NYS Common Core ELA & Literacy Curriculum D R A F T Grade 12 Module 2 Unit 2 Lesson 13

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1 NYS Cmmn Cre ELA & Literacy Curriculum D R A F T Grade 12 Mdule 2 Unit 2 Lessn Lessn 13 Intrductin In this lessn, students read Act 3.1, lines f Julius Caesar (frm Mark Antny / Pardn me, Caius Cassius t With carrin men graning fr burial ), fcusing their analysis n Antny s slilquy, in which Antny stands ver Caesar s crpse and pledges vengeance against the cnspiratrs. Students cnsider the different ways in which Antny and Brutus interpret Caesar s death and the events leading up t it. Students cnsider the ways in which these cnflicting interpretatins f events drive the actin f the play. Student learning is assessed via a Quick Write at the end f the lessn: Hw des Antny s slilquy advance the plt f the play? Fr hmewrk, students read and summarize Act 3.1, line 302 t Act 3.2, line 12 f Julius Caesar (frm Yu serve Octavius Caesar, d yu nt? t The nble Brutus is ascended. Silence ). Additinally, students develp 2 3 discussin questins fcused n the interactins between Brutus and the Plebeians, and prepare pssible answers t yur questins fr discussin. File: Lessn 13 Date: 2/13/15 Classrm Use: Starting 2/ Public Cnsulting Grup. This wrk is licensed under a Creative Cmmns Attributin-NnCmmercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unprted License 1

2 NYS Cmmn Cre ELA & Literacy Curriculum D R A F T Grade 12 Mdule 2 Unit 2 Lessn 13 Standards Assessed Standard(s) RL Analyze hw an authr s chices cncerning hw t structure specific parts f a text (e.g., the chice f where t begin r end a stry, the chice t prvide a cmedic r tragic reslutin) cntribute t its verall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact. Addressed Standard(s) W a L a, c Draw evidence frm literary r infrmatinal texts t supprt analysis, reflectin, and research. a. Apply grades Reading standards t literature (e.g., Demnstrate knwledge f eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century fundatinal wrks f American literature, including hw tw r mre texts frm the same perid treat similar themes r tpics ). Determine r clarify the meaning f unknwn and multiple-meaning wrds and phrases based n grades reading and cntent, chsing flexibly frm a range f strategies. a. Use cntext (e.g., the verall meaning f a sentence, paragraph, r text; a wrd's psitin r functin in a sentence) as a clue t the meaning f a wrd r phrase. c. Cnsult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictinaries, glssaries, thesauruses), bth print and digital, t find the prnunciatin f a wrd r determine r clarify its precise meaning, its part f speech, its etymlgy, r its standard usage. Assessment File: Lessn 13 Date: 2/13/15 Classrm Use: Starting 2/ Public Cnsulting Grup. This wrk is licensed under a Creative Cmmns Attributin-NnCmmercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unprted License 2

3 NYS Cmmn Cre ELA & Literacy Curriculum D R A F T Grade 12 Mdule 2 Unit 2 Lessn 13 Assessment(s) Student learning is assessed via a Quick Write at the end f the lessn. Students respnd t the fllwing prmpt, citing textual evidence t supprt analysis and inferences drawn frm the text. Hw des Antny s slilquy advance the plt f the play? High Perfrmance Respnse(s) A High Perfrmance Respnse shuld: Analyze hw Antny s slilquy advances the plt f the play (e.g., Antny s slilquy advances the plt by establishing a new cnflict in the play, between Antny s interpretatin and the cnspiratrs interpretatin f Caesar s death. In the first fur lines f his slilquy, Antny immediately establishes that his allegiance lies with Caesar, emphasizing his lve fr Caesar wh he calls the nblest man / that ever lived (Act 3.1, lines ). Antny then eches the imagery in Brutus s speech t craft his ppsing interpretatin f Caesar s death as the very bldy and cruel savage spectacle that Brutus argues against (Act 3.1, line 244). While Brutus frames Caesar s assassinatin as a necessary sacrifice fr the gd f Rme, declaring, Let s carve him as a dish fit fr the gds / Nt hew him as a carcass fit fr hunds (Act 2.1, lines ), Antny describes the cnspiratrs as butchers and Caesar s bdy as a bleeding piece f earth (Act 3.1, lines ) t emphasize the hrrr f Caesar s death and the destructin Caesar s murder will bring t Rme (Act 3.1, line 291). Antny s slilquy suggests that his interpretatin f Caesar s death is irrecncilable with Brutus s view f the assassinatin as a ritual act necessary t bring abut peace. Thus, Antny s slilquy advances the plt nt nly by setting up a new cnflict in the play centered arund cmpeting understandings f Caesar s death, but als by suggesting that the cnflict will result in mre actin, namely war (Act 3.1, line 299).). Vcabulary File: Lessn 13 Date: 2/13/15 Classrm Use: Starting 2/ Public Cnsulting Grup. This wrk is licensed under a Creative Cmmns Attributin-NnCmmercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unprted License 3

4 NYS Cmmn Cre ELA & Literacy Curriculum D R A F T Grade 12 Mdule 2 Unit 2 Lessn 13 Vcabulary t prvide directly (will nt include extended instructin) strife (n.) very angry r vilent disagreement between tw r mre peple r grups Vcabulary t teach (may include direct wrd wrk and/r questins) light (v.) t fall unexpectedly n r upn Additinal vcabulary t supprt English Language Learners (t prvide directly) utterance (n.) vcal expressin; speech meek (adj.) having r shwing a quiet r gentle nature; nt wanting t fight r argue with ther peple ruins (n.) the remaining pieces f smething that was destryed we (n.) a feeling f great pain r sadness prphesy (v.) t state that smething will happen in the future; predict custm (n.) smething that is dne regularly by a persn cnfines (n.) the limits r edges f smething mnarch (n.) a persn (such as a king r queen) wh rules a kingdm r empire Lessn Agenda/Overview Student-Facing Agenda Standards & Text: Standards: RL , W a, L a, c Text: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Act 3.1: lines % f Lessn Learning Sequence: 1. Intrductin f Lessn Agenda 2. Hmewrk Accuntability 3. Masterful Reading and Jigsaw Activity 4. Reading and Discussin 5. Quick Write 6. Clsing 1. 5% 2. 10% 3. 35% 4. 35% 5. 10% 6. 5% Materials File: Lessn 13 Date: 2/13/15 Classrm Use: Starting 2/ Public Cnsulting Grup. This wrk is licensed under a Creative Cmmns Attributin-NnCmmercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unprted License 4

5 NYS Cmmn Cre ELA & Literacy Curriculum D R A F T Grade 12 Mdule 2 Unit 2 Lessn 13 Free audi resurce: Student cpies f the Shrt Respnse Rubric and Checklist (refer t Lessn 1) (ptinal) Learning Sequence Hw t Use the Learning Sequence Symb l Type f Text & Interpretatin f the Symbl 10% Percentage indicates the percentage f lessn time each activity shuld take. n symbl Plain text indicates teacher actin. Bld text indicates questins fr the teacher t ask students. Italicized text indicates a vcabulary wrd.! Indicates student actin(s). " Indicates pssible student respnse(s) t teacher questins. # Indicates instructinal ntes fr the teacher. Activity 1: Intrductin f Lessn Agenda 5% Begin by reviewing the agenda and the assessed standard fr this lessn: RL In this lessn, students read Act 3.1, lines f Julius Caesar and analyze hw Antny s slilquy advances the plt f the play. Students lk at the agenda. Activity 2: Hmewrk Accuntability 10% Instruct students t take ut their respnses t the first part f previus lessn s hmewrk assignment. (Read Act 3.1, lines f Julius Caesar. Respnd briefly in writing t the fllwing questin.) Instruct students t discuss their respnses in pairs. Hw des Antny s character cntinue t develp ver the curse f lines ? File: Lessn 13 Date: 2/13/15 Classrm Use: Starting 2/ Public Cnsulting Grup. This wrk is licensed under a Creative Cmmns Attributin-NnCmmercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unprted License 5

6 NYS Cmmn Cre ELA & Literacy Curriculum D R A F T Grade 12 Mdule 2 Unit 2 Lessn 13 Lines shw that Antny s pledge f friendship and lve t the cnspiratrs (line 241) is a strategic decisin intended t prevent the cnspiratrs frm discvering his true feelings abut their ful deed (line 300), and his plans t exact revenge n the butchers (line 281) wh shed Caesar s bld (line 284). These lines suggest that Antny s lyalty t Caesar is genuine, and that he is a man wh knws hw t manipulate thers and hide his wn feelings in rder t further his wn agenda. Lead a brief whle-class discussin f student respnses. Instruct students t share and discuss the vcabulary wrds they identified fr hmewrk (L c). Students may identify the fllwing wrd: strife. Differentiatin Cnsideratin: Students may als identify the fllwing wrds: utterance, meek, ruins, we, prphesy, custm, cnfines, and mnarch. Definitins are prvided in the Vcabulary bx in this lessn. Activity 3: Masterful Reading and Jigsaw Activity 35% Have students listen t a masterful reading f Act 3.1, lines f Julius Caesar (frm Mark Antny / Pardn me, Caius Cassius t With carrin men graning fr burial. ) Students fllw alng, reading silently. Differentiatin Cnsideratin: Cnsider psting r prjecting the fllwing guiding questin t supprt students in their reading thrughut this lessn: Hw des Antny s slilquy establish a new cnflict in the play? Fr this and ther masterful readings in , cnsider using r anther audi versin f Julius Caesar. Infrm students that this part f the lessn includes a jigsaw discussin, in which half the students answer ne set f questins and the ther half answers a different set. Instruct students t frm pairs. Pst r prject the fllwing fcus questins: Fcus Questin 1: What d Cassius s wrds and actins suggest abut his pinin f Antny in this scene? File: Lessn 13 Date: 2/13/15 Classrm Use: Starting 2/ Public Cnsulting Grup. This wrk is licensed under a Creative Cmmns Attributin-NnCmmercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unprted License 6

7 NYS Cmmn Cre ELA & Literacy Curriculum D R A F T Grade 12 Mdule 2 Unit 2 Lessn 13 Fcus Questin 2: What d Brutus s wrds and actins suggest abut his pinin f Antny in this scene? Assign half f the student pairs t respnd t Fcus Questin 1, and the ther half f the student pairs t respnd t Fcus Questin 2. Instruct students t review this lessn s fcus excerpt (Act 3.1, ) and wrk in their pairs t answer their fcus questin, drawing n evidence frm thrughut the fcus excerpt in their respnses. Students wrk in their pairs t answer their fcus questin. Once student pairs have answered their fcus questin, instruct each pair t frm a grup f 4 with a student pair that answered a different fcus questin. Instruct student grups t cmpare Cassius s and Brutus s pinins f Antny, drawing upn evidence frm thrughut the fcus excerpt t supprt their analysis. See belw fr pssible student respnses. What d Cassius s wrds and actins suggest abut his pinin f Antny in this scene? Student respnses may include: Cassius warns Brutus, Yu knw nt what yu d (line 255) because he thinks it is a mistake t allw Antny t speak at Caesar s funeral (line 257). Cassius s warning suggests that he believes Antny is their enemy, rather than, as Antny prmised, friends with all (line 241) the cnspiratrs. Cassius s warning against allwing Antny t speak at the funeral suggests that he thinks Antny has the pwer t persuade, r mve[] the cmmn peple (line 258), and that this pwer makes him a threat t the cnspiratrs. Cassius s aside t Brutus, I knw nt what may fall. I like it nt (line 268) suggests that he believes Antny will cause truble fr the cnspiratrs. What d Brutus s wrds and actins suggest abut his pinin f Antny in this scene? Student respnses may include: Brutus s insistence that allwing Antny t speak at Caesar s funeral will advantage mre than d us wrng (line 267) suggests that he believes Antny des nt intend, r have the pwer, t mve[] the peple as Cassius fears (line 258). Brutus respnds t Antny s questins abut the reasns behind Caesar s death by reassuring him that Our reasns are s full f gd regard / That were yu, Antny, the sn f Caesar / Yu shuld be satisfied (lines ). This statement File: Lessn 13 Date: 2/13/15 Classrm Use: Starting 2/ Public Cnsulting Grup. This wrk is licensed under a Creative Cmmns Attributin-NnCmmercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unprted License 7

8 NYS Cmmn Cre ELA & Literacy Curriculum D R A F T Grade 12 Mdule 2 Unit 2 Lessn 13 suggests that Brutus believes Antny will be mved by the cnspiratrs reasns, rather than by his emtins. Brutus s cnfident cmmand that Yu shall nt in yur funeral speech blame us / But speak all gd yu can devise f Caesar / And say yu d t by ur permissin (lines ) suggests that althugh there is a pssibility Antny may intend t speak against the cnspiratrs, Brutus believes Antny will bey his rders. Lead a brief whle-class discussin f student respnses. Activity 4: Reading and Discussin 35% Instruct students t frm small grups. Pst r prject each set f questins belw fr students t discuss. Instruct students t anntate the text as they read and discuss (W a). Instruct student grups t read Act 3.1, lines (frm O pardn me, thu bleeding piece f earth, t With carrin men graning fr burial ) and answer the fllwing questins befre sharing ut with the class. What d lines suggest abut where Antny s lyalties lie? Student respnses may include: Antny begs Caesar s frgiveness fr being meek and gentle (line 281) with the cnspiratrs, saying, O pardn me, thu bleeding piece f earth (line 281). This statement suggests that Antny is ashamed f his previus shw f friendship with the cnspiratrs, and wrried abut what Caesar wuld think f his submissive attitude. Antny refers t the cnspiratrs as butchers (line 281), suggesting that he believes their actins are bldy and hrrific, and is therefre ppsed t them. Antny gives Caesar the highest cmpliment by referring t him as the nblest man (line 282). This praise demnstrates the lve and respect that Antny has fr Caesar, and suggests that his lyalty lies with Caesar, rather than the butchers wh killed him (line 281). What curse f actin des Antny want t take in respnse t Caesar s death? Antny s threat, We t the hand that shed this cstly bld! (line 284) suggests that he wants t avenge Caesar s death by fighting the cnspiratrs. File: Lessn 13 Date: 2/13/15 Classrm Use: Starting 2/ Public Cnsulting Grup. This wrk is licensed under a Creative Cmmns Attributin-NnCmmercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unprted License 8

9 NYS Cmmn Cre ELA & Literacy Curriculum D R A F T Grade 12 Mdule 2 Unit 2 Lessn 13 What des Antny prphesy will be the utcme f Caesar s death in Act 3.1? Student answers may include: Antny predicts that Caesar s death will bring death and destructin t all f Rme when he states, A curse shall light upn the limbs f men; / dmestic fury and fierce civil strife / Shall cumber all the parts f Italy (lines ). Antny then describes these hrrrs, such as infants quartered with the hands f war (line 294). Antny predicts that Caesar s ghst will return, ranging fr revenge (line 296) fr the ful deed (line 300) f Caesar s murder. With the gddess Ate cme ht frm hell (line 297), Caesar s spirit (line 296) will let slip the dgs f war (line 299), r unleash a war against the cnspiratrs. Differentiatin Cnsideratin: If students struggle, cnsider psing the fllwing scafflding questin: Hw des Antny s descriptin f the future clarify what light (Act 3.1, line 288) means in this cntext? (L a) Antny states that a curse will light upn all Rmans (line 288), and then prceeds t describe the hrrible war (line 294) and bld and destructin (line 291) that will ccur in the future. Antny s predictin suggests that the curse he speaks f will bring abut the dreadful (line 292) events he describes. Therefre, light means t happen t r befall. Lead a brief whle-class discussin f student respnses. Cnsider instructing students t reread Brutus s descriptin f Caesar s assassinatin in Act 2.1, lines (frm Let s be sacrificers, but nt butchers, Caius t We shall be called purgers, nt murderers ) befre they respnd t the fllwing questins. Hw des Antny s descriptin f Caesar s death in Act 3.1 cmpare t the way in which Brutus describes the assassinatin in Act 2.1, lines ? What des this cmparisn suggest abut hw Antny sees Caesar s death? Student respnses may include: While planning Caesar s assassinatin, Brutus describes the cnspiratrs as sacrificers, but nt butchers (line 179) and purgers, nt murderers (line 193), File: Lessn 13 Date: 2/13/15 Classrm Use: Starting 2/ Public Cnsulting Grup. This wrk is licensed under a Creative Cmmns Attributin-NnCmmercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unprted License 9

10 NYS Cmmn Cre ELA & Literacy Curriculum D R A F T Grade 12 Mdule 2 Unit 2 Lessn 13 while Antny describes them as butchers (Act 3.1, line 281). This suggests that Antny understands Caesar s death as a vilent murder. Antny s repeated references in Act 3.1 t Caesar s bld (line 284) and bleeding (line 280) and his many wunds (line 285) cntrasts with Brutus s descriptin f the assassinatin, in which he imagines killing the bldless spirit f Caesar, rather than his bdy (Act 2.1, line 181). Antny s emphasis n hw hrrible and disgusting Caesar s death was suggests that he sees Caesar s death as a bldy murder. Cmpare hw Antny and Brutus use figurative language in their descriptins f Caesar s death. Student respnses shuld include: In Act 2.1, lines , Brutus cmpares the prcess f killing Caesar t the act f making a sacrificial ffering t the gds when he cunsels, Let s carve him as a dish fit fr the gds (line 186). Brutus then cntrasts this with a descriptin f a pintless and bldy death when he says, Nt hew him as a carcass fit fr hunds (line 187). This cmparisn suggests that Brutus understands Caesar s death as a necessary sacrifice fr the gd f all, rather than an rdinary and ptentially senseless killing like that f an animal. In his slilquy, Antny draws upn the same imagery that Brutus uses in Act 2.1, when he describes Caesar s bdy in Act 3.1 as thu bleeding piece f earth (line 280) and the cnspiratrs as butchers (line 281) in rder t emphasize that Caesar's assassinatin was the very bldy and cruel savage spectacle that Brutus argues against (line 244). Antny reinfrces this cnnectin when he calls fr war using the imagery f rtting crpses, r carrin men graning fr burial (lines ), a very similar image t that f Brutus s carcass fit fr hunds (Act 2.1, line 187). Hw des Antny s descriptin f the cnsequences f Caesar s death in Act 3.1 cmpare t the cnsequences that Brutus envisins in Act 2.1, lines ? In Act 3.1, Antny predicts that Caesar s death will have disastrus cnsequences fr all f Rme s citizens because it will bring death, war (line 294), and destructin (line 291) t all peple men (line 288), mthers (line 293), and infants (line 294) alike. Antny s predictin cntrasts with Brutus s visin f Caesar s assassinatin as a sacrifice[] fr the gd f Rman peple (Act 2.1, line 179), which he believes will purge[] (Act 2.1, line 193) Rme f evil, and therefre heal, r bring peace, t Rme. File: Lessn 13 Date: 2/13/15 Classrm Use: Starting 2/ Public Cnsulting Grup. This wrk is licensed under a Creative Cmmns Attributin-NnCmmercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unprted License 10

11 NYS Cmmn Cre ELA & Literacy Curriculum D R A F T Grade 12 Mdule 2 Unit 2 Lessn 13 Lead a brief whle class discussin f student respnses. Activity 5: Quick Write 10% Instruct students t respnd briefly in writing t the fllwing prmpt: Hw des Antny s slilquy advance the plt f the play? Instruct students t lk at their anntatins t find evidence. Ask students t use this lessn s vcabulary wherever pssible in their written respnses. Students listen and read the Quick Write prmpt. Display the prmpt fr students t see, r prvide the prmpt in hard cpy. Transitin t the independent Quick Write. Students independently answer the prmpt using evidence frm the text. See the High Perfrmance Respnse at the beginning f this lessn. Cnsider using the Shrt Respnse Rubric t assess students writing. Students may use the Shrt Respnse Rubric and Checklist t guide their written respnses. Activity 6: Clsing 5% Display and distribute the hmewrk assignment. Fr hmewrk, instruct students t read and summarize Act 3.1, line 302 t Act 3.2, line 12 f Julius Caesar (frm Yu serve Octavius Caesar, d yu nt? t The nble Brutus is ascended. Silence ). Instruct students t develp 2 3 discussin questins fcused n the interactins between Brutus and the Plebeians, and prepare pssible answers t their questins fr discussin. Students fllw alng. Hmewrk Read and summarize Act 3.1, line 302 t Act 3.2, line 12 f Julius Caesar (frm Yu serve Octavius Caesar, d yu nt? t The nble Brutus is ascended. Silence ). Develp 2 3 discussin questins fcused n the interactins between Brutus and the Plebeians, and prepare pssible answers t yur questins fr discussin. File: Lessn 13 Date: 2/13/15 Classrm Use: Starting 2/ Public Cnsulting Grup. This wrk is licensed under a Creative Cmmns Attributin-NnCmmercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unprted License 11