STUDY GUIDE. Julius Caesar WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

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2 Hamlet Julius Caesar Macbeth The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Night s Dream Othello Romeo and Juliet The Tempest Development and Production: Laurel Associates, Inc. Cover Art: Black Eagle Productions Three Watson Irvine, CA [email protected] Website: Copyright 2003 by Saddleback Educational Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher, with the exception below. Pages labeled with the statement Saddleback Educational Publishing 2003 are intended for reproduction. Saddleback Educational Publishing grants to individual purchasers of this book the right to make sufficient copies of reproducible pages for use by all students of a single teacher. This permission is limited to a single teacher, and does not apply to entire schools or school systems. ISBN Printed in the United States of America

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3 CONTENTS Notes to the Teacher Facts About the Author Facts About the Times Facts About the Characters Summaries by Act Literary Glossary Answer Key ACT EXERCISES 1 Pre-reading, Introduction Comprehension Check, Act Words and Meanings, Act Character Study, Act Synonyms and Antonyms, Act Recalling Details, Act Comprehension Check, Act Words and Meanings, Act Character Study, Act Synonyms and Antonyms, Act Analyzing Similes and Metaphors, Act Comprehension Check, Act Words and Meanings, Act Character Study, Act Synonyms and Antonyms, Act Finding Cause and Effect, Act Comprehension Check, Act Words and Meanings, Act Character Study, Act Synonyms and Antonyms, Act Analogies, Act Comprehension Check, Act Words and Meanings, Act Character Study, Act Synonyms and Antonyms, Act Considering Point of View, Act END-OF-BOOK EXERCISES 27 Looking Back Final Exam, Part Final Exam, Part Final Exam, Part UNIVERSAL EXERCISES 29 Beyond the Text Theme Analysis Character Study Vocabulary Study Glossary Study Critical Review, Part Critical Review, Part

... 15 5 Synonyms and Antonyms, Act 1.................. 16 6 Recalling Details, Act 1... 17 7 Comprehension Check, Act 2.................. 18 8 Words and Meanings, Act 2.................. 19 9 Character Study, Act 2.

4 JULIUS CAESAR Act 1 3 WORDS AND MEANINGS NAME DATE A. Find and circle the hidden vocabulary words from Act 1. Words may go up, down, across, backward, or diagonally. Check off each word as you find it. CLOAK CHARIOT STRANGE MISTAKEN BARGAIN ANCESTORS IDLE WEEP OPINION FAMOUS HONOR WORTH A S R O T S E C N A C I D C B M U F S L E T D K M H L V H O N O R R O J E A C N N G H A W Q P P K R W O E R S K O O I I Y I B P Q K T I R V N D P O K J H J A U T A I L S T R A N G E T H N O E Q A F P X W I F S B N L Z R E Y B A R G A I N C U E M L O S X H G D M E W N Z T S U O M A F G M B. Now complete each sentence with one or more of the hidden words. 1. What you think about an issue is your about it. 2. A person who is is not doing anything. 3. It would be very to see a on a modern street. 4. You might very sadly if your was questioned. 5. If you are about something, you are wrong. 6. Someone whose name is known by many people is. 7. A is a type of coat without sleeves. 8. A is either an agreement or a good buy. 9. Another word for value is. 14 Saddleback Educational Publishing 2003 Three Watson, Irvine, CA Phone: (888) Fax: (888)

CLOAK CHARIOT STRANGE MISTAKEN BARGAIN ANCESTORS IDLE WEEP OPINION FAMOUS HONOR WORTH A S R O T S E C N A C I D C B M U F S L E T D K M H L V H O N O R R O J E A C N N G H A W Q P P K R W O E R S K O

5 JULIUS CAESAR Act 1 4 CHARACTER STUDY NAME DATE A. Who s who? First, unscramble the names of some of the characters you met in Act 1. Then answer each question with one of the unscrambled names. AACCS RALLSUMU EASCRA RUSBTU NOYATN SUSCIAS VAFIULS 1. Who regretted that his wife was childless? 2. What two tribunes drove commoners from the city streets? and 3. Who thought Brutus had been avoiding him? 4. Who agreed to consider Cassius s complaints about Caesar? 5. Who offered Caesar the crown? 6. Whom did Cassius invite to dine with him? B. Who said what? Write the character s name next to the line that he or she spoke. 1. :... I love / The name of honor more than I fear death. 2. : But for my own part, it was Greek to me. 3. : He is a noble Roman and well-respected. 4. : That Cassius has a lean and hungry look. / He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous. 5. : Weep into the river until the / Lowest stream kisses the highest shores. 6. : Why, man, he strides the narrow world / Like a Colossus : You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! Saddleback Educational Publishing 2003 Three Watson, Irvine, CA Phone: (888) Fax: (888)

Who thought Brutus had been avoiding him? 4. Who agreed to consider Cassius s complaints about Caesar? 5. Who offered Caesar the crown? 6. Whom did Cassius invite to dine with him? B. Who said what?

Note: These activities are suitable for students who don t know a lot (possibly nothing at all) about Shakespeare s writing.

Note: These activities are suitable for students who don t know a lot (possibly nothing at all) about Shakespeare s writing. Shakespeare Teacher s notes Level: Topic: Subject(s): Time (approx): Preparation: Lower Intermediate (and above) Shakespeare Literature and History Activity 1: 15-20 minutes Activity 2: 10 minutes Activity