Yesterday's Notes: Remember the goal for today is to finish both worksheet 3.2 and Quick Write #3--both count for Q.2 grade!!

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Answer these questions ONLY AFTER you answer the Act 3.2 Comprehension Questions #1-6 pg. 32 from your packet. You must use the RACE strategy to get full-credit for these responses (40 pts.)

1. How does Shakespeare show the relationship between Brutus and the crowd through the crowd’s response to Brutus’s speech?

We can tell the audience likes Brutus after his speech because they respond in a positive way. They say things such as, “Give him a statue” and “Let him be Caesar” letting us know they approve of his actions at this point (3.2.51-52).

2. Evaluate Brutus’s sincerity in these lines. Support your answer with evidence from the text.

Brutus seems to be sincere in his speech because he only admits what he did and why and nothing else. He tells the crowd it was, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved/Rome more” (3.2.51-52). This is what he told us earlier in the play.

3. How does Antony gain the trust of the crowd?

Antony gains their trust by easing into what he really means. He starts by calling the conspirators “honorable” and asks the crowd what they think of Caesar’s “ambition”.

7. How does Brutus use the word “ambition”?

Brutus uses the word “ambition” in regards to Caesar in a negative way, meaning power-hungry or wanting control. He states, “as he was ambitious I slew him"(3.2) he would make them all “slaves.””

9. How does Brutus use the word “honor”?

Brutus uses the word “honor” when he states, “Believe me for my honor” and “have respect to my honor” meaning that he has proven himself an honest and trustworthy person in the past (3.2.15-16).

Finish the annotations for 3.1 and "Catching Up" on our packet

Please add in the following scene summaries (we skipped) for Act 2 (page 24 in the big Caesar packet): We will need this packet again at the end of class.
Scene 3:
Artemidorus a supporter of Caesar has learned of the conspiracy. He writes a letter to Caesar and plans to hand it to him outside the Capitol.

Scene 4:
Brutus's House--Portia feels nervous about Brutus's participation in the conspiracy. She asks her servant Lucius to go to the Capitol and report back to her what is happening. The soothsayer continues to predict danger for Caesar.

Next we will go over the remaining annotations for the 3.1 worksheet and fill out the back page (if you have not)

Lastly, turn to page 29-30 in the big Caesar packet--we will work on completing these vocabulary pages (if you do not finish--complete it for homework)

For Monday 1/8

Please spend today getting caught up. Many of you missed days last week. Check the blog posts for those days. 

*quick write #1

*Comprehension check questions for Act 2 (all) on page 25 of the big packet

*scene summaries on page 24 of the packet 

*Worksheet 2.1 (act 2 scene 1–we did it together)

*quiz will be Wednesday this week instead of Tuesday (act 2 only)

Today's work:

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TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO TURN IN THE MALCOLM X ESSAY!!!

1. in the packet –pg. 19 Comp check questions Act 1, Scene 1

2. worksheets for Act 1, Scene 2

3. slip of paper—questions for Act 1, Scene 3

4. Vocab for Act 1---look up the words on 1^st page of the packet (annotate)

5. in the packet--pages 20-21: setting, tone, mood

6. in the packet---pages 22-23 vocab: bottom row of the chart ONLY!!! (definitions)

7. If you want to get ahead: pages 29 and 30

8. Quick Write #1

9. Quiz #1 (Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2)


HAVE A GREAT BREAK!!!

In my absence...

For today you should:

*Use this time to get caught up on anything you owe for Julius Caesar including: Quick Write #1, any questions for Act 1, vocabulary pages in the packet.

*If you were not in class Tuesday or ran out of time, copy the red chart of quotes into your notebook.

*Also, I have provided the answers to some of the packet pages.

See you tomorrow!

Copy the information below on a blank sheet of paper in your notes--leave room to fill in the blanks

1. First we will take our Act 1 Quiz (Scenes 1 and 2--character maps only/NO TALKING)
2. When you are finished, go back and finish your questions for 1.3 (Act 1, Scene 3) from yesterday.
3. When that is complete, write down the following important quotes for Act 1 in your notes (in red below)--this way you won't have to go back and find them later when we write the essay--fill in the missing blanks for what the character is saying/its importance. We will add to this as we read the play.

Quotes for the Caesar Final Essay—Keep this running in the Caesar section of your notes throughout the play

(remember you can  use quotes from other people to describe a character in addition to the words they speak themselves.

Speaker	citation	Quote	Character Analysis
Flavius	1.1.76-77	“Who else would soar above the view of men/And keep us all in servile fearfulness”	The tribunes fear Caesar is becoming too powerful
Caesar	1.2.7-9	“…our elders say…/Shake off their sterile curse.”	This shows Caesar is superstitious.
Brutus	1.2.82-87	“I would not, Cassius, yet I love him well…I love/The name of honor more than I fear death.”	He says he is ok with Caesar--but he loves Rome more than himself
Cassius	1.2.135-141	“Why, man, he doth stride the narrow/world like a Collosus,…/The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars..
Brutus	1.2.161-167	“That you do love me I am nothing jealous…/For this present, I would not	Brutus says he will think about what Cassius said..but let it go for now
Cassius	1.2.308-315	“Well, Brutus, thou art noble; yet I see/…For who so firm that cannot be seduced?”
Casca	1.3.157-160	“O, he sits high in the people’s hearts,/And that which would appear offense in us,/Will change to virtue and to worthiness.”	Says that the conspiracy needs Brutus because the people love him and think he is "good" so they won't look "evil"

Quick Write #1/finish any undone questions from the Act 1 Scene 2 packet

Copy this at the top of a blank sheet of paper:
Quick Write #1: (Due Today---Use your TREEE*S format)
How do Shakespeare's specific choices about how to begin the play introduce conflict in this Act? (think about the elements of exposition--characters/setting from the notes)
(We will brainstorm on the board before you begin)

Sample outline using this format:
T-(thesis) (TAG) In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (restate the question with an answer--the 2 literary elements/techniques you are choosing)
R-(reason) This is because...
E-(evidence/explain) The author uses (lit. element/tech) Give textual evidence and explain 
E-(evidence/explain) The author uses (lit. element/tech) Give textual evidence and explain 
S-(summarizing statement) The author uses both....

Notes from class for the Quick Write: 

Setting—

--a month before he dies 2/15/feast of Lupercal/after Pompey’s defeat/streets of Rome

Characterization

Characterization of commoners and the tribunes---some like Caesar some don’t 

Brutus—characterized as loyal to Caesar and Rome/not giving in to Cassius’s manipulations/honorable

Cassius –characterized as…manipulative/underhanded/uses flattery on Brutus/insults Caesar/writes fake letters to Brutus

Caesar—as superstitious/doesn’t believe soothsayer’s warning/does not trust Cassius

Conflict

—conflict politically in Rome (some fear Caesar is getting too much power). 

*Cassius vs. Brutus---Cassius is using flattery/insulting Caesar to convince Brutus to be on his side but not working yet because Brutus does not want to be a traitor to Rome

Notes from class: (my sample brainstorm)

In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the author introduces conflict in Act 1 by characterizing Brutus and Cassius. He shows us how badly Cassius wants to convince Brutus to join his plot to kill Caesar but for now Brutus will not.

Body 1 (Cassius)       (Act.Scene.Lines)   (1.2.23-35)

Body 2 (Brutus)

Summarizing sentence