11-20-14: Homework

Congratulations! You've written two paragraphs that compare/contrast Brutus and Antony's speeches! Today for homework, I'd like you to highlight places in your paragraphs that you can vary the words you used in order to compare/contrast their speeches. Here's a list of words you can choose from to improve your paragraphs to make them flow better:  

11-19-14: Homework

Important note: Although you can't take the plays home to read I wanted to let you all know that the play is available online. If you Google "No Fear Shakespeare Julius Caesar," you'll find the complete text!


We read Brutus's speech in class and analyzed the persuasive strategies he used while speaking to the audience. We also evaluated how he validated some of the conspirator's reasons for killing Caesar.

For homework, read Antony's speech (Act III Sc. II) on "No Fear Shakespeare." (Link for text:
 http://nfs.sparknotes.com/juliuscaesar/page_126.html)
 The modern text will be on the right side. After reading the speech you must:

-Identify one persuasive strategy Antony uses
-Explain why you think it's that specific persuasive strategy
-A quotation that tells me which line best represents the persuasive strategy selected
-Write two paragraphs that compare/contrast Brutus's speech to Antony's.
-Cite the persuasive strategy that Brutus and Antony use the most when speaking to
the audience within those two paragraphs.
-Lastly, explain which one impacted you the most within those two paragraphs and why.

Julius caesar from ariannac

Homework

 

Homework: Based on the Julius Jigsaw, or your knowledge of the text, write two potential test questions.

1. Post them in the comment section of this blog.
2. Do not make questions that are too tricky or specific.
3. Questions can be Fill in the blank, Multiple Choice, or Short Answer.
4. I will choose the best 20 questions, if your question is chosen I will add 5 points to your score on the quiz that I create and you take tomorrow!

 

The Jigsaw Classroom (gummy bear style)

Act II. Sc. I: 7 Types of Narrative Conflict by Mark Nichol

1. Person vs. Fate/God: A person's internal struggle with larger external factors such as Fate


2. Person vs. Self A person’s struggle with his or her own prejudices or doubts or character flaws constitutes this type of conflict (Hamlet).

  3. Person vs. Person: Any story featuring a hero and a villain or villains (The Count of Monte Cristo) represents this type of conflict, though the villain(s) is/are often representative of another antagonist (the opp. for protagonist).

 4. Person vs. Society When the protagonist’s conflict is about confronting institutions, traditions, or laws of his or her culture, he or she struggles to overcome them, either triumphing over a corrupt society (I draw a blank here), rejecting it (Fahrenheit 451), or giving into to it (1984).

 5. Person vs. Nature In this conflict, the protagonist is pitted against nature (Robinson Crusoe) or a representation of it, often in the form of an animal (Moby Dick).

 6. Person vs. Supernatural: Conflict with the supernatural or a struggle with a constructed alter ego (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde).

 7. Person vs. Technology: characters use technology to gain power or in which technology takes over or becomes an evil on society (Brave New World).

 Homework: Choose one type of narrative conflict, and write your own narrative (personal story) that highlights how that conflict was created. Your narrative should be 100-200 words. Consider addressing the following:

 1) What things, events, or people brought on that conflict
2) How you may have resolved it
 3) A reflection of how you resolved it (was it the best method to resolve the conflict? Could you have done something else?)