1. Materials needed: -Pencil -Handout on table#1
Materials needed: -Pencil -Handout on table
Respond to the following warm-up on the handout under Warm-up:
What is Romeo’s punishment for killing Tybalt?

2. #2
Think-Pair-Share
Under the Think-Pair-Share section of your handout, write down your answer the following question and then share with your partner for 1 minute: Who is to blame for Tybalt’s death and why: Mercutio or Tybalt?

3. SEE SETS in Argumentative Writing#3
SEE SETS in Argumentative Writing
Statement: Statement about your topic that you are going to prove and explain. Evidence: Evidence that proves your topic/statement. Explanation: Explanation of evidence that connects it back to your original statement.

4. SEE SET EXAMPLE (Blaming Romeo for Tybalt’s death)#4
SEE SET EXAMPLE (Blaming Romeo for Tybalt’s death)
STATEMENT: Romeo is to blame for Tybalt’s death through urging Tybalt to fight against him for revenge against his best friend Mercutio.
EVIDENCE: In Act 3, Scene 1 in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo exclaims, “now, Tybalt, take the ‘villain’ back again” ( ).
EXPLANATION: Romeo demonstrates the urge to fight against Tybalt, by asking him to call Romeo a villain again, in order to show that he should not run away and fight him for revenge of the death of his best friend Mercutio. Romeo’s urge to fight against Tybalt causes the ultimate blame as to why Tybalt died and caused further conflict between both families.

5. #5
On the BACK of your handout respond to the following prompt using the SEE SET model: Using textual evidence, write an argument to proving either Mercutio or Tybalt is to blame for Tybalt’s death in Act 3, Scene 1.
REQUIREMENTS:
You MUST provide a STATEMENT that states either Mercutio or Tybalt to blame and WHY.
You MUST find 1 quote from the play for your EVIDENCE.
You MUST have an EXPLAINATION that connects back to your statement and reason why.
**Remember to introduce your quote.
**Remember to cite your evidence correctly with the Act, Scene, and Line(s). Example: (3.1.44)
**Remember to thoroughly explain your quote and HOW it relates back to your statement.

6. Rate yourself and your partner on the scale#6
Rate yourself and your partner on the scale
3: I can cite textual evidence from the text (play) to support analysis of what the text says, as well as to support inferences drawn from the text with complete success on my own. 2: I can cite textual evidence from the text to support analysis and use textual evidence to support inferences drawn from the text with partial success. 1: I can cite textual evidence from the text to support analysis OR use textual evidence to support inferences drawn from the text with partial success with additional help.

7. Closing Task: Identify the 3 errors#7
Closing Task: Identify the 3 errors
STATEMENT: The family feud between the Montague's and Capulet's is responsible for the demise of Romeo and Juliet’s characters.
EVIDENCE: “Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, by thee old Capulet and Montague, have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets (Act 1, Scene 1, 82-84).
EXPLANATION: This quote shows that the family feud is responsible for Romeo and Juliet dying.