Each containing a little information about the story of Othello, these numbered cards are the most important cards of the game! If you land on an S space, you should pick and read a story card, draw a sketch of them on the white board, and narrate that part of the story to everyone using your drawings.
The next person who lands on an S space can either build off your drawings or make their own from the scratch. If you are uncertain about how your drawings can look like, watch the video tutorial to see examples of how my students do it in our classes. Don’t forget to keep your cards to yourself when you are done telling their story, as they each worth 1 point!
Other than the story cards, Task cards are the best resources to gain points. There are five different types of tasks and there are totally 100 task cards in the game:
Task Type 1à Find the meaning of the word! These tasks ask you to consult the book’s annotations, a dictionary, or any other place you might like to use to find the meaning of a word that Shakespeare has decided to use in Othello and teach that word to the others. The words are used in lines of the play, so you need to read the line aloud and clarify the meaning of the specified word for everyone. You should keep these cards to yourself when you have successfully complete their tasks. There are totally 60 of such Task cards.
Task Type 2à Find the number of characters in the scene that you are reading now and tell their names to the others. How many scenes does this act have? Need help? You can see the first page of every scene to see who enters the scene. Also, you can go through every act to see how many scenes there are in it. You should return these cards to the deck whether or not you successfully complete the task. There are totally 3 of such cards.
Task Type 3à Loudly read aloud to everyone the dialogue/monologue related to the story card you just read. These are tricky cards that can really challenge you as actors! You can find the line numbers regarding every story card on it. For example (I.I.1-5) would mean that this card is narrating the first five lines of Act one, scene one. If you think a passage is too long, it’s okay to read only some of its lines. J There are totally 10 of these cards in the game.
Task Type 4à Find the meaning of the following literary term. Literary devices are like the skeleton of every literary texts, so it’s very important to know them! These tasks ask you to use the glossary of literary terms (see QR code) to find the meaning of these term and teach it to others with an example. You should keep these cards to yourself when you have completed their tasks. There are totally 16 of such cards in the game.
Task Type 5à Random tasks. These tasks do not follow a specific pattern and can range from easy to hard. You should keep these cards to yourself once you have completed their tasks. Good luck with them. J There are totally 11 of such cards in the game.
Remember, you will lose 1 point if you fail to complete a task, and you cannot pass on doing the tasks (if you do, you will lose 1 point anyway)!
Chance cards will reward you for your good fortune, punish you for your bad luck, or assign some tasks to you to do.
The Golden tasks are tasks that are a little more challenging that the simple tasks. You can get 2 points if you successfully complete these tasks, and you will lose 2 points in case you don’t. The good news is that you can pass on doing these tasks if you are unwilling to risk!
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