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MondayMay 4th, 2009 (5/4/2009)
Required Materials: Composition Notebook Pen/Pencil
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Warm Up: “What do you know about Shakespeare?”This Week PreviewEnding The Year With Shakespeare…PP Notes: “Getting to Know Bill.”PP Notes: “Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire.”
“Shakespeare was not of an age, but for all time!”--Ben Johnson, Preface to Shakespeare’s First Folio
Time Given: 3 minutes• Our last unit of the year is Julius
Caesar, a play by William Shakespeare.
1. Tell me anything you can about William Shakespeare. Have you ever read any of his plays or sonnets (“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day”)? What is your opinion of him and his works?
2. Tell me anything you can about the Roman Empire and/or Julius Caesar.
WARM UP
MondayMay 4th, 2009 (5/4/2009)
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This Week Preview
Day What Are We Doing?
Monday Notes on Shakespeare and the Roman Empire.
Tuesday Learning How to Read A Play: A Marriage Proposal
Wednesday
Early Release Day. Quiz on Shakespeare/Roman Empire Notes.
Thursday/Friday
Common End of Course Exams (CEOCE): Short/Extended Response Questions Only. After test, examination of old, middle, and modern English. Then, practice translating from middle English to modern English for Shakespeare.
Many of you will ask why we end this class on Shakespeare.
In fact, every other 10th grade class has already started or finished their Shakespeare unit.
So, why do we end on it?
Ending the Year With Shakespeare
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Reason #1: Lexile score on Julius Caesar is about 1100—you will need everything you’ve learned in this class (plot, characterization, numerology) to make sense of this play.
Ending the Year With Shakespeare
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Reason #2: Shakespeare is the mostly widely known literary figure—his books are found in almost every home in the world—he is second only to the Bible. You need to know who he is and what his plays are about.
Ending the Year With Shakespeare
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Reason #3: It’s about having fun! It’s no longer about one person reading and everyone else following along. A play is read by EVERYONE—most of you in here will read for one character, who will become part of your memory forever.
Ending the Year With Shakespeare
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Reason #4: If you can master Shakespeare, you can master any text in the world…
Ending the Year With Shakespeare
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Are you serious enough to master Shakespeare?
If you are and receive an “A” on your Julius Caesar exam in 4 weeks, you will have earned the right to call William Shakespeare by his nickname:
The Challenge
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Are you serious enough to master Shakespeare?
If you are and receive an “A” on your Julius Caesar exam in 4 weeks, you will have earned the right to call William Shakespeare by his nickname:
Bill
The Challenge
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Of course, it all starts with notes…
The Challenge
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Lived from 1563 to 1616 in England Wrote 37 plays/154 sonnets
Plays consisted of three types: Comedies Tragedies Histories
William Shakespeare
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Plays consisted of three types: Comedies Tragedies Histories
Plays could be a mixture of these types, such as tragicomedy, or a historical comedy.
William Shakespeare
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Plays were performed in the Globe Theatre.
The Globe Theatre
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The Globe Theatre
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Roofless, or “open-air” design. No artificial lighting = no plays at night.
The Globe Theatre
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Stage is a platform that extended into the main area.
Trap door under stage used for ghosts. 2nd floor stage area used for “angels.” No scenery Lots of props Elaborate costumes
The Globe Theatre (Staging)
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The Globe Theatre
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Wealthy got benches to sit in. Poor stood by stage, hence they are
called “Groundlings.”
The Globe Theatre (Spectators)
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Groundlings gave rise to the phrase, “break a leg.”
Groundlings stood near the stage, looking up, which produced drool.
The more popular the play, the more groundings, the more drool.
The stage would get wet, the actors would fall and hurt themselves.
The Globe Theatre (Spectators)
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Only men and boys could act. Women were not allowed to appear on
stage.
The Globe Theatre (Actors)
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Remember back to Sijo poetry—it took you about 5 minutes to make 3 lines, each with 14-16 syllables.
Shakespeare’s Plays
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What if I told you that every line in Shakespeare’s plays had 10 lines in them?
Let’s test this idea…
Shakespeare’s Plays
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Iambic pentameter = 5 feet (10 syllables) per line.
Shakespeare’s Plays
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In a play, stage directions are needed to express action or behaviors that cannot be spoken, such as stabbing someone or thinking about something.
Shakespeare’s Plays (Stage Directions)
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Aside: speech not meant to be heard by other characters.
Shakespeare’s Plays (Stage Directions)
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We’ll take a look at: Economy Religion Government
Roman Empire Background
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Focused on agriculture (farming) and trading.
Winning wars meant winning slaves. Rome became dependent on slaves to
survive.
Roman Empire Economy
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Developed a coinage system called the Drachma.
Roman Empire Economy
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1 Drachma = $40 USA
Roman Empire Economy
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Every person has a soul. Religion = interaction between man and
the gods.
Roman Empire Religion
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Roman culture is based around the idea of Fate, or Destiny: events in life are destined to occur.
Roman Empire Religion
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In Roman Culture, one could actually pray to the three goddesses who represented “The Fates.” Giving money to their temple and worshipping them would perhaps change your fate. Nona - spun the thread of life (when you are
born) Decima - measured the thread of life (how
long to live) Morta - was the cutter of the thread of life
(when to die)
Roman Empire Religion
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The Fates
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The Fates
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Julius Caesar will deal with issues of Fate/Destiny—can one change what has been decided by the Gods?
Roman Empire Religion
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From beginning to end, Rome saw many different types of government, two of which are applicable to Julius Caesar.
Roman Empire Government
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When Rome was founded, it was ruled by a King, who ruled with absolute power.
After a time, the Roman people decided they did not want one man making decisions for everyone. They decided that they should elect representatives chosen by the people to speak for the people. This was called the Senate.
After a time, the people were unhappy with the decisions being made by the Senate. They wanted to go back to a King, but wanted to split the power between three Kings, instead of just one. This is called…
Roman Empire Government
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The First Triumvirate: Pompey Crassus Julius Caesar (yes, the one from our play!)
Roman Empire Government
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The First Triumvirate ruled for a time, but Crassus was killed by being forced to drink liquid gold to symbolize his thirst for riches in life.
When Crassus died, it left a power struggle between Pompey and Julius Caesar for control of Rome.
Fortunately, Pompey was married to Caesar’s only daughter, Julia, who at the time was pregnant with Pompey’s child.
Roman Empire Government
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However, while giving birth, Julia died with her child, severing the only link between Caesar and Pompey.
Pompey fled Rome with his troops. Caesar and his army chased after him and defeated him near Egypt.
Rome is now controlled by Caesar alone.
Roman Empire Government
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This is where our play, Julius Caesar begins. Pompey is defeated. Caesar is returning to Rome to celebrate his
victory.
Roman Empire Government
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When Caesar returns to Rome, he is assassinated by his friends, included his best friend, Brutus.
Roman Empire Government
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With no one in power, chaos erupts, until the birth of…
Roman Empire Government
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The Second Triumvirate: Octavian (small character in our play) Mark Antony (BIG character in our play) Lepidus (small character in our play)
Roman Empire Government
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When Caesar returns to Rome, he is assassinated by his friends, included his best friend, Brutus.
Roman Empire Government
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Our 5-Act Play: Act I: Caesar returns to Rome. Act II: Friends conspire to kill Caesar. Act III: Caesar is assassinated. Act IV: Second Triumvirate meets. Act V: Battle between the murderers of Caesar
and the Second Triumvirate.
Roman Empire Government
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We will be reading a practice play to prepare us for Julius Caesar.
Tomorrow…
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