Othello intro lesson

Shakespeare (Literature GCSE)

You are going to study two Shakespeare plays: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘Othello’

You are going to write a Controlled Assessment essay at the end of this term about the difficulties some of Shakespeare’s women characters face in the two plays.

This is worth 25% of your English Literature GCSE and you have up to 4 hours to write it.

Group Task

On your table, allocate one person to each of the following roles:

Resourcer – makes sure you have all you need for the task, such as pens and paper

Facilitator – makes sure everyone knows what to do and keeps on task

Checker – makes sure the task is completed fully

Reporter – at the end, tells the rest of the class what the group has done

Story TimeI am going to read you a story now. At the end, your group/table needs to produce the following:

A title

At least 25 key words

At least 5 bullet points

At least 1 diagram

At least 3 questions

You can choose how to present this – either as a display on A3 sheets or a written piece to read out. You will have 20 minutes to do this.

Group Task (20 mins)Your group/table needs to produce the following:

A title

At least 25 key words

At least 5 bullet points

At least 1 diagram

At least 3 questions

You can choose how to present this – either as a display on A3 sheets or a written piece to read out. You have 20 minutes to do this.

Self Assessment

Comment

Instruction

Encouragement

Question

Suggestion

Peer Assessment (swap clockwise)

Comment

Instruction

Encouragement

Question

Suggestion