Are the lessons of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar still applicable today? Explore themes, characterization, and plot structure with a thorough teacher's guide to the play. The resource covers the entire text and offers rigorous activities to help you teach a full unit on the famous tragedy.

Concepts

william shakespeare, julius caesar, active reading, literary themes, literary analysis, literary devices, plot structure

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign work within the guide to collaborative groups so they work together to understand the text
• Open each day of instruction with one of the deeper comprehension questions as a journal prompt

Classroom Considerations

• Does not include an answer key, though most questions are up for interpretation

Pros

• Contains pre-, during, and post-reading questions organized by act and scene
• Includes background information about the context and playwright 

Cons

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.4 RL.9-10.5 RL.9-10.6 RL.9-10.9 RL.9-10.10a RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.6 RL.11-12.10a