ACT I Weeks Homework Assignments Tuesday Finish Act I Wednesday Finish Act II Thursday Finish Act III Friday Finish Act IV Monday PORTFOLIOS DUE Finish Act V Prepare for Socratic Seminar on Funeral Orations ID: 224651
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Julius Caesar
ACT ISlide2
Week’s Homework Assignments
Tuesday: Finish Act I
Wednesday: Finish Act II
Thursday: Finish Act
III
Friday: Finish
Act
IV
Monday
: PORTFOLIOS DUE! Finish Act V, Prepare for Socratic Seminar on Funeral Orations
Tuesday: Review for testSlide3
Denotation
Who knows how to cite a play?
Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1-5
1:2:200-5
Editions
Folger
Shakespeare Library -
http://www.folger.edu
Digital Text of Plays (online & PDF) -
http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/?chapter=4Slide4
Enjambment
What is enjambment?
A line break without a pause in speech
How does it work?
Don’t pause at the end of every line
When do you pause?
Commas, periods, and other natural pauses.Slide5
Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1-80 (1:1:1-80)
Iambic Pentameter
Count the syllables, listen to your natural rhythm of speaking
“Is this a holiday? What? Know you not
Being mechanical, you ought not walk”
Enjambment
“Upon a laboring day without the sign
Of your profession
—Speak, what trade art thou?Slide6
Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1-80 (1:1:1-80)
Outdated Language
“Neat’s leather” (1:1:29)
cowhide
Missing syllabus
“
whe’er
” (1:1:66)
Word OrderSlide7
Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 1-363 (1:2:1-363)
Your turn to try reading. Who wants to volunteer to read aloud?
Ides of March
When is it?
Why is it significant?
Accent mark on
plung
éd
(1:2:112)Slide8
Building the Argument
Act I, Scene 2, lines 135-175 (142-170), Cassius’ speech to Brutus (“Why, man, doth he bestride the narrow world…)
What is Cassius trying to convince Brutus to do?
What logical arguments does he make?
What appeals to emotions does he make?
(Identify techniques and cite specific examples of each.)
How does Brutus respond?Slide9
Homework
Finish Act I
Tomorrow: We will debrief Act I and discuss Cassius’ speech.
We will also start Act II.
Exit Ticket: 4 Reasons Reading Shakespeare
is hard are
: _______________