Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Act 3


Finish Reviewing Act 3 JC
1. Go Over packet questions
2. Review Act
3. Take the test
4. Introduce Scene 4

Act 3:  Class review Questions
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 plebs
8. . Summarize Antony’s soliloquy. 



HMK: Act 4, scenes 1,2, and 3:  Read for Wednesday
Complete corresponding packet work
-Jan 20-21- Antony speeches
-Friday, January 17 :  Period 6



After Act 4: Analysis Questions
Students will analyze Act 4 through Journal Writing
  Must use specific examples from the act.  Please indicate page and line numbers.
these DO NOT HAVE TO BE LONG PARAGRAPHS.  JUST ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW USING SOLID EXAMPLES.

a.       What is the overall theme of this act? Give specific examples from the act to support your answer
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.Give specific examples from the act to support your answer
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?

Closure: (Each day) Discuss Caesar and Brutus as a paradox ***Students should read the translated version on their own

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