AMERICAN LITERATURE

Week 5: The Salem Witch Trials

AM LIT DO NOW 5/19/14

List a couple facts you know about witches. What are they? How do we know someone’s a witch? What do we do with them etc,

ELITE: Besides literal witches, what else could a “witch hunt” be? (Hint: sometimes it is mentioned in politics)

AM LIT DO NOW 5-20-14

Write the following sentence: “Today’s Do Now is binder work”

Then, on a separate sheet of paper,

1. Write out the bold terms on pg. 135 and define or describe them.

2. Read page 134 and record two interesting or noteworthy facts about Arthur Miller.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

To learn the characters, setting and conflict in the exposition of the play.

AM LIT DO NOW 5-21-14

In the exposition of a story, we learn about characters, setting, and the beginning of the conflict. What have we learned so far about the characters, setting, and conflict in “The Crucible”?

Turn in Internet Witch Hunt worksheet to US MAIL BASKET. You may turn in it tomorrow. No late work will be accepted for the remainder of the year though…

SUCCESS TODAY MEANS

Students will discover the social context of the play noting who has beef with whom, understanding our characters so that we can make sense of the action to come.

You know you are successful if you can name the different families in the play and their drama with other people.

You also find study guide answers (which help keep you focused in your close reading)

AM LIT DO NOW 5-22-14

What happened when Rebecca Nurse approached the screaming Betty?

Do you think the witch specialist Rev. Hale will calm the town down or get them going?

Do you think Tituba is going to get into trouble for her role in the “conjuring of spirits’?

Turn in Internet Witch Hunt worksheet to US MAIL BASKET. No late work will be accepted for the remainder of the year though…

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

To understand the social context of Salem.

To explore how people react to pressure and fear of punishment…hehe

Success means you note your discoveries and answers to the close reading questions on the study guide

AM LIT DO NOW 5-23-14

Rev. Hale arrives on the scene with big heavy books in his arms which he says are “weighted with authority.”

1. Is there anything symbolic about Hale having lots of books? (Remember how each Gatsby character’s first appearance/description showed their nature/tendencies/attitudes/ etc.?)

2. What “authority” do you think Hale is referring to? Do these books give him authority at all?

SUCCESS TODAY MEANS

We finish Act one having identified all study guide question answers.

We get started on Act II and read as much of it as possible BECAUSE

ACT I and II READING CHECK TUESDAY. Open Note, so keep your study guide out and write down the answers.