Love, lust and the green eyed monster.

Linda Rubens

Shakespeare

• Quick introduction to Shakespeare 🙇

Driving Question

How can teenagers navigate a corrupt world?

Discover

As we read through the play, work in pairs to make notes about the issues and events that occur in the play and that could also occur in your life.

Share your notes with each other.Some ideas could be:• the need for effective communication with parents• hate crimes/violence • suicide• prejudice

GatheringProcessing

ThinkingRelating to others

Using symbols, language and textManaging self

Participating and contributing

Flip this!

• Click on this link for a summary of the plot🌚🌝

http://www.shmoop.com/othello/

Discover: SHMOOP

Choose one of the following aspects to research the common universal concerns from Shakespeare’s time. Use SHMOOP to answer the following:

Themes/ issuesCharactersSettingSymbols and motifs

Create a short documentary film/ presentation to present your information.

Link to Shmoop✏📋🍬

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Using symbols, language and text

Managing selfParticipating and contributing

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Applying

Create: The Project

Work in groups of 3 to create a presentation . Look at the themes and characters in Othello and how universal and timeless these are. Find links between 'then' and 'now'

Present your findings as a Keynote, PPT, Presi, blog,YouTube clip using Explain Everything. You choose.

Your audience will be your parents/ guardians at a brag evening.

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Using symbols, language and text

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Twitter hashtag A theme song playlist

Advice newsletter

PicCollage of films with similar themes

Podcasts of interviews with teens

Documentary of problems and advice

Design a quiz: Design a quiz: character and character and

themetheme

Design a digital Design a digital invite to be sent to invite to be sent to

parents parents

Facebook page

Create a list of Create a list of Shakespearean Shakespearean

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Analyse your Analyse your favourite scenefavourite scene

Blog your essay Blog your essay and comment on and comment on each others workeach others work

Create your own essay topic:

• Examples of exam essay topics: ...still to do...

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Presentations must have: A mix of examples and quotes from

Othello and equivalent 21C ideas.

The essay blog is a must.

There must be an oral component.

Oral component could include:

• Performance poetry 📢🎷🎸🎹🎻🎺🎤🎹

• Dramatic presentation of a scene from Othello🃏

• iMovie of your performance🎬📷📹

Presentations

• The date we are working towards is....

• We will present in the library.

• Remind your parents by resending your invites.

Reflection

1. Peer feedback on presentation2. Create a blog post to answer the following questions: Describe your role in the creation of your presentation . What was the key thing that you learnt from this project? If you could change anything, what would it be and why? Did you enjoy the project? Explain why/why not.3. Tweet the link to your blog.

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ThinkingRelating to others

Using symbols, language and textManaging self

Participating and contributing

YouTube links

• Othello's final speech🙈💦💧💔

• 1995 trailer for the film💘💌🔪