Wednesday

Essential Question: Witch hunts and fear: when can exposing evil go too far?

Goal: to track the growing accusations in Act II

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on April 12th 

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form.
2. Vocabulary for The Crucible
1. Click Here for this week's list
3. Read Act II
1. We will listen to the audio for the rest of Act II
1. Notice how Abigail now runs the show
2. TEXT we will start at the words "You cannot mean she will be tried in court", line 308
3. AUDIO start at 36:01
4. Create two Fake Tweets for Act II.
1. http://simitator.com/generator/twitter/tweet
2. http://www.prankmenot.com/?twitter_tweet
5. Write about your Fake Tweets
1. At this point in the play I think that characters are predominantly afraid of...In this act,...[summarize what happens in a couple of sentences]. The [hysteria/tension] in the play begins to rise when X says,"USE ONE OF THE QUOTES FROM YOUR TWEETS" (LINE NUMBER). In other words, X believes...One person who could calm things down would be...If this character would only...then...

Homework:
1. Read your new book.
2. Work on your vocabulary.