June 6, 2016 - June 10, 2016 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English: Romeo and Juliet Final Essay

 

Monday, June 6^th: 
Last Day of Instruction Before the Finals: 

1^st Period:

BIC:

Work on the Romeo and Juliet essay and any other outstanding work that is owed.

For tomorrow: your Romeo and Juliet essay is due. 

Make Sure  You Do the Following in the Essay:

Double-space

You have at least two paragraphs per page

You have an introductory paragraph with the thesis statement

The introductory paragraph has the title of the play and the author’s full name

The introductory paragraph has one sentence per idea you are discussing in the essay

You DO NOT WRITE “MY ESSAY IS ABOUT….” or “I AM GOING TO WRITE ABOUT….”

Make sure that each sentence has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought!!!!!!!

Make sure that you do NOT CONNECT TWO SENTENCES WITH A COMMA OR WITH NOTHING AT ALL – this is called a FUSED SENTENCE OR A RUN ON!!!!

Make sure that you capitalize all proper nouns, and the beginning of each sentence.

Make sure that you use an apostrophe with possessions!!! It is: David’s mother NOT David mother!!!!

Please do not use apostrophes with third person verbs. It is "He sleeps." NOT  "He sleep’s."

Please do not write: "Bill Shakespeare was a great writer he wrote the play Romeo and Juliet." WRONG!!!! Correct: "William Shakespeare was a great writer WHO wrote the play Romeo and Juliet." (Remember that we went over adjective clauses and relative pronouns just a few days ago. If you don’t remember, go over your Act lV Vocabulary packet.)

3rd Period:  

Work on the Romeo and Juliet essay and any other outstanding work that is owed.

 For tomorrow: your Romeo and Juliet essay is due. 

Make Sure  You Do the Following in the Essay:

Double-space

You have at least two paragraphs per page

You have an introductory paragraph with the thesis statement

The introductory paragraph has the title of the play and the author’s full name

The introductory paragraph has one sentence per idea you are discussing in the essay

You DO NOT WRITE “MY ESSAY IS ABOUT….” or “I AM GOING TO WRITE ABOUT….”

Make sure that each sentence has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought!!!!!!!

Make sure that you do NOT CONNECT TWO SENTENCES WITH A COMMA OR WITH NOTHING AT ALL – this is called a FUSED SENTENCE OR A RUN ON!!!!

Make sure that you capitalize all proper nouns, and the beginning of each sentence.

Make sure that you use an apostrophe with possessions!!! It is: David’s mother NOT David mother!!!!

Please do not use apostrophes with third person verbs. It is "He sleeps." NOT  "He sleep’s."

Please do not write: "Bill Shakespeare was a great writer he wrote the play Romeo and Juliet." WRONG!!!! Correct: "William Shakespeare was a great writer WHO wrote the play Romeo and Juliet."

(Remember that we went over adjective clauses and relative pronouns just a few days ago. If you don’t remember, go over your Act lV Vocabulary packet.)

Tuesday, June 7th: 
1st Period Final:
Turn in your essay and any outstanding work
Watch the films Romeo and Juliet and Romeo + Juliet