1. Julius Caesar
ACT I

2. Week’s Homework Assignments
Tuesday: Finish Act I
Wednesday: Finish Act II
Thursday: Finish Act III
Friday: Finish Act IV
Monday: PORTFOLIOS DUE! Finish Act V, Prepare for Socratic Seminar on Funeral Orations
Tuesday: Review for test

3. Denotation Who knows how to cite a play? Editions
Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1-5
1:2:200-5
Editions
Folger Shakespeare Library -
Digital Text of Plays (online & PDF) -

4. Enjambment What is enjambment? How does it work? When do you pause?
A line break without a pause in speech
How does it work?
Don’t pause at the end of every line
When do you pause?
Commas, periods, and other natural pauses.

5. Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1-80 (1:1:1-80) Iambic Pentameter Enjambment
Count the syllables, listen to your natural rhythm of speaking
“Is this a holiday? What? Know you not Being mechanical, you ought not walk”
Enjambment
“Upon a laboring day without the sign Of your profession—Speak, what trade art thou?

6. Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 1-80 (1:1:1-80) Outdated Language
“Neat’s leather” (1:1:29)
cowhide
Missing syllabus
“whe’er” (1:1:66)
Word Order

7. Act 1, Scene 2, Lines (1:2:1-363)
Your turn to try reading. Who wants to volunteer to read aloud?
Ides of March
When is it?
Why is it significant?
Accent mark on plungéd (1:2:112)

8. Building the Argument
Act I, Scene 2, lines ( ), Cassius’ speech to Brutus (“Why, man, doth he bestride the narrow world…)
What is Cassius trying to convince Brutus to do?
What logical arguments does he make?
What appeals to emotions does he make? (Identify techniques and cite specific examples of each.)
How does Brutus respond?

9. Homework
Finish Act I
Tomorrow: We will debrief Act I and discuss Cassius’ speech.
We will also start Act II.
Exit Ticket: 4 Reasons Reading Shakespeare is hard are: _______________