Throughout the year, many of you asked, "What do I need to do to get into the college of my choice?"
Well, for the next few days, we are going to begin to answer that question.
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II. Big Future:
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You ask the questions...Together we will find the answers.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Tuesday, May 09, 2017
JC Act 5
Dates:
Friday, 5/12-
1. Study Island Act 5- Complete 15 questions and receive 80% (Due)
2. Julius Caesar Packets are due.
-Make sure you complete the quote page (include Character, Act, scene and Line)
-Complete the short answer, character list, and the crossword
**All answers must be in complete sentences
3. Be sure to complete the plot structure
Notebook:
Notebook organization sheets will be distributed on Friday, 5/19
Notebooks will be collected on Thursday, 5/26
Class:
Who is alive and why did Shakespeare focus on these characters to conclude the play?
Discuss the FALLING ACTION and ideas for the denouement
Goal: Introduction to ACT 5: (Falling Action) Students will read, analyze and discuss Julius Caesar Students will relate to the concepts of betrayal and deception in modern society
We will read and discuss Act 5
Analysis: Due to www.turnitin.com by the end of the period on Monday, 5/15
Complete all parts of each question. Answer in complete paragraphs.
1. Now that you have read the play in its entirety, decide for yourself whether or not Shakespeare believed that the murder of Caesar was in the best interests of the Roman people?
-To answer this question, reflect upon the facts of the play: who lives? (were their acts just?), who dies? (were their acts unjust?), and how do the speeches associated with their deaths shed light on the way “God” (in the case of a fictitious story, the playwright himself) would judge them and their actions?
2. . Since Brutus himself is said to have been “the noblest Roman of all” (V, 74), why do you think he is referred to in this manner? Do you agree with this statement? Explain
3. . What is said and done in Act V that supports the comment: Brutus' and Cassius' defeat is revenge for Caesar's murder?
4. Using detail from the play, discuss a moral lesson learned from the tragic events that transpired
5. Who was/ were the tragic heroes? Provide evidence from the play that proves they were tragic heroes
6. Julius Caesar is filled with examples of dramatic irony. Define dramatic irony (from your notes) and give two specific instances of it from the play
CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject
Friday, 5/12-
1. Study Island Act 5- Complete 15 questions and receive 80% (Due)
2. Julius Caesar Packets are due.
-Make sure you complete the quote page (include Character, Act, scene and Line)
-Complete the short answer, character list, and the crossword
**All answers must be in complete sentences
3. Be sure to complete the plot structure
Notebook:
Notebook organization sheets will be distributed on Friday, 5/19
Notebooks will be collected on Thursday, 5/26
Class:
Who is alive and why did Shakespeare focus on these characters to conclude the play?
Discuss the FALLING ACTION and ideas for the denouement
Goal: Introduction to ACT 5: (Falling Action) Students will read, analyze and discuss Julius Caesar Students will relate to the concepts of betrayal and deception in modern society
We will read and discuss Act 5
Analysis: Due to www.turnitin.com by the end of the period on Monday, 5/15
Complete all parts of each question. Answer in complete paragraphs.
1. Now that you have read the play in its entirety, decide for yourself whether or not Shakespeare believed that the murder of Caesar was in the best interests of the Roman people?
-To answer this question, reflect upon the facts of the play: who lives? (were their acts just?), who dies? (were their acts unjust?), and how do the speeches associated with their deaths shed light on the way “God” (in the case of a fictitious story, the playwright himself) would judge them and their actions?
2. . Since Brutus himself is said to have been “the noblest Roman of all” (V, 74), why do you think he is referred to in this manner? Do you agree with this statement? Explain
3. . What is said and done in Act V that supports the comment: Brutus' and Cassius' defeat is revenge for Caesar's murder?
4. Using detail from the play, discuss a moral lesson learned from the tragic events that transpired
5. Who was/ were the tragic heroes? Provide evidence from the play that proves they were tragic heroes
6. Julius Caesar is filled with examples of dramatic irony. Define dramatic irony (from your notes) and give two specific instances of it from the play
CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject
Tuesday, May 02, 2017
Acts 3 and 4
Review Act 3 Analysis
I. Act 3 Analysis
7. Begin Plot structure worksheet
Tuesday, 5/9- Turn in your Act 4 Analysis to www.turnitin.com
CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject
I. Act 3 Analysis
1. What reason does Caesar give for not reading Artemidorus’s letter?
2. . What is Metellus Cimber’s petition to Caesars? What is Caesars’
response and why does he give this response? What was the propose of this petition?
3. What was each of the following characters to do at the capitol:
Trebonious, Cimber, Casca, Brutus?
4. What is Caesar’s opinion of himself? How do we know this? What does
he reference himself as? Why is this ironic?
5. What does “Et tu, Brute?” mean? How do these words relate to the theme
of friendship in the play? Why would Caesar say this?
6. Summarize Antony’s main points in his funeral speech?
7.Discuss each step of Antony’s plan to sway the plebians
8. . Summarize Antony’s soliloquy.
(Tuesday )
Discuss Act 4
Scenes 1, 2, and 3
Discuss the political tension
Discuss Brutus and his inner suffering
Discuss the issues between Cassius and Brutus
Discuss how Brutus must feel about himself
(What does he realize?????????)
Tuesday and Wednesday
Complete Act 4
Complete Act 4 Study Island
Review Packet
Discuss Analysis Questions
Thursday: Test - Act 4 as well as Vocab Acts 3 and 4 will be included in this test
Work on Analysis after test
Act 4 Analysis Questions:
Must write in complete paragraphs. Min. 7 sentences per answer. Must use specific examples from the act. Please indicate page and line numbers.
A. What is the overall theme of this act?
2B. How has Antony changed in Act IV? Give specific examples from the act to support your answer
C. Describe the triumvirate. (List the members and discuss the stability of the government)
Give specific examples from the act to support your answer
5D. What disturbing news does Brutus use to explain his irritable mood in scenes II and III?
6E. List three mistakes that Brutus has made up to this point in the play.
7F. Why does Brutus want to attack Antony and Lepidus directly at Phillipi? How does Cassius feel about this plan? How do you feel about this plan?
8G. What does Caesar’s ghost symbolize?
7. Begin Plot structure worksheet
8. Complete your packets up to this point
Due Dates:
Due Dates:
Thursday, 5/4- Act 4 Test
Friday, 5/5- Study Island Due
(Work on analysis in class on Friday)
Antony Speeches on Monday, 5/8
Tuesday, 5/9- Turn in your Act 4 Analysis to www.turnitin.com
CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject
Monday, May 01, 2017
Act 3 JC
Monday's Class
I. Response questions
Answer the following questions:
1. What is betrayal?
2. What omens have come true
3. What would you do if you witnessed such a scene?
3. What would you do if you witnessed such a scene?
4. What events in this act prove that it is the Climax?
II. Packet
Review packet Acts 1-3
III. Act 3 Analysis
1. What reason does Caesar give for not reading Artemidorus’s letter?
2. . What is Metellus Cimber’s petition to Caesars? What is Caesars’
response and why does he give this response? What was the propose of this petition?
3. What was each of the following characters to do at the capitol:
Trebonious, Cimber, Casca, Brutus?
4. What is Caesar’s opinion of himself? How do we know this? What does
he reference himself as? Why is this ironic?
5. What does “Et tu, Brute?” mean? How do these words relate to the theme
of friendship in the play? Why would Caesar say this?
6. Summarize Antony’s main points in his funeral speech?
7.Discuss each step of Antony’s plan to sway the plebians
8. . Summarize Antony’s soliloquy.
IV. Homework
Read Act 4 scene 3, answer corresponding packet questons
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