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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV Digital Lesson. Objectives. RL 1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. RL 2 Determine the theme or central idea of a text.
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Objectives • RL 1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. • RL 2 Determine the theme or central idea of a text. • RL 3 Analyze how complex characters with conflicting motivations develop, interact with others, and advance the plot or develop the theme. • RL 4 Determine the figurative and connotative meanings of words and phrases as they are used in a text. • RL 5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text and order events within it create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. • RL 9 Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work. • RL 10 Read and comprehend dramas. • RI 7 Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums. • SL 3 Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric. • L 1b Use various types of clauses to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing.
Study Guide 1.Vocabulary: • Triumvirate: three man dictatorship II. Literary Terms: • Foil: To prevent from being successful/thwart • Foreshadowing: To present or indicate beforehand
Vocabulary Act IV • Provender: animal food • Covert: hidden • Choleric: hot tempered • Waspish: disagreeable • Apparition: ghost • Testy: irritable • Taper: candle • Vexed: angered • Insupportable: unbearable • Chastisement: punishment
Some things to know… • The first triumvirate consists of Crassus, Caesar and Pompey. The second triumvirate consists of Antony, Octavius and Lepidus. They fought Cassius and Brutus in the battle scenes of Act IV. • Our opinions are totally revised regarding Cassius and Brutus based on their fight in Act IV. • Stocism was one of the four major schools of philosophy. Stoics sought to maintain self-control and to obey laws of nature.
Blog Response Respond on Wikispaces: The definition of a tragic hero is: a virtuous (good/moral) character who suffers defeat. Julius Caesar is a tragic hero. With that being said, has there been a time when someone has misunderstood your best intentions? Explain that situation, how you handled it and what you learned from it.