Project Exchange

From Page to Stage: Othello Production Notebooks and Performed Monologues

By Kristin Russo, Lauren Toker City Arts and Tech High School

INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES

Project Launch PowerPoint

Students were introduced to the project by showing them professional examples of production notebooks. We had two models and passed them around while...

 

Character Analysis

Students needed to complete 3 tasks for this section: (a) a character analysis, (b) find quotations from the play about their character, and (c) comp...

 

Performed Monologue Preparation

Students choose a pivotal part in the act, a part that reveals an important character trait and an essential point in the story. Students must choose...

 

Script Annotation

In groups, students will equally divide up responsibilities to ensure that all parts are completed. The student tasks and instruction are: a. Action...

 

Historical Research

Following are the tasks and instruction to complete this section. Student Instructions: Your group must research and compile the following historica...

 

Contextualizing the Setting

Following are the tasks and instructions to complete this section. Student Instructions: Your group must research and compile the following informat...

 

Reflection

Students reflected, in writing, about their experience with this project. 1. Please explain how well/poorly you did in each of the areas that you wi...

 

Activities we did while reading Othello: Reading Process

The following are some activities we did while we read Othello. Many of these activities can be applied and modified to fit other Shakespeare's plays...

 

Othello
Kristin Russo


From Page to Stage: Othello Production Notebooks and Performed Monologues
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Shakespeare Set Free
Kristin Russo


From Page to Stage: Othello Production Notebooks and Performed Monologues
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