Outlining for the Essay Test

Once you have picked your scene, characterization, event, relationship, etc from the text and movie versions of Romeo and Juliet, you need to establish what specific similarities and differences you are going to be analyzing. (All of this is explained on the assignment sheet you should have, if you don't, here is a link to it)

You should look for two specific similarities and two specific differences.  These could be between two versions or among all three.

Once you know the similarities and differences you want to focus on, you are going to think about why the directors chose to keep them similar or to change.  For this, think about the impact of the choice made by the director, what came before the choice and what comes after it.

With the 'why' in mind, you are going to find textual evidence from Shakespeare's text to support why you believe the directors made the choices that they did.  With all of this in your head/in your notes, you are ready to make an outline for your essay.

You will follow the Outline template that I handed out to you, where I. is introduction, II. is body, and III. is conclusion.  Your first step is to organize your ideas.  Are you going to write about similarities in one section and then differences in another, or are there other logical ways to organize your ideas. This link will take you to an outline organized by similarities and differences.  This link will take you to an outline organized by big ideas (that link actually has two outlines, they are both the same material, but organized in two different ways.  The first one is the similarity/diff way, the second is the main point way.).

Once you have figured out how you are organizing it, put your information that you have (similarities, textual evidence to support, differences, textual evidence to support) into the outline.

By Tuesday the 18th you should have a first draft outline for me to check so that we can work on it and prepare for the essay portion of the test, which is on Wednesday (4/19).

Wednesday, April 6 Agenda

}  Bell Ringer: Quiet / Work Time

◦       Prefix/Root Test – retake/ makeup

◦       Act 2 / Scene 2 Test - makeup

◦       AOW – Have you finished your close read?

◦       Check PowerSchool:

}  AOW – Class discussion. Reflection due Friday

}  Write this in your glossary, M page/ R&J Section (tone and mood word sheet)

◦       Mood: feeling the author creates for the reader.  Created with descriptive words, imagery and figurative language as well as the sound and rhythm of the words

}  Act 3 Scene 2  - Small Groups / Read aloud

◦       Group Notes: “Act II Scene ii” and ALL NAMES at the top of sheet

–   Summarize the key events of this scene

–   What is the mood of Shakespeare’s play (the whole thing or A3S1)? What about A3 S2?

Tuesday, April 5 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Evaluating Paragraphs
• Get out our "Types of Love" paragraph (written Monday) and make sure your name is on it. EVALUATE your own work following the instructions below.
• Partner evaluation: Exchange paragraphs with a partner.
• PARTNER: 
• Write your name on the bottom. 
• Evaluate if the paragraph is Exemplary, Accomplished, Promising, Developing, or Beginning  (Definitions are in the comments below if needed)
• Write one or more suggestions or corrections. If the paragraph is exemplary, and you cannot find any corrections, you may write "This is perfect because...." and explain how the analysis proves the topic sentence.
• Turn in the paragraph (both names should be on it)
• Read: Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Scene 1. 
• Update Day Chart
• Reminder: AoW Discussion tomorrow (Wednesday)

TIQA Paragraph - Self Evaluation Instructions

1) Circle your Topic Sentence

2) Underline where you introduce a quote

3) "Put little circles around your quotation marks and citation information for any quotes" (II, iv, 92-94).

4) Highlight your analysis

5) WRITE: My analysis says ______________
which shows _______________________

• Example:     My analysis says: My quote shows Juliet insisted on marriage before going any further  Which shows: They were in a rush because her religious beliefs said she should be married.

Monday, April 4 Agenda

}  Bell Ringer: In your Writer’s Notebook: Think of what we have read so far.  What are the different “types” of love seen in the first two acts? What are some examples of each type?

}  View Act 2 Scenes  3-6

}  TIQA paragraph- look at those posted from earlier this week

}  TIQA Levels: evaluation practice

}  Pick one of the types of love. In your writer’s notebook, in a paragraph that follows the TIQA format (look at notes), prove the existence of the type of love you have picked: 

◦       This is how you do an in-text citation for your quote: “Now art thou sociable, now art thou Romeo” (II, iv, 92-94).

}  AoW

Friday, April 1 Agenda

}  Bell Ringer:

1.       Have your SSR Book

2.       Turn in connections assignment
(if you have a plan for presenting some for EC, talk to me)

3.       Study for Word Part Test

}  Word Part Test  (Read SSR when done)

}  Act 2: Finish (Scene 5 / 6)

1.       In your R&J section, write down at least two examples of foreshadowing from Act 2.  We know how the play ends, how is that hinted at in act 2?

2.       Foreshadowing Discussion

}  Act 2 quiz –turn in to folder when done and read your book

}  Turn in SSR letter