Day Two Agenda- 9/5 & 9/6

• Bellwork- Journal• Explaining the flip book assignment• Explaining turnitin.com Blackboard assignment• Beginning to read- Act I

HOMEWORK- Please begin working on your flip book.

for Act I of The Crucible.

Flip Book

The flip book assignment will be completed for all four acts of The

Crucible. Take 2 sheets of paper and overlap them, then fold them in half.

There are essentially four flaps to each flip book.

1. Title and IVF Statement2. Comic Strip Summary3. Act Questions4. Standards Focus

Flap 1: Title and IVFOn this flap of your flip book you must record the

following information:1. Title of the play2. Act3. Author4. Your name5. IVF Statement- An IVF Statement identifies the title,

uses a verb to show what the author did in that act, and is followed by the student finishing their thoughts.

Example: Act I of The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, explains how it came to be that a group of girls in Salem, MA started accusing neighbors of witchcraft.

Flap 2: Comic Strip SummaryOn the second flap of your flip

book you must diagram and explain the beginning, middle,

and end of the action that occurred in that act.

Act I begins with two girls who have fallen ill. We discover that they were among a number of girls caught dancing in the forest, led by Abigail Williams.

Beginning Middle End

Reverend Hale, an expert in demonology, is brought in to examine the sick girls and discover whether or not there is witchcraft in Salem.

The act ends with the girls, in a hysterical frenzy, accusing various members in the community of being witches.

Flap 3: Questions

Use the third flap of your flip book to answer the ten questions that

are assigned to each act.

Flap 4: Standards Focus

The fourth flap of your flip book will change with each act based on what standard(s) we are teaching for that

specific act.In Act I, we are focusing on

characterization. You will be required to use the STEAL method of

characterization to produce 6 different quotes for 3 different characters (2

quotes per character) using the Say/Mean/Matter format.

Flap 4: S.T.E.A.L. Method

SpeechWhat does the character say? How does the character speak?

ThoughtsWhat is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings?

Effect on others

What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character?

ActionsWhat does the character do? How does the character behave?

LooksWhat does the character look like? How does the character dress?

The STEAL method involves looking at various aspects of a character in order to be able to make

reasonable inferences about their traits and personality.

Flap 4: Say/Mean/Matter QuotesSay/Mean/Matter quotes force you to pull evidence directly from the text to show

what the text says, explain what it means, and then analyze why it matters to the

story. SAY MEAN MATTER“Find a quote that is an

example of indirect characterization.” (Character, pg. #)

"Thomas, Thomas, I pray you, leap not to witchcraft. I know that you – least of all you, Thomas – would ever wish so disastrous a charge laid upon me. We cannot leap to witchcraft. They will howl me out of Salem for such corruption in my house." (Rev. Parris, pg. 154)

List the letter(s) of S.T.E.A.L. used and

explain what the quote means.

SPEECH: Reverend Parris is imploring Thomas Putnam not to assume it's witchcraft. He believes that having an incidence of witchcraft in his village reflects poorly on him and will lead to his ruin, since he is the minister and responsible for the teaching and upholding of Christian principles and behavior.

Explain what this reveals about the character and why this matters to the story. What effect does this have on the play overall? What's the

purpose?Reverend Parris is more worried about his own reputation than he is about the life of his daughter. Although he claims to be deeply religious, in actuality he is not. During this time in history the holy & righteous were the law, and this means that the action of the play that follows will not be overseen by the hearts and minds of holy men but by the selfish and corrupt nature of fallen man.

Flap 4: Characterization

For Act I, please find 2 quotes for each of the following three characters:

Reverend ParrisAbigail Williams

John Proctor

Set your quotes up exactly like the Say/Mean/Matter chart in the previous

slide.

Turnitin.com ResponseFor each act there will be a specific question that you must

respond to online. You must make one original response and one comment about somebody else’s response in

order to receive credit.

For Act I, you need to figure out who is to blame for the hysteria in Salem. However, this is a difficult task, given that there are so many people involved. You will select a character from Act I and will need to find and explain three pieces of evidence that shows how they are to blame for what’s happening in the

story.

Essentially, you are proving this thesis:Although blame is usually placed upon Abigail, ________ (name of selected character) is also to blame for starting

the witch-hunt in The Crucible.

Example: Ann Putnam also responsible for the events in The Crucible

There is a lot of evidence in The Crucible to show that Ann Putnam is responsible for perpetuating the Salem Witch Trials. In Act I, Goody Putnam is the first woman to mention witchcraft. When she calls Betty’s affliction “a stroke of Hell upon [Mr. Parris]” (11), and then dismisses the idea that Ruth is only sick, choosing instead to call it the “Devil’s touch” (11), it becomes clear that she wants to pursue the idea of witchcraft in Salem. She then begins to assert that the Devil had been loose at Salem for some time. She suggests that her seven children, which she “laid unbaptized in the earth” (12), had died due to the same “power of darkness” (12) that afflicted her daughter –Ruth – and Betty Parris, in Act I. She also becomes openly offended when Rebecca Nurse suggests that the children might only be playing. Moreover, her motives for revenge become clear when she responds to Rebecca Nurse by portraying herself as the victim of a subversive plot when she yells “there are wheels within wheels in this village, and fire within fires!” (17). Finally, when the girls shout that they had seen various people, including Goody Osburn “with the Devil” (24), Ann lends credibility to their claims by saying that Osburn had been her midwife three times, and that her babies had “shriveled in her hands” (24). Her claims that the Devil had been at work in Salem, coupled with her assertion the Osburn was the reason that her babies had died, and her general vindictive nature all show that Ann Putnam can be considered partially responsible for starting and encouraging the general hysteria in Salem.

And now…WE READ!!!

Remember that your participation and citizenship in this class is

entered into the gradebook as an actual grade, and it’s worth 10%

of your overall grade.

That being said, EVERYONE must read at some point in this play.

You will lose points if you do not.

And now…WE READ!!!Our requirements for reading:

1. Read loudly2. Enunciate your words clearly3. Read at a “conversational” pace4. Follow along and be ready for your lines5. Read with ENTHUSIASM!

You WILL get fired for failing to read properly and will lose

your participation points!

And now…WE READ!!!

Characters Today:

Narrator: TeacherTitubaParrisAbigailSusannaMr. and Mrs.

Putnam

Rebecca NurseGilesProctorBettyMary WarrenMercy Lewis