Lesson Plan for Week 4: General Thoughts and Notes

Patrick Mooney, TA
Department of English, UC Santa Barbara
English 65LP/Theater 94, Profs. Kearney and Appel
24 and 25 August 2016

Major topics:

1. 24 August:
   • Administrative issues? Anything?
   • What questions do you have? What has your attention focused on during the last week?
   • Any remaining questions about Much Ado About Nothing? Observations? Final thoughts?
   • Return of papers; general discussion in light of grading rubric.
   • Opening write (5 min): what do we take Iago's motivations to be? Where do you see evidence for this in the text?
2. 25 August:
   • What are different ways that we can read Iago's speech about identity, and the rest of the discussion with Roderigo, in 1.3 (361–425)?
     • How does the text license or not license our readings?
     • How does the text require or not require any of these readings?
     • What is at stake textually in any of these decisions?
     • What are ways to think outside the box without betraying the text?