Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri.

Introduce Life in Teams work in computer Globe Theatre Prezi* Collect Globe Theatres Julius Caesar opening
Elizabethan England lab to research and build (award the top three a lecture with quickwrite
speech assignment* speech materials Build your own Globe prize – candy or bonus (Prezi)*
Theatre handout* (You’ll points; I call this the
HW: Continue speech “beauty contest”) HW: Life in Elizabethan
Lottery to determine need scissors and glue
preparation on your own. England speeches begin
teams and speech sticks for the construction Tone Powerpoint*
Speeches begin Monday. Monday
Week 1

topics activity.)
Give the remainder of time
HW: Begin research on HW: Finish your Globe in class today to work on
assigned topic. We’ll Theatres to enter in speech materials
be in the computer lab tomorrow’s beauty contest;
tomorrow. some in-class time will be HW: Continue working on
given to work on your speech materials
speech materials tomorrow,
so come prepared

Life in Elizabethan Life in Elizabethan Finish any remaining Life Review 1.1 answers Review 1.2 answers (if
England speeches in Elizabethan England needed from yesterday)
England speeches Assign roles and read 1.2
speeches
aloud Close read of 1.2 speech*
HW: Speeches continue HW: Speeches continue
tomorrow tomorrow Assign roles and read 1.1 Hand out 1.2 study ques- What’s in a Name* activity
together aloud. (It’s very tions worksheet.* (When and class discussion
short.) After, hand out everyone is finished, collect
the 1.1 study questions the papers and review HW: None
Week 2

worksheet* the answers as a full class

to reinforce the material.
Depending on how quickly
HW: If not done in
your class finishes, you
class, finish reading may need to do this review
1.1. Complete 1.1 study tomorrow, instead.)
questions*.
HW: If not done in class,
finish 1.2 study questions*.
 Mon.
Assign roles, Make It Rain
activity*, and read 1.3
aloud
Complete 1.3 study
questions worksheet*
and review answers when
Week 3
everyone is finished
HW: If not finished with
1.3 questions, finish as
homework tonight
Assign roles and read 3.2
Close reading of both 3.2
speeches*
Play Antony’s 3.2 speech
(This is a marvelous version
by actor Damian Lewis,
Week 4
hosted by The Guardian):
http://tinyurl.com/LewisAntony
HW: Read 3.3 on your own
(don’t worry, it’s short);
complete all of Act 3 study
questions worksheet* on
your own
Tues.
Assign roles and read 2. 1
and 2.2
Close read of 2.1 speech*
Insults/Flattery Contest*, if
time allows (you can also
save this for filler on any
other day you finish early.
Sometimes, I use the insult
option on this day and the
flattery option on a separate
day if the class finishes work
early.)
HW: None
Review Act 3 study ques-
tion answers with full class
American Brutus*
HW: If not done with
American Brutus
questions, finish them
tonight
Wed.
Character Cell Phone work-
sheet*. Choose any character
we’ve met so far and complete
the worksheet where you fill in
the content of the character’s
fictional cell phone. (It’s good
to have colored pencils avail-
able for this activity.) Collect at
the end of the period.
HW: If Character Cell Phone
worksheets aren’t finished
in class, complete tonight as
homework
Take a break from Caesar
and examine real-life uses
of the rhetorical tools ethos,
pathos, and logos with the
Steve Jobs Rhetoric Lesson*
HW: Finish Steve Jobs
questions, if not done in
class
Thurs.
Assign roles and read 2.3-
2.4
Complete all of Act 2 study
questions* and review
answers
Act 2 Character Map* (if
time allows or assign as
HW, if needed)
HW: Finish the Act 2
Character Map, if not done
in class
Assign roles and read 4.1,
4.2, and 4.3
Complete all of Act 4
study questions in groups
of two – one paper per
two kids needs to be
turned in by the end of the
hour
HW: None
Fri.
Assign roles and read 3.1
In small teams, rehearse
and re-enact the action of
3.1 as though it were a
silent film. Allow volunteer
teams to perform for the
class.
HW: Police report* of 3.1
crime scene (Depending
on your students’ enthu-
siasm for the silent film
activity, you may need to
have them begin the police
report activity in class to fill
the remaining class time.)
Assign roles and read
5.1-5.5
Complete all of Act 5
study questions on your
own.
HW: If Act 5 study
questions aren’t finished
in class, complete as
homework
 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri.

(Meet in computer lab, (Meet in computer lab, (Meet in computer lab,

Review Act 5 study Unit Exam*
perhaps?) perhaps?) perhaps?)
question answers
If everyone finishes the In-class essay research In-class essay research
Flyswatter Review Game* Assign and discuss essay
exam with time remaining, and writing time and writing time
topics*. Essay is due on
assign and discuss essay
HW: Be ready for Monday.
topics*. If not, this can be HW: Continue working on HW: Final draft of
tomorrow’s unit exam;
Week 5

introduced tomorrow. your essay essay is due Monday

bring a book to read HW: Continue working
quietly while waiting for on your essay. You’ll have
HW: None
others to finish the exam the next two days to work
on essay in the library/
computer lab. Be sure to
bring whatever materials
you need to make good
use of your writing time.

If you want to extend this unit past these five weeks, you could also view a film of the play either act-by-act as you move
through the material or save it until the end as a culminating experience while you get some essays graded. I haven’t found
any version of Julius Caesar that I love, so I usually just use a few short clips of the 1953 Marlon Brando version here and
there as we go through the play. If you’ve found a fresh, high-quality version of this play that would be good to share with
everyone, please let me know so I can add it to the list of suggestions for other teachers.

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