1. EOC Resarch Topic Video & Questions:
2. Intro. to Research Visit www.edmodo.com (class code was distributed during class) to download Research Assignment, Rubric, and Timeline

• Notes Packet
• Easybib.com
• Research Timeline

3. Julius Caesar Movie

Homework: Study literary terms for Julius Caesar Final Quiz (ananchronism, ethos, pathos, logo, metonymy, synecdoche, blank verse, iambic pentameter, anaphora, aside, soliloquy, and monologue)

1. SSR
2. Julius Caear Movie
3. Antony's Speech

Homework: Continue memorizing

1. Rhetoric: A Presentation on Ethos, Pathos, & Logos
2. Memorization Assignment
3. Antony's Speech:  Annotate for Ethos, Pathos, Logos


Homework:

• Begin memorizing
• Annotate Antony's speech

1. Julius Caesar Act II Quiz
2. SSR
3. Close Reading: Brutus's speech to the citizens
4. Julius Caesar Movie

1. SSR
2. EOC Question & Vocab of the Day
3. Julius Caesar Verbal Phrases
4. Julius Caesar Act III R/A & Annotate

Homework: Finish Verbal Phrases & Review Act II (QUIZ TOMORROW)

1. SSR

2. Phrases Quiz

3. Julius Caesar Act II

Homework: Finish reading Act II

1. SSR

2. EOC Question and Vocab of the Day

3. Verbal Phrases Review

4. Julius Caesar Trouble Spots

5. Exit Slip: 3-2-1

Homework: Phrases Practice Handout

1. Quick write: 

What role does nature play in our lives? How can nature surprise us? Think of an experience you had with nature or something you observed in nature. Maybe you were camping, or hiking, or simply going for a walk. Describe the experience.

2. Question/Vocab of the Day (USA Test Prep)

3. Verbal Phrases

Homework: Entrance slip (Using a gerund, participial, and infinitive phrase, write about your Spring Break.)

1. SSR

2. Level Three Practice:

• Two      dogs        barked      at        the         moon.
• Joe   and    I,   best      friends,   asked     for     a     raise.

3. Metonymy & Synecdoche

4. Julius Caesar Reading Check (Act I, Scenes ii & iii)

Homework: Review Act I & bring 3 questions (or 3 "trouble spots") that you would like to discuss tomorrow.

As you finish reading Act I, please use these questions to guide your reading and annotations:

Act I Scene ii  (some of these questions we have already discussed, so please use them to review our in-class reading)
1. Why does Caesar mention his desire that Calpurnia stand “directly in Antonio’s way”?

2. Why are the tribunes Flavius and Marullus punished?
3. What is the soothsayer’s warning to Caesar? What does it mean?
4. What fear does Brutus note?
5. According to Cassius, what happened when Caesar and Cassius went swimming in the
Tiber? What is the point of this story?
6. What does Cassius say about fate, free will, and being “underlings”? What is noticeably different about Casca’s speech pattern compared to Caesar’s or Brutus’? Why is this significant?
7. What two physical ailments of Caesar’s are mentioned in this scene? Why are they significant?

8. In response to the “falling sickness,” what is the meaning of Cassius’ sarcasm?

Act I, scene iii
1. Why do the conspirators plant papers on Brutus’s chair?
2. There are four specific things Casca has seen. What are they? How does Casca interpret
these strange happenings? How does Cassius? How would Shakespeare’s audience have interpreted them?

3. On whom does Cassius blame Caesar’s power? Why is this significant?

4. Cassius describes Caesar as a wolf and a lion, and the Romans as sheep. What literary term is illustrated here? What is its significance?
5. Why is it important to the conspirators to have Brutus come in with them?

1. Blank Verse and Dramatic Speeches Quiz

2. Rhetorical Device: Anaphora (Submit anaphora poem)

3. Julius Caesar Act I Scene ii

Homework: Read and annotate the rest of Act I  (reading check on Monday, April 16th)

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

1. SSR: Prepositional Phrase Hunt

2.Prepositional Phrases Poetry

1. You must write two stanzas of five lines each.

2. The first four lines of each stanza must begin with a preposition and end with an object—each line must be a prepositional phrase.

3. The last line of the stanza cannot begin with a preposition and must be an independent clause (contains a subject and its predicate; makes a complete thought).

4. The first word of each line must begin with a capital letter.

5. The first four lines are punctuated with a comma, and the last line is punctuated with a period.

Line Order: Preposition --- ----Object

Sentence Order: Subject ---Verb….

Example Stanza:

Due to the insightful comments,

As a result of the thought provoking questions,

After the awkward silence,

Before Julius Caesar,

We watched The Odyssey.

3. Intro to Caesar ppt

4. Julius Caesar Act 1 Scene 1

1. Julius Caesar Anticipation Socratic Seminar :)

2. The Odyssey

Homework: Bring copy of Julius Caesar

1. SSR
2. Julius Caesar Anticipation Seminar
3. Deciphering Shakespeare & Shakespeare Stages: Cornell Notes

Homework: 

• Bring copy of Julius Caesar
• Revamp answers to anticipation prompts (SEMINAR TOMORROW) 

Friday, March 30, 2012

Odyssey Board Games!

Homework: 

•  Julius Caesar Anticipation Prompts (come prepared for the Socratic Seminar)
• Julius Caesar (own copy required for Tuesday)