video of Julius Caesar

This week, we finished reading, listening to, and watching the William Shakespeare play "Julius Caesar."

I have previously added links to the text and audio.  I was informed today, that you can also access the CCC streaming video that we watched part of in class.  You can get to it in two ways.  You can either log onto your Student Portal for AHS.  Then on the left side look for the tab that says CCC streaming.  Then type Julius Caesar into the search box on the left hand side.  It will then be the first video.  You can also click on this link and it should take you to the portal:

http://videoserver.polk-fl.net/NDM/login.do?loginName=00034009&clientKey=bUfAjPGsAyCFbcYxgMpZ5O72XegaUs7h5WBMrjmanxGt1qfNo61NV5kJPyw3inou&firstName=Amy&lastName=Pinker&group=teacher&campus=Auburndale%20Senior%20High&domainId=1

Tuesday 5/13 and Wednesday 5/14

My first second and third period classes were taking the Biology EOC, so while they were doing that students completed the reading check on page 796.  They answered all of the questions (A-G) and they were to answer them in complete sentences.  I told them this and told them that if they were not in complete sentences, I told them that I would mark them wrong. 

I have also created study guides, because I noticed that students had a hard time answering the questions, which tells me that they are not paying attention.  They will now answer questions as we read.  These guides should help them study for their final as well. 

Here is a link to the text of the play:  http://shakespeare.mit.edu/julius_caesar/full.html

Here is a link to the audio reading of the play, act by act:  http://mistermax.wikispaces.com/Audio+Version+of+Julius+Caesar

You will find a copy of the study guide questions below. 

Please use both to help answer the study guide questions:

Name;_______________________________________________________

Date: ________________________________

Period:_______________________________

Answer the questions with complete sentences. 

Act I

1.      In Scene I, what do Flavius and Marullus tell the commoners to do?

2.      What is the Soothsayer's advice to Caesar?

3.      Explain the difference between how Cassius and Brutus feel about Caesar.

4.      Caesar clearly gives his thoughts about Cassius. What does he say?

5.      Summarize Casca's explanation of why Caesar looked so sad.

6.      At the end of Scene II in lines 312 - 326, Cassius makes plans. What plans does he make? Why?

7.      Casca says, "For I believe they are portentous things/Unto the climate that they point upon."

8.      Why does Cassius want Brutus to join the conspiracy?

Act II

9.      To what decision does Brutus come in his orchard? Why?

10.  What does Lucius give to Brutus in Scene I?

11.  Why doesn't Brutus want to swear an oath with the conspirators?

12.  Why does Brutus decide not to ask Cicero to join them?

13.  Brutus is against killing Mark Antony. Why?

14.  Why did Brutus say, "Render me worthy of this noble wife!"?

15.  Of what does Calphurnia try to convince Caesar?

16.  Caesar yields to Calphurnia's wishes at first. Why does he change his mind and decide to go to the Senate meeting?

17.  What does the note Artemidorus wants to give to Caesar say?

Act III

18.  What is ironic about the timing of Caesar's murder (in relation to the preceding events)?

19.  In the moments following Caesar's death, what do the conspirators proclaim to justify their deed?

20.  Antony's servant brings a message to Brutus. What does he say

21.  Antony wants to speak at Caesar's funeral. What reaction does Brutus have? Cassius?

22.  5.Under what conditions will Antony speak at the funeral?

23.  What did Brutus say to the people at the funeral?

24.  What did Antony say to the people at the funeral in his now famous "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" speech?

25.  Why did Brutus and Cassius flee Rome?

26.  What is the point of Act III Scene III?

Act IV

27.  What did Antony, Octavius and Lepidus gather to discuss?

28.  To what does Antony compare Lepidus?

29.  What problem has developed between Cassius and Brutus? How is it resolved?

30.  What news did Messala bring Brutus?

31.  For what reasons does Brutus want to lead his armies to Philippi?

32.  What message did Caesar's ghost bring Brutus?

Act V

33.  Why did Pindarus stab Cassius?

34.  What causes Titinius to say, "The sun of Rome is set!"?

35.  Who do the soldiers believe they have captured in Scene IV? Who is it really?

36.  How does Brutus die?

37.  Why did Antony say Brutus was the "noblest Roman of them all"?

Resume writing

This week, students are preparing to create a resume. They gathered information, and then will apply this information to their resume.  Resumes will be due on Monday May 5.  We will continue working on them today and tomorrow using the laptop cart in the classroom. On Monday a printed copy of your resume must be turned in to Mrs. Dewalt or emailed to her at amy.pinker@polk-fl.net.  THEY MUST BE TURNED IN ON MONDAY AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS.

We also read about William Shakespeare this week, and learned about The Globe Theater.

On Monday, we will then begin reading Julius Caesar.

4/21, 4/22, & 4/23

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, students finished the last round of FAIR testing.

On Wednesday, we were working on parenthetical citations for your research project.  Students were given examples of parenthetical citations from the Purdue Owl website.  Then, as a class we read an article about Sun Halos, which we witnessed here in Florida last week.  Students were then asked to create parenthetical citations using the examples along with the article read.

4/14 and 4/15

Students will be taking the FCAT Reading and Math tests on these days.  Students please get a good night's sleep and please eat before you come to school, or eat breakfast at school.  It will help you while taking the FCAT.  I will be informing students of where to go and when on Friday and Monday mornings.

4/10 & 4/11

Today students are practicing taking the FCAT on laptops.  They are completing FCAT practice tests at USF's website.  They will be doing this on Thursday and Friday of this week.  They will then be testing on Monday and Tuesday of next week.

4/8/14

Today students were learning about quotes and how to use them within their research papers.  We read pages 48-49, 89-91in the  Writing a Research Paper handbook.  Students then completed exercise 9 on pages 91-92 finishing the quotes just as they might use them in their research papers.

4/3 Ok so I have been slacking

Hi guys.  I have been slacking on my posting here on the blog.  This week we have been learning about primary and secondary sources and how to cite them.

In the writing a research paper workbook we completed exercises 10 and 11 on pages 39-40.

We then read pages 21-24.

3/17 Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Students finished and turned in their completed essays for the final assessment for the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.  If a student was absent on either Thursday 3/13. Friday 3/14, or today, 3/17, then they have until tomorrow at the end of the day to get me their essay.

3/12-3/14

For this lesson, we used a powerpoint presentation that illustrated things from the novel Things Fall Apart.  We discussed the culture here in our United States, and compared and contrasted it to the culture of the Igbo tribe in Umuofia before English colonization in the 19th century.  Students completed a graphic organizer which included 3 similarities and 3 differences in each of the societies.  Students will then use this graphic organizer tomorrow to write their final assessment for this unit.  They will be writing a four paragraph essay to show the differences.  They must use specific examples from the novel and from their own life experiences.

If you did not finish here is a link to the book:

http://kathystefanides.escuelacampoalegre.wikispaces.net/file/view/things-fall-apart-chinua-achebe+(1).pdf

3/10-3/15

We finished reading Things Fall Apart.  We did not read the play at the end of the book.  We then watched a powerpoint presentation that included pictures of many of the African things that were described and included in the novel.  We discussed some of the similarities and differences between our culture and the Igbo Tribe culture portrayed in the novel.

On Thursday and Friday, we will be completing the final assessment for the novel.  Students will be collaboratively working with another student to find textual evidence in the book that supports some similarities and differences between our society and the Igbo Tribe society in pre-colonial Africa, before England began to colonize the country.

Students will then compile these similarities and differences into a four paragraph essay.  

3/3-3/5

As a class, we continued reading "Things Fall Apart."

2/26

Students will complete vocabulary worksheet for chapters 14-19.  Students should

2/25

Today students completed vocabulary work for chapters 11-13.  They were to read the sentence from the text, then they were to try to guess at the meaning of the word by using the context clues in the sentence.  They were to then look up the definition of the word and write the ENTIRE definition on their papers--not one word!  They then completed the matching section on the back of the paper.  They were turned in to be graded.

2/21

Today we talked about and reviewed body paragraphs and conclusion paragraph.  Here is the a link to the video that I showed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zYfztmFD5g

Here also is a link to The Write Stuff powepoint presentation that I showed:

http://www.slideshare.net/ewaszolek/the-write-stuff-essay

If you are looking for more help--google your topic.  There are plenty of videos on Youtube and all kinds of information on Google.

#1 remember to not stress about the FCAT writes.  Writing a 5 paragraph essay is a simple formula--you can do it.

Writing a 5 paragraph essay

Paragraph 1

Introduction:     Hook
                        Background Information
                        Thesis Statement which includes:  Topic
                                                                           Your opinion
Paragraphs 2, 3, & 4

Body Paragraphs:  Topic Sentence
                             Examples (2)
                             Conclusion sentence that ties your examples in to your topic sentence

Paragraph 5

Conclusion:       Restate your thesis in a different way
                        Summarize your essay in a few words or sentences
                        Leave your readers with a lasting impression

Yes I am a slacker. Here is the information for the week of 2/18-2/21

This week we are reviewing for the FCAT writes test which is next Tuesday, February 25th.  

On Tuesday, we reviewed writing a thesis statement.  Below you will find a link to the video that I showed in class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e2EthZC0aU

All of the following are good resources for writing a thesis:  

1. Creating a Thesis Statement - Purdue Online Writing Lab

   https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/‎

   Purdue University

   Feb 10, 2014 - This resource provides tips for creating a thesis statement andexamples of different types of thesis statements.

2. Thesis Statements - The Writing Center

   https://writingcenter.unc.edu/.../thesis-statem...‎

   University of North Caroli...

   This handout describes what a thesis statement is, how thesis statements work in your writing, and how you can discover or refine one for your draft.

   You visited this page on 2/13/14.

3. How to Write an A+ Thesis Statement - YouTube

   www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HePQWodWiQ‎

   YouTube

   Feb 19, 2010 - How to Write an A+ Thesis Statement. ... How to write a thesis statement in 4 minutes.by Alex Robson38,407 views; 19:50. Watch Later Writing ...

4. How to Write a Thesis Statement (with Free Sample Statement)

   www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Thesis-Statement‎

   wikiHow

   How to Write a Thesis Statement. Whether you are writing a short essay or a doctoral dissertation, your thesis statement will arguably be the most difficult ...

   ‎Sample Thesis - ‎Getting it Right - ‎Finding the Perfect Thesis - ‎Writing it Well

5. Thesis Statements - Indiana University

   www.indiana.edu/~wts/.../thesis_statement.shtml‎

   Indiana University

   Jan 30, 2008 - How To Write a Thesis Statement. What is a Thesis Statement? Almost all of us—even if we don't do it consciously—look early in an essay for a  ...

6. Tips on Writing Your Thesis Statement

   depts.washington.edu/pswrite/thesisstmt.html‎

   University of Washington

   It is the road map to the argument you will subsequently develop in your paper. The key difference between an opinion statement and thesis statement is that a ...

7. Creating and Argument: Developing a Thesis Statement

   writing.wisc.edu › Writer's Handbook‎

   University of Wisconsin‑M...

   Many papers you write require developing a thesis statement. In this section you'll learn what a thesis statement is and how to write one. Keep in mind that not all ...

8. Writing Tips: Thesis Statements - Center for Writing Studies

   www.cws.illinois.edu/.../writers/tips/thesis/‎

   University of Illinois at Urb...

   Defining the Thesis Statement. What is a thesis statement? Every paper you writeshould have a main point, a main idea, or central message. The argument(s) ...

9. The Thesis Statement - Guide to Grammar and Writing

   grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/.../thesis.htm‎

   Capital Community College

   Although it is certainly possible to write a good essay without a thesis statement (many narrative essays, for example, contain only an implied thesis statement), ...

10. Thesis Statements: How to Write Them in Academic Essays | Jerz's ...

    jerz.setonhill.edu › Writing › Academic‎

    Seton Hill University

    A good thesis is not merely a factual statement, an observation, a personal opinion or preference, or the question you plan to answer. Yes (good example) ...

On Wednesday, we went over Introduction Paragraphs:  

You will find the powerpoint link below, along with an information 

sheet that I handed out:
  http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=writing%20a%20five%20paragraph%20essay%20powerpoint&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDYQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Flearn.bcbe.org%2Fmod%2Fresource%2Fview.php%3Fid%3D320299&ei=G1IGU_StAsblkAeZ64DQDg&usg=AFQjCNHwX-HYRRWX0W3xLzlksmI1N-H3lg&sig2=xirtvl2kkXlocRzRH3b1TQ&bvm=bv.61725948,d.eW0

Writing an effective introduction to a five-paragraph essay is absolutely essential to producing a successful paper. This takes knowing what an introduction should do and knowing how to write an effective introduction for a standard academic essay. 

1) What should an introduction in a five-paragraph paper do? What is the point or purpose of an introduction in the whole piece? For one, it should be a sort of outline for your essay. Look at the following points to understand exactly what is expected to be accomplished in the all important introduction. 

a) First and foremost, you need to bring the reader into the topic and your thesis. You want to do this immediately. Do not play around with useless words. Be direct. It is OK to give background information, but be concise and short with it. 

b) After bringing the reader into the topic, you need to establish and plant your position or opinion. You do this by introducing the evidence you plan to present. Make clear what you think.

c) Lastly, write your thesis sentence in a powerful and clear way. Use action verbs and not passive verbs. This makes the words sound more alive.

2) Writing your introduction is not as easy as it sounds, but if you follow this step-by-step guide, you should have no problem writing an effective and engaging introductory paragraph. For a five-paragraph essay, the introduction should be four to seven sentences. Be sure to mix up long and short sentences. It's better for the flow.

a) The first sentence should, in an exciting way, introduce the reader to the paper's topic. Do not boringly drag the reader into the essay. Give the reader a figurative wake-up smack with a hard-hitting sentence. Take a look at the opening sentence example: "Death echoes throughout Shakespeare's "Hamlet," reminding the reader of an ever-present force in the plot."

b) Sentences two, three, four, five and six should introduce the argument and why this topic is important in the book, play or poem. Simultaneously, it should begin to show where you stand on the argument or issue.

c) The last sentence should be your thesis statement. The thesis statement should be powerful, clear, and worded well. When writing the rest of your piece, remember to reemphasize your thesis.

On Thursday, we discussed transition words and other basics of the test.  This is the powerpoint we looked at:

Transition Words transition_words.ppt - Swift Classroom

www.swiftclassroom.com/ims/johnsenk/.../transition_words.ppt?id=6020‎

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Transition Words. Words to Add, Compare, Contrast,. Exemplify, Summarize, and Sequence. The Functions of Transition Words. Transitions function to connect ...

You visited this page on 2/19/14.

I also handed out an worksheet that you can read about transition words.  Here is the link to it:

http://www.smart-words.org/linking-words/transition-words.html

This is a good presentation for an expository paragraph:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=transition%20words%20powerpoint&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CHIQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclassroom.ldisd.net%2Fusers%2F0048%2FBrooke%2520Expository%2520Writing%2520PPT%2520Refined.pptx&ei=qk4GU7i1OdTKkAfY44G4Ag&usg=AFQjCNEHM7EAbAu1Zxu-b43j2LjdSf_rRw&sig2=pRo19JgHYtOjcmii2yqQWw&bvm=bv.61725948,d.eW0

On Friday, we will be discussion Body Paragraphs and Conclusion.