LESSON SEVEN: Analyzing Solutions in Julius Caesar

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students work in small groups to evaluate Brutus’s military status.

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 

§         Handouts provided

o        Act IV Scene III

o        Act IV Scene III Lines 224-255

§         Words to know

o        grade-level

o        text features

o        point of view

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT              Assessment            Scoring Guide

Students use Act IV, scene III lines 224-255 discussing Brutus’s military problem to evaluate which of Brutus’s proposed solutions is better. Cite examples from the text to support your evaluation. Scoring guide provided.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Summarize Act III, Scene III and Act IV, scenes I and II.

2. Students read Act IV, scene III.

3. Students fill in the Plot Map through Act IV, scene III.

4. Students locate Brutus’s words that tell the reader his proposed solutions.

5. Class discusses Brutus’s proposed solutions.

6. Students individually evaluate which of Brutus’s choices is better citing details from the text to support their evaluation.