There will be a Quiz tomorrow (Friday) on the Prologue of Act I The Crucible.


HINT:  When you're re-reading take note of the setting, characters, descriptions, and the Author's opinion of the characters and events (remember he wrote the play over a hundred years after the actual events occurred) and the themes "Group vs Individual" and "Freedom vs. Order"

Quiz Monday

There will be a Quiz on Monday covering words #21-40 from your vocabulary list for Act I of The Crucible.

Know the definitions and how to use them appropriately and aptly in a sentence.

Watch the following history.com video about the historical background of the Salem Witch Trials.

There will be some questions from the video on the quiz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdX1vK03hRw

Quiz on Thursday

There will be a Quiz on Thursday covering the first 20 words from your vocabulary list for Act I of The Crucible.

Know the definitions and how to use them appropriately and aptly in a sentence.

Watch the following history.com video about the historical background of the Salem Witch Trials.

There will be some questions from the video on the quiz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdX1vK03hRw

Homework Due Monday

Bring printout (paper copy) of your homework to class or email before Monday.


What to do :

1) Take notes on the Crucible (pg. 166-170). Demonstrate your reading comprehension. It is often helpful to think of a story as episodic, or not just being one big story but having related parts or episodes.

Some helpful questions to consider when you are taking notes.

Setting:        Where did the episode happen?
                    When did the episode happen?
Characters:  Who was the episode about?                  
                    Who were the people in the episode?                     
                    Who was the most important person in the episode?
Problem:      Did the people have a problem?                  
                    What was the big problem that episode was about?
Action:        What did the people do to solve the problem?                     
                    What were the important things that happened in the episode?
Resolution:  How did the people solve the problem?                     
                    How did the episode end?
Theme:       What lesson could we learn from the episode?
                   What tied the episode together?
                   Was there an overarching message?



                      

2) Create a personal vocabulary list and write definitions for them. Attach the vocabulary list  as a separate section to the end of your  notes.

Helpful Notes on the Midterm

Be able to identify and explain examples of the following from our readings:

Figurative language (non-literal meanings) for: metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and metonymy

Themes - a subject, topic, or "takeaway"

Motifs - a distinctive or repeated idea

Symbols - an object representing something else; perhaps something deeper and more important or a material object representing something immaterial

Make your own associations/connections between texts

Make sure to review unfamiliar words from the texts we have read

Good Luck!

Quiz on Monday - Writing a Compare and Contrast Essay

Here is a link about how to organize a compare and contrast essay. Your assignment is to read it.

There will be a short quiz on Monday ( 9/26/16) on the topics and ideas for organizing your compare and contrast essay. Prepare well. Good Luck

Reminder: 5 Sections of your assignment are due by email today

5 sections.

Each section has:

a) A title
b) At least 5 sentences describing the noteworthy history
c) An explanation, in 3 or more sentences, of why you chose this one noteworthy event, situation or person, in particular  (be specific why you chose it)
d) At least one citation per section in proper formatting but more citations are encouraged

Good Luck! Hope you find out some interesting things along the way!