Act 1 (Julius Caesar)

GOALS: Students will relate to the concepts of betrayal and deception in modern society.

1. Students will review Act 1

2. Students will read and discuss Act 1 

**Students will complete Active reading  Old English/ Modern English

** Students should complete their work packets

3. Review packet

4. ASSESSMENTS: Test on Act 1, Reading checks, pop quizzes

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Tuesday, 3/8- due:  Mythology Worksheet

                                 OPENING PARAGRAPH FOR OMM - ON JAM BOARDS

TUESDAY- WEDENSDAY, 3/8-3/9 COMPLETE ACT 1 SCS 1 AND 2

3/10, Thursday before you enter class- Read, highlight, and notate Act 1 Scene 3- JC Modern English

**You are responsible for reading the MODERN ENGLISH sections assigned to you each night.  You are expected to take comprehensive notes, highlight and write a summary on each page.  This will be graded.

***We will NEVER READ the Modern English version in class.

-Complete the corresponding study guide questions.

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     Monday, 3/7              -Before you enter class,  Act 1 scenes 1 and 2.  Modern English for homework

                                     -Students MUST HIGHLIGHT ,TAKE COMPREHENSIVE NOTES AND                                                   WRITE A SUMMARY ON  THE Modern Eng.

                               -Everyone will show notes, highlights and  write summaries at the bottom of each page.

Friday, 3/4- Begin Julius Caesar

**You are responsible for reading the MODERN ENGLISH sections assigned to you each night.  You are expected to take comprehensive notes, highlight and write a summary on each page.  This will be graded.

***We will NEVER READ the Modern English version in class.

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1. We will  review the elements of an opening paragraph

2. Students will develop an opening paragraph, underline thesis, and highlight blueprint.

 Link to Sample Thesis Statements for OMM:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AN2HyRJm2u43HwXefv1mQEdgd-Wa1UYq/view?usp=sharing

Remember:  A thesis proves a point / position that is not obvious.

The writer develops a claim/ argument and proves it with a parallel bluepring (support)

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AN2HyRJm2u43HwXefv1mQEdgd-Wa1UYq/view?usp=sharing

On your assigned Jam Board, Create an opening paragraph.  Underline your thesis and highlight your blueprint.

Make sure you include all components of an opening paragraph.  Be sure to create a specific point/ argument/ provable statement about the topic.  Don't just say:  Discrimination exists in Of Mice and 

Example: 

The dangers of believing in the American Dream

Remember to establish background of the novel, and define the American dream

Julius Caesar Resources:

Packet: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n2XT_oFILjsytBf5HphF79jQEW7BNbLi/view?usp=sharing

                         

**We will read the first act together

**If you don't bring your packet and play, you will receive a 0 for the day.

**Packets and Plays will be checked daily

Julius Caesar Timeline:  https://www.softschools.com/viewTimeline.action?id=33

Links: To Review

Links: To Review
The Globe
http://bhscomp1.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-globe_4.html

Blank Globe: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vuLZuDBs8i8uC_1ZUA18Kdguc6s6GJvM/view?usp=sharing

Drama Terms
https://bhscomp1.blogspot.com/2021/09/drama-terms.html

Drama Terms PP

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10ZdUMAGOu1zz36XfniauFjwMaKZXw6A0/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115237694256539959089&rtpof=true&sd=true

Renaissance History

http://bhscomp1.blogspot.com/2016/12/renaissance-history.html

Contributions from the Renaissance

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZURCPBR_wNFuLekqVG61knJ0_K-2zS-W/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115237694256539959089&rtpof=true&sd=true

Julius Caesar Review:
http://bhscomp1.blogspot.com/2020/07/jc-review-and-audio.html

Act Summaries: http://bhsworldlit.blogspot.com/2014/02/julius-caesar-review.html

Intro to Julius Caesar

 Bell ringer:  Discuss one way in which people can be manipulated.  Give an example

Goal: Students will explore the historical background to Julius Caesar
Students will discuss PARADOX

1. In the packet, students will read "An Introduction to Julius Caesar"
2. Student will read and take notes on "A Brief History of the Roman Empire"

3. Review Caesar's Timeline: http://www.softschools.com/timelines/julius_caesar_timeline/33/

Paradox:

Paradox can prove to be very revealing about human nature and the way that we speak. If someone says to you "I'm a compulsive liar," do you believe them or not? That statement in itself is a paradox, because it is self contradictory, which is precisely what a paradox is.
At the most basic level, a paradox is a statement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time. In the aforementioned example, can someone be both a compulsive liar yet telling the truth at the same time?

Caesar as a PARADOX:
1. A great general
2. Charismatic in politics
3. Decisive in his judgements
4. Sharp in his evaluations of men

(However/ Paradoxically)
1. He is deaf in one ear
2. Prone to fevers and epilepsy
3. Unable to compete with Cassius by swimming in the Tiber River fully armed
4. Afflicted with a sterile marriage
5. He professes to fear nothing yet is extremely superstitious
6. He thinks he is above flattery, yet he is especially vulnerable to it.

All of this is a paradox because he had aspirations to be above MORTAL weakness

Brutus is a PARADOX
1.1. Strengths different- weaknesses similar

A. Truly noble Roman from an ancient family whose glory it had been to defend the personal liberties of Rome (Roman Tradition)
B. Good rapport with courageous and noble wife
C. Genuinely kind to servants
D. Trustworthy in friendship
E. Finds Caesar's ambition for power distasteful and vulgar

**Brutus's "Hubris" is  pride of family and country -- on these he is vulnerable to flattery even though he too, feels that he is above it.

R11.A.2 Identify, interpret, describe and analyze literary devices in fictional and literary

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.