Terms study we need to get started in the next few days.
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| Actual picture from class today. Well, not really. |
Later on, I was playing with an online voice recorder. Might have to get you to click here and listen to see if it worked.
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