Objective:  I can contrast the motives of Cassius and Brutus in the conspiracy against Caesar.

Bell:  Read Cassius’s soliloquy on p. 833.  Answer these two questions:

A.  What is the real reason why Cassius wants to assassinate Caesar?

B.  What is Cassius’s plan to fool Brutus?

Activities:

1.  Share Out:  Focus–Cassius’s Motive

2.  Teacher models annotating the first chunk in Brutus’s soliloquy.

3.  Think Pair/Share:  Students complete the left column with annotations.

4.  Share Out:  What does the text say for Chunk #2?