Appendix
Appendix A: Implementing Pennsylvania Common Core Standards
Effective 2012-2013, Pennsylvania adopted the PA Common Core Standards, which require increased focus on close textual analysis, persuasive writing and reading informational texts. This unit satisfies these stipulations, as well as the Individuals and Societies Assessment Objectives for the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme Year Four. Both of these distinct sets of requirements are met here. At first glance this amalgam may seem awkward, but the potential of this unit to fulfill both can be realized with careful planning and alignment.
Appendix B: International Baccalaureate Unit Planning Skeleton
Statement of Inquiry
Shakespeare creates characters with universal appeal that grapple with issues applicable to all time periods through creative and economic uses of language
Factual Essential Question
How do characters represent themselves with their words?
Debatable Essential Questions
Is Brutus honorable?
Is Caesar ambitious?
Is Cassius jealous?
Is Antony loyal?
Conceptual Essential Questions
In what ways does language convey characterization?
Appendix C: Tea Party Reproducible Documents
Character Roles - reproduce and cut into strips
Cast of Characters: Julius Caesar
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Caius Cassius |
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Calpurnia |
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Casca |
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Cinna |
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Decius Brutus |
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Julius Caesar |
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Marc Antony |
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Marcus Brutus |
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Antony |
I like playing games and I love to win. I am the life of the party and a guy’s guy. I think Caesar has the right idea and I will do whatever he commands. He’s pretty much my bestie. |
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Decius Brutus |
I’m the guy that could talk an ocean into buying water. No matter what you say, I have a better interpretation. You can trust me to provide an alternative perspective. |
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Brutus |
Caesar is my friend, but this other crew is trying to recruit me. Life is a serious matter. I do not make decisions lightly. I care about Rome and I care about noble behavior. My noble family roots mean I must be very serious and professional. |
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Caesar |
More dangerous than danger am I. Some say I am ambitious, some say that I am sickly and weak. But I think they’re just mad because the public loves me and wants me to be emperor. |
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Calpurnia |
My dreams are more like movies and the fortune they predict is grim indeed. I love my husband Caesar and hope he will listen and to my protestations heed. |
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Casca |
What is more important in life than fine food, wine and gossip? I cannot think of anything. I am part of a conspiracy and willingly so. After all, I’ve always been a big-mouthed backstabber. |
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Cassius |
I don’t like it when people get credit they don’t deserve. I have many endearing and enjoyable qualities, too. I think I can talk Brutus into joining my crew. Manipulation and sarcasm are just two of my many skills. |
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Cinna |
Abandon hope! All is lost! My friends are the conspiracy, and I’m not the only Cinna in town. |
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Portia |
A husband and wife are a team, what one knows the other must know as well. I am loyal and willing to sacrifice for my husband, Brutus. Try me… |
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Soothsayer |
Into the future I can see, why won’t anyone believe me?! I tell them beware of the ides of March, over and over until I am parched. One day they’ll see, when my prophecy comes true. |
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Portia |
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Soothsayer |
Renee Baker
April 13, 2019 at 10:10 pmExcellent research
I appreciated the depth and scholarship of the unit lesson. It led me to other resources and ideas I had not considered regarding Julius Caesar. I am teaching this unit with an emphasis on rhetoric, but will now add the aspects of male friendship and political allies.
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