Please copy down all notes and homework instructions

1. Please copy the following synopsis (scene summary) in red into the box on page 24 for ACT 2, Scene 1:
*A few hours before dawn on 3/15 (Ides of March)/Brutus's orchard in Rome
*Brutus is unable to sleep as he can't decide to live under the tyranny of Caesar or join the conspiracy and kill him
*Brutus receives the anonymous letter (from Cassius) suggesting he take action against Caesar
*Cassius and the conspirators visit and they all agree to assassinate Caesar that day
*Brutus, Cassius, Lucius, Casca, Cinna, Trebonius, Decius, Portia

2. Please hand write the following question at the top of a blank sheet of notebook paper:

Quick Write #2: *How does Brutus’s statement “It must be by his death” (line 10) reflect his reasons for killing Caesar? (Use lines 10-34 pages 714-715)

• Analyze the statement “It must be by his death” (line 10)
• Explain how this statement reflects Brutus’s reasons for killing Caesar 

TREEE*S format for those who need help

3. Homework:

 Finish the Act I packet for Tuesday--Quiz 1 Act I
Comprehension Questions: Page 19 in the packet
Scenes 1 (in the packet)
Scene 2 (in the packet--#2,4,5, 7, 8, 13, 14)
Scene 3 (on the blog from yesterday)
Pages 20-21: setting, tone, mood (do your best--we will correct them in class)
Pages 22-23 vocabulary--do at least the bottom row "Part of Speech" and "Dictionary  Definition"

Get caught up on Act I

1. Page 18 Summaries:
Act I:
Scene 1--
1)A Street in Rome, February 15, Feast of Lupercal
2)Marullus and Flavius are angered by the commoners who are celebrating Caesar's victory;
They fear Caesar is getting too much power
3) Flavius, Marullus, Commoners,

Scene 2--
1)A public place in Rome
2)The soothsayer tells Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March" (3/15)
Cassius tries to turn Brutus against Caesar by using flattery and highlighting Caesar's weaknesses
Brutus is not convinced and they agree to meet again to discuss what must be done
3) Ceasar, Brutus, Cassius, Antony, soothsayer, Casca

Scene 3--
1)March the 14; nighttime, thunder storm
2) Casca fears the storm is predicting terrible events to come; Cassius says it's a sign that now is the time to kill Caesar; Cassius and Casca agree that Caesar's rise to power must be stopped; they discuss how they will persuade Brutus with forged letters
3)Brutus, Cassius, Cicero, Casca

2. Julius Caesar review animation Act I

TREEE*S format

For homework: Finish the Act I packet for Tuesday--Quiz 1 Act I
Comprehension Questions: Page 19 in the packet
Scenes 1 (in the packet)
Scene 2 (in the packet--#2,4,5, 7, 8, 13, 14)
Scene 3 (on the blog from yesterday)
Pages 20-21: setting, tone, mood (do your best--we will correct them in class)
Pages 22-23 vocabulary--do at least the bottom row "Part of Speech" and "Dictionary  Definition"

Work for today....

Today I would like you to spend your time catching up on Act 1, scenes 1 and 2 of  Julius Caesar.
1. Finish the Comprehension Check questions for scenes 1 and 2 in your packet (pg 3)
2. Fill out the scene summary boxes on page 3 of the packet for these scenes
3. Finish Quick Write #1 if you didn't (how did the author create conflict?)
4. IF you are ahead, you can start the vocabulary section of the packet that comes next

Today's Agenda:

*First we will complete the District Benchmark Assessment (reading/multiple choice)
This will count as a grade (curved based on class performance--so please try your best)
*When you are finished, see the posts below if you have not finished your college essay and write something! If you have, you may fine-tune it in any way that you see necessary.
*When you are done with that, you can take the make-up quiz for Malcolm X, or complete the extra-credit assignment on the link below.

Essay prompts:
*Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. 

*Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn? Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again? 

*Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there and why is it meaningful to you? 

*Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.



Extra Credit: Click Here

Please copy questions #16-20

16. Malcolm wants to build an "organization that could help cure the black man in North America of the sickness which has kept him under the white man's heel" (319).
17. According to Malcolm the black man is "economically sick" because "as a consumer he got less than his share, and as a producer he gave least" (320).
18. Malcolm believes African Americans should vote it blocs, to make change happen that benefits them.
19. He leaves the nation of Islam and begins an organization called "Muslim Mosque Inc."
20. Malcolm uses the money from Ella to travel to Mecca--(the holy city of Islam)

*Read pages 315-319 (we will not answer questions 14-15)
*Watch the movie

By the end of today's class we should have numbers 1-10 finished (Anything you do not finish, IS HOMEWORK) Note: the packet only goes up to question number 10

The way things are going we will not finish the book this week, so here is the amended plan:
Today: Finish parts of chapter 10 (through #10 on your question sheet/packet)--continue annotating for today's reading set
Friday: Finish chapter 10 and questions 15-20/watch movie
Monday: District Multiple Choice Assessment/Last chance to draft a college essay/make-up quiz
Tuesday: Read "1965"/Finish the book and movie
Wednesday: OFF
Thursday: Begin Malcolm X Essay
Friday: Work on Malcolm X Essay

Start at the bottom of page #3

Homework: Complete reading/annotating the packet/answer questions 1-10 for Ch. 16

Complete the same annotating as yesterday:
1. Star at least one thing you find important
2. Put at least one question mark next to something that confuses you
3. Circle at least one vocabulary word you do not know
4. Underline the answers to the questions that you have found

Today's work:

As promised, today will be used so that you will have to time to do any work that you may owe. PLEASE WORK STEADILY, SO THAT YOU CAN GET AS MUCH WORK DONE AS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL BE THE VERY LAST DAY I GIVE YOU IN CLASS TO CATCH UP ON OLD WORKSHEETS/QWs ETC.

1.*** College Essay (personal narrative) --you will most likely fail quarter 1 without any essay
2. Worksheet/QW #4
3. Chapter 8 questions (on blog)
4. Chapter 10 questions (on blog)
5. Worksheet/QW #5
6. Worksheet/QW #6
7. Assignment #7 "Icarus" (see Friday's chart and assignment from Thurs/Fri)
----these assignments will be completed this and next week-----------
8. Worksheet #8/annotations "Out"
9. "1965" Assignment
10. District Benchmark Assessment (next week)
11. Make-up quiz for Malcolm X
12. Malcolm X essay (grade will most likely go in Quarter 2)

Complacency (happy in your position unaware that certain dangers may exist)	Textual evidence to support “I believed so strongly in Mr. Muhammad, that I would have hurled myself between him and an assassin” (293)	Explanation/Analysis of how it shows a relation to Icarus Malcolm is complacent with his place within the nation of Islam, but later finds out Mr. Muhammad is jealous of him and his abilities/intelligence.
Failed ambition(not reaching a goal)	“Mr. Muhammad…would warm me with his expressions of his approval and confidence and me” “He left me in charge of the Nation of Islam’s affairs” (292).	His goal was to be a good Muslim, worship E.M. and get others to convert to Islam. He does this, but we know that as he does this, his is failing (gaining enemies in white/black community)
Hubris (too much pride; arrogance in your abilities)	“I silently vowed to Allah, that any wings I wore had been put on by the religion of Islam” (293)	Malcolm unlike Icarus, he realizes that it is Islam that is allowing him to fly so high, and not be a hustler, criminal, dead