Julius Caesar ACT I Weeks Homework Assignments Tuesday

Julius Caesar ACT I

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 test

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=4

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.

Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1 -80 (1: 1: 180) 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?

Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1 -80 (1: 1: 180) Outdated Language – “Neat’s leather” (1: 1: 29) – cowhide Missing syllabus – “whe’er” (1: 1: 66) Word Order

Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 1 -363 (1: 2: 1363) 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 plungéd (1: 2: 112)

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?

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: ________