Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School October 23, 2014
Preliminaries Complete the introduction writing exercise on p. 38 of Composition Workshop.
Objectives: The students will be able to write an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement identifying Cassius’s character and supporting it with at least 2 specific details from the play.
Focus Lesson: Julius Caesar… Essay Writing Pre-plan Thesis (1 sentence) Support (>= 4 sentences) Draft: pre-write -> paragraph(s) Practice Test: Cassius as the protagonist Video excerpt Location of specific lines T5WS -> Thesis Draft