Objective:  I can write adept or adequate responses to Questions #1 and #2 for the Close and Critical Reading assessment of Cassius’s appeal to Brutus.

Activities:

1.  Preview the big picture of the assignment at Promethean Board.  The front  page of the district Common Assessment.  (Questions #1 and #2).

2.  Read through the handout “Close and Critical Reading Clues” for specifics.

3.  Focus Discussion:  Reading Rubric for Close and Critical Reading

4.  Write your responses to Questions #1 and #2 with the help of your double-entry journal notes, the textbook, and the dictionary.  No outside references are allowed.  Red Zone.