Having covered a good deal of introductory material, today we placed a summary of our discussions in the virtual notebook. First, we incorporated the political background leading to the formation of both the first and the second triumvirate. Bobby noted that the the play opens upon Caesar's defeat of Pompey his former "partner " in the first triumvirate. We then defined "iambic pentameter" and placed an example in the notebook followed by a discussion of the use and definition of "soliloquy". Last ,we added to the character list and located a few examples from the play exemplifying a character's trait. As Bobby and and I continued to read a few pages of the play aloud, we stopped to study how to use the text annotations and to discuss the plot. I distributed a study guide with questions which I will begin to assign tomorrow once we proceed a little further in the play.