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.
30 Tuesday Apr 2013
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inRead 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.
30 Tuesday Apr 2013
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inAuditions by Lord Chamberlain’s Men and The King’s Men,
Two acting troupes in 1599 compete for residency in a London theatre.
30 Tuesday Apr 2013
focus: fear and courage and honor (2.1.1-360)
purpose: find and mark examples of each in Brutus
29 Monday Apr 2013
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.
29 Monday Apr 2013
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infocus: 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
25 Thursday Apr 2013
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inInto 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.
24 Wednesday Apr 2013
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)
22 Monday Apr 2013
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in19 Friday Apr 2013
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inBefore Monday’s class, email your response to the film (based on Friday’s agenda), if you have not already done so. Thank you.