Course Description

Miss Cara can hardly wait to introduce YOU to Julius Ceasar, one of the most-favored of Shakespeare's historical plays. Our video lectures will go scene by scene through the play, discuss context and style, give you fun insight into the Globe Theater, and more!

This 5 week unit also includes a study of rhetorical modes of persuasion. Ethos, pathos, and logos are on full display in this classic work, and a compare/contrast study of their use is both engaging & enlightening!

Finally, Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar serves as our introduction to the uniquely participatory genre of the play. Multi-media experiences are suggested in the course to bring this unit to life for 21st century students.

The course includes a vocabulary unit, reading comprehension quizzes, class work, and - of course - recorded video lectures to help create deeper understanding and engagement with the literature.

Author & Educator

Cara Shelton

Miss Cara received a Bachelor of Arts in English from CSU, Northridge, where she graduated magna cum laude. A lifelong bibliophile, Miss Cara has been teaching Literature and English Composition courses for over twenty years now, finding that getting students talking about Literature is just as rewarding as reading it! Outside of the classroom, Miss Cara and her husband are co-ringmasters of their own "Family Circus," recently having graduated the last of their children from their own homeschool. Author of several children's books, and co-author of a set of devotional books (with her sister), Miss Cara is excited to provide literature courses that will empower parents, teachers, and students to take education into their own hands!Not all Rigor is Mortis!

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Lesson 1: The Who & Where of Julius Caeasr

    • TeacherGuide_Lesson1

    • JuliusCaesarCharacters

    • JuliusCaesar_Discussion1

    • Fast & Furious Facts_Julius Caesar Roman History.pdf

    • Julius Caesar Unit Vocabulary List

    • UnitJuliusCeasar_Lesson1_Homework
  • 2

    Lesson 2: In Media Res (We start right in the Middle of Things!)

    • TeacherGuide_Week2

    • ReadCompQuiz Lesson2

    • Julius Caesar Discussion 2.1

    • The Globe

    • Vocabulary Crossword

    • ItFigures_ClassWork

    • Julius Caesar Discussion 2.2

    • UnitJC-Homework2
  • 3

    Lesson 3: Loyalty vs. Betrayal

    • TeacherGuide_Week3

    • ReadCompQz_Unit Julius Caesar Lesson3

    • Julius Caesar Discussion 3.1

    • BrutusSoliloquy

    • VocabMagicSquare_JuliusCaesar

    • Julius Caesar Discussion 3.2

    • UnitJC_Homework_Lesson 3
  • 4

    Lesson 4: Persuasion

    • TeacherGuide_Week4

    • ReadCompQuiz Lesson4

    • Julius Caesar Discussion 4.1

    • VocabSpiral_JuliusCaesar

    • Rhetoric 101

    • Funeral Rhetoric

    • Julius Caesar Discussion 4.2

    • I2L_Hmwk_Wk4
  • 5

    Lesson 5: It's a Wrap

    • TeacherGuide_Week5

    • ReadCompQuiz Lesson5

    • Julius Caesar Discussion 5.1

    • JuliusCaesarVocabQuiz

    • Intro2LitSocratic-SeminarStudentGuide

    • SocraticSeminarEvaluation

    • Unit: Julius Caesar - Conclusion

  • $250.00

    $250.00Intro 2 Lit: Full Year Course

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