LESSON FOUR: Let the Leader Beware

                             

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students continue to work on tone.

 

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

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

R2C         Use details from text to comprehend point of view and the effect of the dialogue.

 

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Source of Literature

o           Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

 

§         Supplies 

o        Note cards with designated role for each student

o        Plot Map

 

§         Handouts provided

o        Plot map

 

§         Words to know

o        grade-level

o        text features

o        tone

o        point of view

 

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT                 Assessment            Scoring Guide

Students decide whether their character believes that Caesar is in danger and list five words or phrases to illustrate the tone of the characters they followed in this scene.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

 

  1. Students quick write to the prompt: How does having power change a person?

 

  1. Summarize Act 1 Scene 3 and Act II Scene I.

 

  1. Assign the character of Cassius, Decius, or Calpurnia to each student to follow throughout Act II scene II.

 

  1. Students complete a graphic organizer to fill in the tone words from the text for their character.

 

Strategy

Give students the graphic organizer for the formative assessment before reading Act II Scene II to complete during the reading of the scene.

 

  1. Summarize the plot of Act II Scene II while students follow and note tone words for the other characters.

 

Questions

for

Students

How does having power change a person?

What are the character’s feelings about the situation in Act II Scene II?

What tone is reflected in each character’s words?

Which character would you rather know? Explain using specific details from the text.

Caesar said, “Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste death but once, “ (Act II scene II lines 32-33). What does he mean?