OTHELLO: A Comprehensive Guide

This pack includes a PPT, Bundle Exercise Pack and SOW (covering 4-5 weeks of work).

Aim: To help students to understand the plot, themes/issues, characters and language surrounding Othello
The exercises are exploratory, giving students the opportunity to gain their own understanding and ideas which are formulated from the text.
This pack aims to break down and explain key aspects of the text, including, analyzing the characters, language, themes and a summary of the plot. This is ideal as an introductory guide or a refresher on the story and content.

Who: Ideal for GCSE students/ prior to exam preparation.
ESL students who need a breakdown guide to the text
General Literature Class.

What: PPT: A Comprehensive Guide for Othello. Advised to use this first as an introductory guide/context for learning.

Exercise Bundle
Plot Summary: Scenes 1-5 (Ideal for students to print & review for exams).
Language Analysis: Comparing definitions to the original quotes (included differentiated task)
True or False Statements: Comprehension Checker on the characters actions
Character Exploration: Applying, reasons, actions and motives to one character
Newspaper Article: Students choose and event/character to write about
Q&A: Comprehension checker and analysis (good for exam practice)

There are also answer keys included in the end of the pack, notes for teachers (as an extra guide) and a short list of additional ideas for more exercises.

TEACHERS: Can choose the exercises at their leisure or choose to work through the entire pack. The SOW is a guide, including assessment methods, exercise timings (approx.) and an explanation as to how the content can be used.
Hope it’s useful!