Julius Caesar Lesson Plan

"Character Bios" and Dramatic Irony, Day 2

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will develop a better acquaintance with the play's historical context and with an important literary device in this work

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.11-12.4

Structure:

Julius Caesar is laden with dramatic irony, made richer by a historical narrative that would have been familiar to Shakespeare's audience. This activity is designed on the one hand to provide students with a working knowledge of the historical events depicted in this play and on the other, to examine ways in...