Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Julius Caesar Essay Prompt and Outline

Prompt: Discuss the tragic hero of the play and the tragic flaw that brings him/her down

Outline requirements:
Create an outline (only an outline) with the following information. You will use your outline to write your essay in class. This will be a timed essay. Outlines are due on Friday.
Intro
-Hook, opening sentence
-Thesis
1st point / reason
-Supporting quote(s) (with line number: ex: 1.2.154)
2nd point / reason
-Supporting quote(s) (with line number: ex: 1.2.154)
3rd point / reason
-Supporting quote(s) (with line number: ex: 1.2.154)
Conclusion
-Ending statement

Monday, April 25, 2011

This Week: 4/25 -4/29

Monday: I was unexpectedly absent due to Airtran. Hopefully, this day was used to work on Caesar projects that are due on Thursday. There IS a blog this week.


Tuesday: Tragic hero and Julius Caesar



Wednesday: More on tragic hero



Thursday: Julius Caesar projects are due; YEAH!!!



Friday: In-class Julius Caesar timed writing

Friday, April 22, 2011

Announcements

1. There is NO blog this week

2. Here is a link to find a couple of video editing software: CLICK HERE (It really depends on your computer, but you probably already have something on your computer--MovieMaker is on Windows, iMovie is on Apple)

3. My expectations for the Julius Ceasar project--to be WOWED and see GREATNESS! (You can do it--think outside the box, but remember the THEME and Shakespeare's objective).

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

HW: Campaign Speech (honors)

Public speaking requires many skills beyond being able to speak. You must also know how to write eloquent and crowd-moving speeches. Think “I Have a Dream” and presidential addresses. Many leaders even hire speech writers to help them create their masterpieces. You’ve now been hired by either Brutus or Marc Antony to help them with their campaign to lead Rome. Now that we’ve learned about several persuasive techniques, you must incorporate them into a well-written and convincing speech. Brutus now would like very much to be the leader in Rome, but as we have heard from Antony’s speech he, too, would like to lead Rome.


Requirements:



  • Your assignment is to write a campaign speech for one of these two men. You must include at least three persuasive techniques (use your handout and notes). Your campaign speech should be at least 200 words in length, typed, double-spaced.

Grading:



  • (10 points) Type your paper and have your name, teacher, period, and date in the left corner. Your chosen character (Brutus or Antony) should be your title.

  • (30 points) Highlight the rhetorical devices in your speech and annotate in the margins which rhetorical devices you used and why.

  • (20 points) Provide notes (stage directions) on HOW you should deliver your speech (i.e. take a pause, raise/lower your voice, etc.)

  • (10 points) Show clear support for the leadership of either Brutus or Antony

  • (10 points) Be written for the plebians of Rome

  • (10 points) Be ready on Thursday, April 14, 2011; several students will be selected to present their speeches to the class

  • (10 points) Be clean in nature (school-appropriate) and free of grammatical/spelling errors

Sunday, April 10, 2011

This Week: 4/11-4/15

Welcome Back from Spring Break! MONDAY: Act 3 review: quotes, identifying persuasive techniques; finish movie viewing of Act 3 HOMEWORK: Act 3 study guide due tomorrow, review for test TUESDAY: Act 3 TEST HOMEWORK: Campaign Speech (due Thursday) WEDNESDAY: Vocabulary TEST (all 40 words); Act 4 THURSDAY: Campaign Speech due; Act 4; Sign up for final project activity FRIDAY: Act 4/5; movie viewing (No Blog due today) HOMEWORK: Leadership Essay due Tuesday