Thursday, October 27, 2016

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"

Friday, October 21, 2016

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

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

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


Friday, October 14, 2016

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.