Tuesday, March 5, 2013

ACT 2

Tuesday, 3/5- Friday, 3/8

Tuesday, 3/5 Thinking About Thinking: (Metacognitive Thinking)
Bell Ringer: Does this play seem realistic?

Wedneaday:
 Brutus has convinced himself that he is doing the right thing by joining the conspiracy. Write two thoughts that could go through Brutus's mind

Thursday:
Calpurnia's Visions: How do you react to a "nightmare"?

Goal: Introduction to ACT 2 Students will read, analyze and discuss Julius Caesar Students will relate to the concepts of betrayal and deception in modern society.

Brutus' side- Scene 1: Caesar's view- Scene 2

1. Students will read and review Act 2 Scene 1
 2. Students will read and discuss Act 2 sc 2
** Students should complete their work packets
3. Review packet

The Rising ACtion:
1. Students will read and discuss Act 1 scenes 3 and 4
2. Answer packet questions

Closure: (Each day) Discuss Caesar and Brutus as a paradox ***Students should read the translated version on their own

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.

CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject