Romeo and Juliet

We will be viewing, reading, and listening to Romeo and Juliet over the next few weeks. You will be taking a background quiz on Shakespeare and an end quiz on Romeo and Juliet. Update:  The end quiz will be on Tuesday, February 28.   You will also be doing a group project at the completion of the play -- a skit! At the completion of the play, you will also be completing a writing assignment.  Below is a copy of the assignment given to you in class.   Update:  The due date for the assignment below is Wednesday, March 7.  

Writing Prompt for Romeo and Juliet

Compose a well-developed log entry response to the writing prompt below.  Your log should include a strong thesis statement in the opening paragraph and specific support from the text of the play (including at least three direct quotations).  It should be approximate 2-3 pages in length.  Use the proper MLA heading and internal documentation format for this formal log entry.  All formal thesis paper rules apply.  You will hand in a printed copy to me and upload it to www.turnitin.com .

Your Name

My Name

9 Academic English

Due Date (Day Month Year)

Title

Internal Documentation for a play:         
(Shakespeare Act. Scene. Line)
(Shakespeare 1.2.5-10)

WRITING PROMPT:  EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG ROMEO, BENVOLIO, AND MERCUTIO.  WHAT TRAITS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE DOES EACH REPRESENT? PROVIDE EXAMPLES TO DEFEND YOUR RESPONSE.  WHAT MIGHT SHAKESPEARE HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF LIFE THROUGH THESE CHARACTERS?  CONCLUDE BY DISCUSSING WHO YOU FIND YOU ARE MOST LIKE:  ROMEO, BENVOLIO, OR MERCUTIO?  EXPLAIN WHY. 

I will be grading you on the following:

• Strength of thesis statement and introduction
• Body paragraphs contain specific, convincing, & well-organized support; direct quotations are carefully chosen and effectively incorporated
• Essay includes vivid vocabulary and a variety of sentence structures (diction and syntax)
• Overall mechanics (no you, no fragments or run-ons, no contractions or informal language)  and style           
• The proper use of I