Objective:  I can make inferences to understand “what the text means” for a PSAT reading selection and use footnotes to understand “what the text says” in Brutus’s soliloquy at the beginning of Act II in Julius Caesar.

BW:  Read to answer questions 11-15 of the PSAT 2 informational text.

Activities:

1.  Share Out:  Why is the word “rational” in quotes? Where might the word be emphasized in the following parts of the passage(right here)?  What can be inferred by the connection between two “reasonable decisions” and “later” consequences?
2. Paraphrase experts will lead groups of four to finalize paraphrases of Brutus’s soliloquy.  Experts will emphasize using the footnote definitions in the right columns of pages 841-2 in the textbook.
3. Share Out:  What is the literal meaning of “adder”?  Which character is being inferred  by this metaphor?
4. Reminders:  Make-up Work:  Come after school for explanations of the paraphrasing of Cassius’s appeal on Tuesday(1/10).  Make-ups for writing the summary are after school on Wed(1/11) and Thurs.(1/12) until 3 pm.