Reading Log Requirements: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
The following must be in the exact order as follows; all Act/scene summaries must be titled. Notes should
be titled and dated as well.
1. Notes: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar powerpoint notes (9/6 and 9/7)
2. Notes: Background information on Julius Caesar/ notes from video (9/10)
3. Prereading Anticipation Guide and instructions for Reading The Tragedy of Julius
Caesar/reading log requirements (modified below) (9/12)
**For your Comprehension questions which begin with Act II, you must include the question sheet and
your answers on separate sheets of paper right behind it. Be sure to label/title each sheet with the
Act/scene that the answers address.
Act I: scene i
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Summary(9/13)
Notes: Symbols and Characters—noblemen and commoners making up the “mob”
(9/14)
Act I: scene ii
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Summary (9/14)
Notes: Character traits chart—Brutus, Caesar, and Cassius (9/17)
Act I: scene iii
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Summary (9/17)
Notes: (typed for you—says For Students at the top)—Setting: Mood/ tone and Theme
(9/20) –these are the only typed notes you can include in your packet—everything else
must be in your own handwriting
Act II: scene i
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Summary (9/24)
Notes: character Map (9/24)
Notes: character traits—Chart (chart from Act I, scene ii continued, and notes on : Marc
Antony, Cassius, Calpurnia, Brutus—Stoicism and Epicureanism philosophies (9/26-including scenes ii-iv as well)
Act II: scenes ii – iv
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Summary (all together)(9/25)
Notes: questions from scenes i to iv worksheet( 9/25)
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Notes: symbols Chart (list of symbols in chart format Act I to Act II/themes List (used
themes from Act I)and evidence to support themes (9/26 and 9/27)
Act III: all scenes (i-iii)
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Summary (all three scenes together) (10/8)
Questions from each scene (answers must use part of question and be in complete
sentences) (10/2—checked on 10/8 in class)
Rhetoric Worksheets (2 worksheets: one with definitions of Rhetorical devices and one
is an exercise identifying Rhetorical devices used in Antony’s speech given in Act
III)(10/8)
Act IV: All Scenes (i-iii)
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Summary all scenes together (10/24)
Comprehension Questions (i-iii)
Figurative Language Worksheet (10/29)
Shakespeare’s Characteristics of a Tragic Hero (10/26—typed version is fine—it is a
handout)
Act V: All Scenes (i-v)
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Summary all scenes together (10/31)
Comprehension Questions (i-v) (10/30 and 10/31)
Tragedy and Tragic Hero worksheet (10/31)
Theme worksheet (11/1)