Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: Act 1-3 Unit Bundle

Have your students gain the full William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar experience using this Act 1-3 bundle of: activities, quizzes, writing prompts, exam, and more.

What's Included:

• 5 Activities
  • 2 Pre-Reading Items
    • Major Themes Debate
    • Research Jigsaw

• • Character Analysis Wanted Poster
  • Superstitions Research Lesson
  • Campaign and Attack Ad Election Posters using ethos, pathos, logos

• 3 Reading Guides
  • 3 printable guides students will: summarize scenes, answer reading questions (approx. 5+ questions per each scene),and pose questions or make predictions over the reading
  • The above is inspired from AVID-based Cornell Notes.

• 5 Writing Prompts
  • 3 writing topics with spaces to plan their paragraphs sentence by sentence
  • 2 topics include passage excerpts for students to annotate for rhetorical analysis
    • these excerpts use a modern translation of the original Shakespearean text

• 2 Quizzes
  • Two quizzes and keys
    • 17 questions on an Act 1-2 quiz
    • 20 questions on an Act 3 quiz
    • Quizzes include multiple choice, true/false, and fill in the blank (with provided answer option box)

• Exam & Review
  • 1 multiple choice exam and key
    • 40 total questions
    • Exam includes multiple choice, true/false, and matching (both character traits and significant quotes)

• • 1 review featuring a crossword, quote reflection, and character comparisons

Pre-Reading Activities Info

If you are getting ready to read William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, here are two lessons to get students thinking about the play before you start it.

What's Included:

• 10 true or false statement questions related to the text and space to provide reasoning.
  • Use these questions to stimulate a debate between your students
  • After, there is space for students to reflect on the debate's outcome

• Jigsaw activity with 5 research topics for students to present on
  • each topic includes specific items for students to include in their research
  • topics include:
    • Globe Theater, Life of William Shakespeare, 1500s - 1600s history, the Roman Republic, Life of Julius Caesar

Wanted Poster Lesson Info

Determine the real villain in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar via a character analysis wanted poster.

What's Included:

• Instructions stipulating for students to craft a wanted poster over particular characters in the play
  • students will need to pull text evidence, interpret, and draw to complete the lesson

• PDF and fillable slideshow versions of wanted poster template

Superstitions Lesson Info

Students will uncover the mysteries and origins of superstitions and apply their findings to characters in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar .

What's Included:

• PDF and Google Doc versions of the assignment / lesson
• 15 different superstitions to research
• Character reflection and self-reflection writing prompts

Campaign Posters Info

Students will show off their rhetorical strategies (ethos, pathos, logos) and debate skills to elect a new leader of Rome from characters in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

What's Included:

• Instructions to create two persuasive posters (campaign poster and attack ad poster) for characters in the play
  • students will need to provide specific reasoning using character analysis skills to support their posters

• Grading rubric
• 1 Rhetorical Strategies (ethos, pathos, logos) Poster
• 13 uniquely colored posters with a variety of verb options
  • Over 70+ verbs with definitions on how best to use them and in what context