Monday, March 7, 2011

Monday, March 7

Objective: Students will be able to explain how a soliloquy is used to verbally express Brutus' internal conflict.  Students will be able to identify strategies used by the conspirators in their plot against Caesar.

Journal: Have you ever betrayed a friend?  How would you feel if a friend betrayed you?  What might someone else have to do/say to convince you to betray a friend?  Do you feel Cassius has convinced Brutus to betray Caesar?  Explain.

Agenda: 1) Introduce new SAT vocabulary words: anomaly, antagonism, diffident, digress, fallacious, falter, fanatical, inconspicuous, indifferent, malefactor, paradox, paragon, pristine, procrastinate, unscathed

2) Go over Unit Test #1

3) Review soliloquy vs. monologue

4) Read Act 2, Scene 1 of "Julius Caesar" pp. 49-67.  Examine Brutus' soliloquy and the conspirators' strategies against Caesar.

5) Exit Slip: List THREE strategies used by the conspirators in their plot against Caesar.

HOMEWORK: Fill in "Word Association Chart" for first FIVE vocabulary words: anomaly, antagonism, diffident, digress, fallacious

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