Students should read Act II in its entirety.
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3
- 2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5
Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
Scene One (Messina, Pompey's house)
Pompey and two of his soldiers, Menas and Menecrates, discuss their military strategy. When Pompey learns that Lepidus and Octavius Caesar are waging war against...
