Friday

 Today you will be taking a vocabulary quiz and then working on your essays for R&J. Please remember that these essays are due on Wednesday. You can send me drafts over google docs and I will give you feedback.

 Essay: Who is To Blame for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet 

Unit Learning goal: Students will demonstrate an understanding of tragedy and Romeo and Juliet by evaluating the characters and their motivations in the play and writing a short persuasive essay using evidence from the text to discuss who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal:
4 – The student can evaluate characters and their motivations and come up with multiple interpretations based on evidence of why many characters are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
3 – The student can evaluate the characters and their motivations in the play and writing a short persuasive essay using evidence from the text to discuss who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet
2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the student can evaluate the characters and their motivations in the play and writing a short persuasive essay using evidence from the text to discuss who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet
1 – Even with help from the teacher the student is unable to do assignment

Essay Question: Who's to Blame for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

Thesis: ________ is to blame for the deaths of R and J for the following reasons 1) 2) 3)

 

W9: Draw evidence from literary or information texts to analysis, reflection, and research

 

	4	3	2	1
Thesis Statement/Opening Paragraph	Thesis statement evaluated a character and his/her motivation to come up with two or more interpretations for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.  Contains a hook.	Thesis statement evaluates a character and his/her motivations to come up with an interpretation on who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.  Contains a hook.	Thesis statement is unclear or fails to evaluate a character’s motivates or to come up with reasons for the deaths of Romeo or Juliet.	No thesis statement
Body Paragraphs/Evidence	Essay use three or more specific examples from the text to back up and prove thesis statement.  Examples are aptly analyzed	Essay uses at least two specific examples from the text to back up and prove thesis statement.  Examples are analyzed.	Examples are not specific or they are generalizations or don’t back up thesis statement.  They may or may not be analyzed.	No evidence used.
Conventions	No mistakes	1-3 small mistakes that don’t infer with reading	4 or more mistakes	Multiple mistakes that interfere with the reading or comprehension of the text
Conclusion	Conclusion restates thesis in a new way; summarizes what has been presented, and offers the reader something new to consider regarding the topic	Restates the thesis in a new way; Summarizes what has be presented	Conclusion is attempted but maybe missing parts	Conclusion is missing
Length	3 or more pages	1-2 pages	Less than a page	A paragraph