Wednesday

 

 Today - in groups  - review for Thursday's test. Note, I'm moving the Vocabulary Quiz to MONDAY.

In GROUPS:

 

1) Identify and discuss the meanings of 2 themes (makes sure you can give at least three examples of scenes that reinforce these themes).

2) Discuss how "The Crucible" is an allegory.

3) Discuss 4-5 aspects of the Puritan (examples from the text) that appear in "The Crucible"

4) Discuss the backstory of Abigail and Proctor

5) Analyze the meaning of Proctor's death. What might is symbolize?

6) Make an outline of the important characters in the play.

7) Briefly give the setting of each act and summarize the events of the act.

8) Discuss how/why Parris and Hale begin to believe the witchcraft was fake.

9) What is the main type of conflict in the story? Why?

 

Tuesday

 Today or tomorrow we will finish "The Crucible" and take a big TEST over it. We will also wrote on your next draft of personal narratives.

Draft 2 is due on Monday.

Friday

 Today, I'm going to give you some time to work on your quizzes from yesterday and then we will get to Act III.

GOOD LUCK!

Thursday

 New Vocabulary:

Supinely

Inviolate

Martial

Despotism

Prudent

Abrogate

Buttress

Concomitant

Diaphanous

Impinge

 

 

Wednesday

 Today we are going to continue to read ACT II.

If we finish you have time to work on your second draft of your personal narrative.

We also need to begin to review vocabulary for the upcoming quiz!

Tuesday

 Today, we are going to start Act II of The Crucible

First, we need to work on words of the day and discuss what happened in Act I.

Friday

 Please finish Act 1 of The Crucible and answer questions 1-7 on page 163.