MONDAY: Evaluating Claims from the Prologue

Act One, Scene i

Today we are getting good at: 

Evaluating claims that show critical thinking and understanding of the text and...

Using guiding questions to analyze Act One, scene one. (I.i.)

RUBRIC TO EVALUATE CLAIMS:  http://odelleducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Evidence-Based-Writing-Rubric.pdf  (High proficiency =4.  Notice that a 4 requires "insightful" and "precise" inferences.  An inference is a claim based on reasons and evidence.)

10 minutes: In partners, go to  http://goo.gl/zZYiST and, using the above rubric, evaluate the claims from your classmates based on the prologue to Romeo and Juliet. 

5 minutes: Discuss the high scorers.

15 minutes: Listen to the first scene of Romeo and Juliet while you read along in your book.

10-15 minutes: Use two of these guiding questions to respond to your first reading of the text.  Use paragraph form.

1) What stands out to me as I first examine the text?

2) How is the text organized?

3) What words or phrases stand out to me as I read the text? Why are they important?