Section outline

  • MONDAY:

    > Homework from last Friday due today.

    > Overhead notes on Act III, scene 1, part 1, go  >> HERE << .

    > There are questions within the slide show. Answer on a separate sheet of paper.

    TUESDAY:
    > Overhead notes on Act III, scene 1, part 2, go  >> HERE << . 

    > There is a handout that goes with today's lesson. See me for the handout. There are questions within the slide show. Answer those questions on the handout.

    WEDNESDAY:

    Vocabulary Quiz / new vocabulary;  New vocabulary is  >> HERE << . 


    THURSDAY:

    > Periods 1 -3: 

    > Read Act 3, sc. 2 from beginning through Brutus's speech to the public; then:

    > Written assignment: 

    Diary Entries: create a diary entry for a fictional character or one who experienced these last few days of Rome. Have them talk about what has occurred, from the celebration of Lupercal (beginning of play) through Brutus’s speech.

    Think of all the events, people, rumors, etc., your commoner could have encountered.


    > Periods 4 - 6:

    Persuasion is the use of language to influence people to behave or think in certain ways. Several characters in the play so far have used persuasion: Flavius and Marullus speaking to the commoners at the beginning of the play; Cassius talking to Brutus; Calphurnia begging Caesar to stay at home; Decius convincing Caesar to leave home; Metellus Cimber (and others) begging Caesar for Metellus’s brother to return from exile; Artemidorus and his note and public plea to Caesar. Some of their techniques to persuade: facts or examples, words with dual or emotional overtones, repetition, and others. 

    In an essay of at least a page, discuss some of the techniques used, why they were used, and their overall effectiveness as we have seen them in the play so far.




    FRIDAY:

    > Periods 1 -3: 

    Persuasion is the use of language to influence people to behave or think in certain ways. Several characters in the play so far have used persuasion: Flavius and Marullus speaking to the commoners at the beginning of the play; Cassius talking to Brutus; Calphurnia begging Caesar to stay at home; Decius convincing Caesar to leave home; Metellus Cimber (and others) begging Caesar for Metellus’s brother to return from exile; Artemidorus and his note and public plea to Caesar. Some of their techniques to persuade: facts or examples, words with dual or emotional overtones, repetition, and others. 

    In an essay of at least a page, discuss some of the techniques used, why they were used, and their overall effectiveness as we have seen them in the play so far.


    > Periods 4 - 6:

    > Read Act 3, sc. 2 from beginning through Brutus's speech to the public; then:

    > Written assignment: 

    Diary Entries: create a diary entry for a fictional character or one who experienced these last few days of Rome. Have them talk about what has occurred, from the celebration of Lupercal (beginning of play) through Brutus’s speech.

    Think of all the events, people, rumors, etc., your commoner could have encountered.


    EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES -- ALL DUE AT YOUR FINAL. THESE ARE "ALL OR NOTHING" PROPOSITIONS -- NO PARTIAL EXTRA CREDIT.

    ** You may combine 1 and 2 to double your extra credit, but you may only do ONE monologue from part 2. **

    1. Read Acts IV and V in Julius Caesar. I have told you about this for a while now. On the day of your final, and after you have finished your final, you will take a separate test covering these last 2 acts that we did not cover in class. You will need to score highly on this test. A score of 60%, for example, will not net you any extra credit points. 

    Point total: approximately 40 points 

    2. Speeches: monologues and soliloquies. Choose one of the passages below and memorize it. You will present this to the class the day of the final. This must be done correctly, and you need to speak as though you were that character, so understand HOW that character would enunciate, emphasize, etc., the lines. How would you as an actor/actress present these lines?

    Point total: approximately 40 points

    Choose one (and only one) -- click on the Act/scene/line number to take you to the part; I have given you the lead line number (link) and the closing line number, as well as the first line of dialogue:

    • Caesar:  1.2.208  to 1.2.224  -- "Would he were fatter..."
    • Cassius: 1.2.320  to 1.2.334 -- "Well, Brutus, though art noble..."
    • Cassius:  1.3.60  to  1.2.81  -- "You are dull, Casca..."
    • Brutus:  2.1.10  to  2.1.36 -- "It must be by his death."
    • Brutus: 2.1.175  to  2.1.196 -- "our course will seem too bloody..."
    • Caesar:  3.1.64 to  3.1.79  --  "I could be well moved..."
    • Antony:  3.1.164  to  3.1.179  -- "O mighty Caesar, dost thou ..."
    • Antony:  3.1.280  to  3.1.301  -- "O pardon me, though bleeding piece of earth..."
    • Brutus:  3.2.13  to  3.2.36  --  "Be patient till the last."
    • Antony: 3.2.82  to  3.2.115  --  "Friends, Romans, countrymen..."  AND stop at line 115, where Antony finishes the sentence with "...And men have lost their reason!"
    • Antony:  3.2.130  to  3.2.149  --  "But yesterday the word of Caesar..."
    • Brutus:  4.3.74  to  4.3.91  --  "You have done that you should be sorry for."



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    Handouts for the week: