Watch these two short clips to get a better understanding of the context in which MLK Jr. wrote "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0lD37bq8YI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCxE6i_SzoQ

Homework reminder: The Crucible Worksheets for ACT III due Monday

Quiz: The Crucible Act III on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9TH

Homework:

DUE MONDAY: Finish Reading "What is an American" by Crevecoeur (pg. 289) and choose 20 unfamiliar words and write sentences using them.

DUE THURSDAY: Finish making 2nd round of edits to your comparison paper.


Extra Credit: Read "The Dark Side of Crevecoeur's Letters'..." Write a summary AND explain how it helped you to better understand Crevecoeur's "What is an American"

Reading Assignment

Finish reading What is an American? by Michel Guillaume Jean d'Crevecoeur (pg. 69-71) by Thursday 12/1

Study Guide for Midterm #2

1. Review The Crucible focus on Act I, II and the first half of Act III

2. Research your selected historical event that relates to the events in The Crucible (choose from the list on the handout that I gave you in class last week).

3. Make a detailed outline or rough draft of  a compare and contrast essay for #2 above.

4. Find and make notes of examples of Fear, Risk, Compromise, and Bravery from The Crucible

5. Make an outline or rough draft of an argument that Fear, Risk, Compromise, and Bravery are themes in The Crucible. Think about these themes from a social and political point of view.

There will be a Quiz Friday, Nov. 4 on Act I of the Crucible

Outline for essays due Thursday, Nov 10

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"