daily.due Wed May 1 (F block only)

Read lines 2.1.94-253 in Julius Caesar.  In this section, the conspirators meet at night in Brutus’s home to discuss the details of their plan against Ceasar.  mark any lines that indicate significant differences between Cassius and Brutus.

 

agenda.Wed/Thurs May 1/2 (revised)

Auditions by Lord Chamberlain’s Men and The King’s Men,

Two acting troupes in 1599 compete for residency in a London theatre.

agenda.Tues Apr 30

focus: fear and courage and honor (2.1.1-360)

purpose: find and mark examples of each in Brutus

FYI, a copy of our working schedule between now and the end of the semester is available here, and on the Raw Materials page.

daily.due Tues Apr 30

Using the Act Two beat sheet distributed in Monday’s class, take hand-written notes on how lines 2.1.1-93 revise or confirm your current thinking about major differences between Cassius and Brutus–in terms of what they each want, really.

Be ready to show these notes you have written on the Act Two beat sheet.

agenda.Mon Apr 29

focus: chart results for Act 1 (what do they want, really?)

(cf. traits charts, distributed in class)

purpose: reach consensus on main differences between Brutus and Cassius; use trait charts to make further distinctions and inferences

daily. due Mon Apr 29 (revised Apr. 25, 2pm)

Into your Caesar notebook, paste this template for a table that compares early impressions of Brutus and Cassius.  Based on your reading through 1.2.185, complete two rows for each character, using as reference the model row for Caesar.

After completing these two rows for each character, finish reading Act 1 Scene 2 (to 1.2.334).  Then fill one more row for each character based on this reading (1.2.186-334).

 

Be ready to show your work at the start of Monday’s class.

agenda. Wed/Thurs Apr 24/5

warm-ups: drawing the outline; reflection question–You see yourself best, when you notice how others respond to you.  Agree or disagree.

start reading Caesar (1.1.1-1.2.186):

Beat 1:  cobbler joke / get off the street  (why?)

Hinge: we make holiday

You ungrateful stones  (opinion of selves and others)

Beat 2: guilty stones all

Disrobe the images  (why?)

Beat 3:  beware, Caesar, the Ides of March

Beat 4:  what’s wrong, Brutus?  (at war with himself)

I’ll be your glass

What do you want?

Who is this Caesar?

I will listen further

                                                                        Good

HW: start chart for Brutus and Cassius—Who am I?  What are my primary responsibilities to myself and community?  (watch Cassius’s use of pathos and logos)

daily.due Tues Apr 23

biography.com

By no later than this Tuesday’s class (Apr. 23), begin bringing your copy of Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, to class–regularly.

agenda. Mon Apr 22

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Treasure Hunt in Public Spaces; details TBA.

daily.due Mon Apr 22

Before Monday’s class, email your response to the film (based on Friday’s agenda), if you have not already done so.  Thank you.