Warm Up

1. Warm Up • Write down the format for a two-chunk paragraph with color coding.

2. Romeo and Juliet Final Assessment and Essay

3. Introduction Four-Paragraph Essay Format: Body Paragraph 1 Body Paragraph 2 Conclusion

4. Today’s Objectives Learning Targets – What We Learn • Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Language Targets – What We Do • Write a thesis using available sentence frames or free form. • Write topic sentences for body paragraphs. • Use checklist to evaluate a peer’s writing. • Revise own writing after peer evaluation. • Turn in thesis and topic sentences.

5. Introduction Purpose: • Get the reader’s attention. • Introduce the topic. • State the main idea. Important points: • For literary analysis, include the titles and author names completely. • Punctuate the titles correctly (underline works of great length such as novels and plays). • Place the thesis at the end of the introductory paragraph.

6. Prompt: Write a persuasive essay that takes a position on who and/or what are to blame for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Sentence Frames for Thesis: In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, _____________ and _______________ are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, it is evident that _____________ and _______ caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. As a result of ____________ and _____________, _______________ occurred in the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

7. Body Paragraphs Purpose: • State one main idea, reason or cause of death in this case, for each body paragraph. • Give evidence to support your reasoning or opinions about the cause of death or tragedy. • Explain that evidence. • Connect to the thesis.

8. Two-Chunk FormatOne Chunk = 1CD+2CMs 1- Topic Sentence – State main idea that connects to thesis. 2-Concrete Detail #1 – Fact, textual evidence, example that supports the topic sentence 3-Commentary – Explanation of CD1 4- Commentary - More explanation of CD1 5- Concrete Detail #2- Another CD that supports the TS 6-Commentary – Explanation of CD2 7- Commentary - More explanation of CD2 8 – Concluding Sentence – Restate the topic sentence and reconnect to the thesis.

9. Topic Sentence Frames • One cause of the tragedy is ______________. • It is evident that _______________ is to blame for the death of ________________. • ____________ is clearly to blame for _________________. • ____________ was/were motivated by __________ which led to ________________. • Due to the fact that ________________, it inevitably led to ________________.

10. Sample Body Paragraph Friar Laurence is most certainly to blame for the young couple’s demise. For example, when Romeo asks him to secretly marry him and Juliet, Friar Laurence says he will, “For this alliance may so happy prove, /To turn your households’ rancour to pure love” (Act I, scene III). The word “may” suggests that the outcome is uncertain. Friar Laurence only thinks about how it might help the families’ feud and does not consider other possible outcomes. He also tells Juliet to take a potion that will make her appear dead so that she and Romeo can run away together after Romeo is told about the plan (Act IV, scene 1) . This irresponsible advice is also short sighted. He does not consider that Romeo might not get the message, and the result is tragic. If Friar Laurence had not meddled so much in Romeo and Juliet’s lives, it might not have led to their doom.