LESSON FIVE: Bridging the Language Gap

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students read Act II Scene III, small groups work on paraphrasing.

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

R1H        Apply paraphrasing skills to comprehend, interpret, and translate text into modern English.

R2A        Recognize the text features of drama in grade-level text.

W3C       Write a dialogue with originality and individual perspective that interprets the text into modern English.

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Source of Literature

o           Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

§         Supplies 

§         Handouts provided

§         Words to know

o        grade-level

o        text features

o        paraphrase

o        point of view

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT                  Scoring Guide

Students are given a set of lines (five to ten) for one of the characters from Act III Scene I. Students rewrite the lines into modern English. Scoring guide provided.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students share what they remember from Act II Scene II.

2. Summarize Act II, Scenes III and IV.

3. Read Act III, Scene I with students choosing one of two sets of lines and model a talk/think aloud strategy on the process of rewriting.

4. Divide into groups. Give student groups sets of lines to rewrite. Following the rewrite, allow students time to share with groups in the classroom to revise their rewrites before turning in to teacher.

5. As a commoner in Rome, students write a eulogy praising or criticizing Julius Caesar in modern English.