1. Bell Ringer Describe one thing Portia and Calpurnia have in common.
Describe one difference in Portia and Calpurnia.

2. What did you read yesterday?

3. Objective!
I can infer personality traits about a character based on the text.
I can use text evidence to support my answers.
I can determine how characters develop tension.

4. Plan for today:
We’re going to finish reading Act II. Pay attention to how things build in these scenes as we know it is March 15 and therefore, there is trouble coming.
We need a lot of characters for today: Decius, Caesar, Publius, Antony, Trebonius, Brutus, Artemidorus, Portia, Lucius, Soothsayer
We’re going to stop and write and then have a sort of class discussion at the end.

5. Question 1:
What is Decius’ motivation in this scene? How does he reach his goals?

6. Question 2+3:
We see a lot of foreshadowing in this scene. Find and explain 2 examples of this. 
This last line of Scene 2 reveals things about Brutus. What does this tell you about him? What is he doing when he is saying this?

7. Question 4:
Why include this scene? How does it build tension?

8. Question 5:
What instructions does Portia give to Lucius? Why do you think she asks him to do this?

9. Question 6:
Who is the most manipulative character NOW and why?