Unit
Calendar
English 10
Carothers
Schedule Note: We will cover most of
the play in class. In cases when we do not
finish the assignment during class, you
must finish the reading on your own.
April 20
21
Julius Caesar
22
23
24
Present Video
Poems
Assign Roman
Presentations
Intro to Julius
Caesar
Poetry Portfolios
Due
Work Time
Last work time
Extra credit group
presents
HW: Work on your
part of Roman
presentation
27
28
29
30
HW: Finish your
part of Roman
presentation
May 1
Act 1.3 in class
Roman
Presentations
Logos, Ethos, Pathos
Act 1.1-1.2
in class
HW: Study for Act 1
Quiz
HW: Study Guide
4
5
6
7
8
Quiz Act 1
Act 2.2-2.4 in class
Quiz Act 2
Act 2.1 in class
Character Poems
Act 3.1 in class
Persuasive Letter
HW: Study Guide;
persuasive letter
11
18
Act 4.1-4.3
Discussion
12
HW: Study for act 2
Quiz; finish poem
13
14
Act 3.2-3.3 in class
Quiz Act 3
Assign Debate
Debate
HW: Finish your
part of debate prep;
study for Act 3 Quiz
19
HW: Grammar &
Vocab Review
21
20
Act 5.1-5.5
HW: Study Guide
15
22 (Early Release)
Plan out tableaus
Mandala
Tragic Hero
Assign Final Essay
HW: Study Guide,
HW: Work on
Finish Mandala
25
26
No School
27
Essay: Due May 29
29
28
Photograph tableaus
Final Essay Due
View Caesar Videos
June 1
2
HW: Finish Final
Essay
3
HW: Study for final
exam
5
4
Semester Review
Finals
8
HW: Study for final
exam
9
Finals
Enjoy your summer!!!
10
Last Day
(Make-up Finals)
11
12
Reading Questions
Name ______________________________
Julius Caesar
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Hour ___
Act I:
1. Explain why the tribunes have nothing but contempt for the common people of Rome.
2. What warning does the soothsayer give? What is Caesar’s reaction to this warning?
3. The purpose of the Feast of Lupercal was to secure purification and fertility for the spring
planting. Describe what other purpose it served for the women of Rome. How does the
ritual described in Act I pertain to Calpurnia?
4. Why did Caesar refuse the crown?
5. Summarize Casca’s report of what happened at the games.
6. How does Cassius feel about Caesar? Why does Caesar fear Cassius?
7. Why is Brutus’ participation essential to Cassius? In what essential way is Brutus different
from Cassius?
8. What secretive means does Cassius tell us in his soliloquy that he intends to use to persuade
Brutus to join the conspiracy?
9. Casca meets Cicero on the streets. Describe two unexplainable events that are taking place.
Act II:
1. In his soliloquy, what reasons does Brutus give for killing Caesar?
2. What does the letter that Brutus receives say? Who sent it and what is its purpose?
3. Explain the two changes Brutus recommends in the assassination plan. Why?
4. What reason does Brutus give Portia for his changed behavior? How has his behavior
changed?
5. What does Portia do to try to convince Brutus that she is strong and brave enough to know
what’s going on?
6. Why won’t Brutus swear an oath? What character traits does his speech reveal?
7. Who is Calpurnia and what reasons does she give for wanting Caesar to stay at home? Fully
describe what it is that has caused her to feel this way.
8. How is Caesar convinced to go to the Capitol and by whom?
9. Why does Brutus decide to go along with the conspirators? Does this prove him to be
honorable?
10. Where does Shakespeare use thunder and other storm sounds in the setting to suggest cosmic
disorder? How does this weather make the reader feel?
Act III:
1. What petition is presented to Caesar, and how does he respond to it?
2. What is ironic about Casesar’s monologue in which he states that he “is as constant as the
Northern Star”?
3. Why does Antony befriend the conspirators immediately after the assassination?
4. Why does Brutus allow Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral?
5. Alone with Caesar’s body, Antony delivers a soliloquy. What is the function of this speech?
6. What reason does Brutus give the people for the assassination?
7. How does Antony repeatedly refer to Brutus during the funeral oration? What effect does this
have?
8. Antony appeals to the citizens of Rome in three dramatic places in his oratory for Caesar.
Describe these three dramatic actions.
9. Describe the effect Antony’s speech has on the plebeians.
10. Fully describe the incident with Cinna the Poet.
Act IV:
1. What three men rule Rome after Caesar’s death? Describe each of them.
2. Describe Antony’s true feelings toward Lepidus. What does Antony compare him to and
what reason does Antony give for keeping Lepidus in the triumvirate?
3. What is the immediate cause of the quarrel between Brutus and Cassius? How does Cassius
defend himself?
4. How is the argument between Brutus and Cassius different from the one between Octavius
and Antony in Scene i?
5. What happens to Portia? Describe both Brutus’ and Cassius’ reactions to the news.
6. Describe the military situation presented in Act IV. What is going on between the
conspirators and the triumvirate?
7. Fully describe Cassius’ plan for the upcoming battle. What are its pros and its cons?
8. Fully describe Brutus’ plan for the battle. What are its pros and cons? Whose plan is finally
put into action? Explain whether or not this is the best choice for their army.
9. What supernatural event occurs at the end of Act IV? Describe Brutus’ reaction to the event.
10. Who tells Brutus “Thou shalt see me at Philippi”? What is meant by this?
Act V:
1. Describe the confrontation that takes place in Act V, Scene i. What does this parlay say
about each character involved?
2. What has Brutus chosen to do that reveals his lack of military judgment and foreshadows his
defeat?
3. On whose birthday does the battle take place, and how does he feel about the battle?
4. On their way to Sardis, describe the unusual event that takes place around Cassius. What
does he mean by his reference to Epicuris?
5. What animals now represent bad omens to Cassius. Why?
6. Explain the misunderstanding that led to the death of Cassius.
7. What does Brutus mean by his final words: “Caesar, now be still; / I killed not thee with half
so good a will”? Why does Brutus think it is time to die?
8. Compare and contrast the deaths of Brutus and Cassius. What do their deaths say about their
character?
9. How and why does Antony’s attitude toward Brutus change from the beginning of the act to
the end?
Main Characters
Julius Caesar
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Facts/Physical Appearance/Personality
What character says/does:
Brutus
How does this character support one of the play’s
themes?
How does this character impact the plot?
Main Characters
Julius Caesar
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Facts/Physical Appearance/Personality
What character says/does:
Cassius
How does this character support one of the play’s
themes?
How does this character impact the plot?
Main Characters
Julius Caesar
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Facts/Physical Appearance/Personality
What character says/does:
Caesar
How does this character support one of the play’s
themes?
How does this character impact the plot?
Main Characters
Julius Caesar
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Facts/Physical Appearance/Personality
What character says/does:
Antony
How does this character support one of the play’s
themes?
How does this character impact the plot?
Minor Characters
Julius Caesar
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Character
Flavious
Marullus
Casca
Trebonius
Ligarius
Decius
Metellus
Cinna
Portia
Calpurnia
Artemidorus
Octavious
Role, Purpose or Basic Information
Quotes
Name ________________________
Julius Caesar
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Hour ___
Identify the speaker of each of the following and the significance of his words to the rest of the
play.
1. “Beware the Ides of March.”
2. “Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
He thinks too much; such men are dangerous.”
3. “It must be by his death; and for my part
I know no personal cause to spurn at him,
But for the general. He would be crowned,
How that might change his nature, there’s the question.”
4. “I could be well moved, if I were as you;
If I could pray to move, prayers would move me;
But I am constant as the Northern Star,
Of whose true fixed and resting quality
There is no fellow in the firmament.”
5. “O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!”
6. “Now let it work: Mischief, thou art afoot,
Take thou what course thou wilt.”
7.
“…Now Brutus, thank yourself;
This tongue had not offended so today,
If Cassius might have ruled.”
8.
“Farewell, good Strato—Caesar, now be still;
I killed not thee with half so good a will.”