~ THE LAST CHALLENGE ~

ROMEO AND JULIET THESIS ESSAY
Your individual challenge is to write the best essay of your life.
Your team challenge is to help each other do your best.
You have the following writing prompts to use for your thesis essay. Read them over and then circle your choice.

I. Prove one of the following themes in Romeo and Juliet using examples from the play. II. Answer one of the following questions in a complete sentence (that will be your thesis sentence) and then prove it using examples from Romeo and Juliet.

1. Fighting often makes problems worse.

1. What could Romeo and Juliet have done to avert their tragedy and still be together?

2. It's what's inside a person that is most important, not riches, status or ethnic origin.

2. Who was most at fault in this tragedy and why?

3. Allowing passions to rule can be self-destructive

3. Which character do you most identify with and why?

4. It is better to tell the truth.
4. How did loyalty, as in characters like the Nurse, Friar Laurance and Balthazar, impact the lives of Romeo and Juliet? (Is loyalty always a good thing?)

STEPS FOR CREDIT

Order
 Requirement
Team Leader Initials
1
 Circle the writing prompt chosen.
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2
 Fill in Thinking Page and turn into Team for check
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3
 FIRST DRAFT
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4
 Read over first draft yourself and then have a peer edit wtih A-Maker
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5
 A-Maker: Get your paper Peer-edited by a team member using the A-Maker
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6
 A-Maker: Peer edit a team member's paper using their A-Maker
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7
 FINAL DRAFT: Reread and polish your last draft (Re-read, edit, spell and grammar check - no red or green squigglies) Get initials from Schmidt that you have no squigglies.
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Good Luck!

Teamwork is expected.
Team points will be awarded to teams with the highest overall essay averages.

 

 

 

Name:
Freshman English, Period:
Date:

RJ THESIS PAPER GRADING RUBIC

 Requirement


Strong,
Well-Developed
-4-


Met minimum
requirements
-3-

 In Process
-2-

Off topic
or weak
-1-

 Missing
-0-
1. The Thesis Paragraph
* Set-up of situation
* Thesis statement
* 3 contentions		          

2. The Body
3 well-developed paragraphs with contentions that support thesis
At least two reasons in two separate paragraphs must be from the play. An additional reason may be from, history, current events or your own life.

          
3. The Conclusion
* re-iteration of thesis
* re-iteration of contentions
          
4. Fluency and Conventions          
5. No personal references
unless in a third body paragraph relating a personal experience.
No I, me, we, us, or you		          

6. Professional
* Name, date and period
* Staple this side of the rubric face up on top of your graphic organizer with
* Thinking Page
* First draft
* A-Maker
* Final typed draft on bottom in that order

          

 TOTAL
(24 pts possible)
         

Staple this paper to the top and turn it into your class box.

* * * Well-developed paragraphs: One or two sentences do not generally constitute a well-developed paragraph. * * *
No personal references are in a thesis paper unless you are using a personal experience as one of your examples in The Body.