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Monday
May 4th, 2009 (5/4/2009)
Required Materials:
 Composition Notebook
 Pen/Pencil
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What We Will Do:
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Warm Up: “What do you know about Shakespeare?”
This Week Preview
Ending The Year With Shakespeare…
PP Notes: “Getting to Know Bill.”
PP Notes: “Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire.”
Quote
“Shakespeare
was not of an age, but for all time!”
--Ben Johnson, Preface to Shakespeare’s First Folio
Monday
May 4th, 2009 (5/4/2009)
Time Given: 3 minutes
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Our last unit of the year is Julius
Caesar, a play by William Shakespeare.
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Tell me anything you can about William
Shakespeare. Have you ever read any of
his plays or sonnets (“Shall I compare
thee to a summer’s day”)? What is your
opinion of him and his works?
Tell me anything you can about the
Roman Empire and/or Julius Caesar.
This Week Preview
Day
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What Are We Doing?
Monday
Notes on Shakespeare and the Roman Empire.
Tuesday
Learning How to Read A Play: A Marriage Proposal
Wednesday
Early Release Day. Quiz on Shakespeare/Roman Empire Notes.
Thursday/
Friday
Common End of Course Exams (CEOCE): Short/Extended
Response Questions Only. After test, examination of old, middle,
and modern English. Then, practice translating from middle
English to modern English for Shakespeare.
Ending the Year With Shakespeare
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Many of you will ask why we end this class on
Shakespeare.
In fact, every other 10th grade class has already
started or finished their Shakespeare unit.
So, why do we end on it?
Ending the Year With Shakespeare
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Reason #1: Lexile score on Julius Caesar is about
1100—you will need everything you’ve learned in
this class (plot, characterization, numerology) to
make sense of this play.
Ending the Year With Shakespeare
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Reason #2: Shakespeare is the mostly widely known
literary figure—his books are found in almost every
home in the world—he is second only to the Bible.
You need to know who he is and what his plays are
about.
Ending the Year With Shakespeare
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Reason #3: It’s about having fun! It’s no longer
about one person reading and everyone else
following along. A play is read by EVERYONE—
most of you in here will read for one character, who
will become part of your memory forever.
Ending the Year With Shakespeare
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Reason #4: If you can master Shakespeare, you can
master any text in the world…
The Challenge
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Are you serious enough to master Shakespeare?
If you are and receive an “A” on your Julius Caesar
exam in 4 weeks, you will have earned the right to
call William Shakespeare by his nickname:
The Challenge
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Are you serious enough to master Shakespeare?
If you are and receive an “A” on your Julius Caesar
exam in 4 weeks, you will have earned the right to
call William Shakespeare by his nickname:
 Bill
The Challenge
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Of course, it all starts with notes…
William Shakespeare
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Lived from 1563 to 1616 in England
Wrote 37 plays/154 sonnets
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Plays consisted of three types:
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Comedies
Tragedies
Histories
William Shakespeare
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Plays consisted of three types:
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Comedies
Tragedies
Histories
Plays could be a mixture of these types, such as
tragicomedy, or a historical comedy.
The Globe Theatre
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Plays were performed in the Globe Theatre.
The Globe Theatre
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The Globe Theatre
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Roofless, or “open-air” design.
No artificial lighting = no plays at night.
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Stage is a platform that extended into the main area.
Trap door under stage used for ghosts.
2nd floor stage area used for “angels.”
No scenery
Lots of props
Elaborate costumes
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The Globe Theatre (Spectators)
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Wealthy got benches to sit in.
Poor stood by stage, hence they are called
“Groundlings.”
The Globe Theatre (Spectators)
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Groundlings gave rise to the phrase, “break a leg.”
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Groundlings stood near the stage, looking up, which
produced drool.
The more popular the play, the more groundings, the
more drool.
The stage would get wet, the actors would fall and
hurt themselves.
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The Globe Theatre (Actors)
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Only men and boys could act.
Women were not allowed to appear on stage.
Shakespeare’s Plays
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Remember back to Sijo poetry—it took you about 5
minutes to make 3 lines, each with 14-16 syllables.
Shakespeare’s Plays
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What if I told you that every line in Shakespeare’s
plays had 10 lines in them?
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Let’s test this idea…
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Iambic pentameter = 5 feet (10 syllables) per line.
Shakespeare’s Plays
(Stage Directions)
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In a play, stage directions are needed to express
action or behaviors that cannot be spoken, such as
stabbing someone or thinking about something.
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Aside: speech not meant to be heard by other
characters.
Roman Empire Background
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We’ll take a look at:
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Economy
Religion
Government
Roman Empire Economy
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Focused on agriculture (farming) and trading.
Winning wars meant winning slaves.
Rome became dependent on slaves to survive.
Roman Empire Economy
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Developed a coinage system called the Drachma.
Roman Empire Economy
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1 Drachma = $40 USA
Roman Empire Religion
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Every person has a soul.
Religion = interaction between man and the gods.
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Roman culture is based around the idea of Fate, or
Destiny: events in life are destined to occur.
Roman Empire Religion
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In Roman Culture, one could actually pray to the
three goddesses who represented “The Fates.”
Giving money to their temple and worshipping them
would perhaps change your fate.
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Nona - spun the thread of life (when you are born)
Decima - measured the thread of life (how long to live)
Morta - was the cutter of the thread of life (when to die)
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The Fates
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Julius Caesar will deal with issues of
Fate/Destiny—can one change what has been
decided by the Gods?
Roman Empire Government
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From beginning to end, Rome saw many different
types of government, two of which are applicable to
Julius Caesar.
Roman Empire Government
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When Rome was founded, it was ruled by a King,
who ruled with absolute power.
After a time, the Roman people decided they did not
want one man making decisions for everyone. They
decided that they should elect representatives chosen
by the people to speak for the people. This was
called the Senate.
After a time, the people were unhappy with the
decisions being made by the Senate. They wanted to
go back to a King, but wanted to split the power
between three Kings, instead of just one. This is
called…
Roman Empire Government
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The First Triumvirate:
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Pompey
Crassus
Julius Caesar (yes, the one from our play!)
Roman Empire Government
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The First Triumvirate ruled for a time, but Crassus
was killed by being forced to drink liquid gold to
symbolize his thirst for riches in life.
When Crassus died, it left a power struggle between
Pompey and Julius Caesar for control of Rome.
Fortunately, Pompey was married to Caesar’s only
daughter, Julia, who at the time was pregnant with
Pompey’s child.
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However, while giving birth, Julia died with her
child, severing the only link between Caesar and
Pompey.
Pompey fled Rome with his troops. Caesar and his
army chased after him and defeated him near Egypt.
Rome is now controlled by Caesar alone.
Roman Empire Government
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This is where our play, Julius Caesar begins.
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Pompey is defeated.
Caesar is returning to Rome to celebrate his victory.
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When Caesar returns to Rome, he is assassinated by
his friends, included his best friend, Brutus.
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With no one in power, chaos erupts, until the birth
of…
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The Second Triumvirate:
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Octavian (small character in our play)
Mark Antony (BIG character in our play)
Lepidus (small character in our play)
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When Caesar returns to Rome, he is assassinated by
his friends, included his best friend, Brutus.
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Our 5-Act Play:
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Act I: Caesar returns to Rome.
Act II: Friends conspire to kill Caesar.
Act III: Caesar is assassinated.
Act IV: Second Triumvirate meets.
Act V: Battle between the murderers of Caesar and the
Second Triumvirate.
Tomorrow…
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We will be reading a practice play to prepare us for
Julius Caesar.