Lesson - Part 3

Assignment 3

(100 marks)

Open the Word document "essay skeleton - chart". Save it as E101U3L53surname 
In this document, complete the assignment outlined below.
Submit this assignment using the Dropbox for U3L5 Romeo and Juliet skeleton

Rather than writing a formal literary essay, you are going to create an essay skeleton by filling in the spaces in the chart. Notice that the body paragraphs follow this format: (NEXT)

  • New idea - provide a topic sentence for the paragraph that is related to your thesis statement
  • Evidence - provide evidence in the form of a strong quotation or paraphrase from the story to support your statement
  • eXplanation - explain how the detail you have chosen proves your thesis to be true
  • Evidence - provide evidence in the form of a strong quotation or paraphrase from the story to support your statement
  • eXplanation - explain how the detail you have chosen proves your thesis to be true
  • Evidence - provide evidence in the form of a strong quotation or paraphrase from the story to support your statement
  • eXplanation - explain how the detail you have chosen proves your thesis to be true
  • Transition - provide a transition from this paragraph to the next

Each body paragraph, then, will follow the "principle of thirds" - you create a statement, and then provide three pieces of evidence to support it, evidence for which you provide explanations.

The choices an individual makes may reflect that person’s character and often determine the events or direction of that person’s life. In literature, as in life, the individual chooses either to accept circumstances as they are or to take action in shaping events according to his or her beliefs or desires.

Complete the essay skeleton based on Romeo and Juliet in which William Shakespeare examines the characters' choices, answering the question, what idea(s) does Shakespeare develop regarding the significance of an individual's choices?

Begin by first filling in the red cells of the chart, followed by the evidence, and then the explanations.  
The first red cell is the thesis statement - that will be the answer to the question regarding choices.
The next three cells must be general, as well, and provide support for the thesis statement.