Continuing Act One

November 26, 2018

Standard:

RL.11-12.2 Determine two or more themes of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

Obj:  I can determine the theme of The Crucible and analyze the development of it throughout the course of the text.

Starter: 

Watch the video the Salem Witch Trials.

Infer what might have caused so many people to be accused of witchcraft.

Vocabulary: 

Word: Summary

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition:a brief statement or account of the main points of something.

Your Definition:

Activity: Create a summary of the reading from yesterday.

Activity: 

1.  The Crucible Pages 24-34

Narrator

Thomas Putnam

Samuel Parris

Ann Putnam

John Proctor

Giles Corey

Rebecca Nurse 

Discussion Questions

Evaluate the relationships among the characters.  

Analyze how fear impacts their ability to make decisions and draw conclusions.

Determine whether or not you believe Betty is actually sick or possessed.

Overall, what is your general opinion of the girls and the night they spent in the woods?

2.  One Pager

Individually, create a one pager based on the ideas in act one.

Include: 

Short objective summary.

Identification of a main idea of act one.

(Pages 3-34).

A quote to support this main idea. 

Explanation of quote. 

An image to support ideas.

THREE adjectives to describe the mood. 

Potential theme and explanation.

Closure: 

Make a prediction for what will happen in act two.