Friday

Essential Question: Could any of the characters have done more to end the hysteria in Salem?

Goal:

Reading: Find a new book by next week.

Agenda:

1. Socratic Seminar
2. Start a new English Journal: Act IV
1. Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor are waiting in jail to...Rev. Hale and Rev. Parris both try to get them to confess to...Meanwhile, Abigail has fled and...Judge Danforth asks Elizabeth, who is still in jail, to her husband and...Even though Elizabeth and John have not seen each other in months they...John Proctor struggles to decide whether to...
2. Act IV was all about fear and the pressure to confess. At the beginning of Act IV, [CHARACTER] felt... [CHARACTER] said to [ANOTHER CHARACTER], "WORDS FROM THE PLAY" (Act IV, Line ???) In other words, [EXPLAIN WHAT THE QUOTE SHOWS]. One character who could have put an end to the witch hunt is Judge Danforth. Throughout Act III and IV he...instead of...If only he had been willing to...
3. https://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_what_happens_when_online_shaming_spirals_out_of_control/transcript
4. http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/debate-room-me-too-witch-hunt-3803090-Jan2018/?scrlybrkr=5a3e3e31

Homework:

1. Vocabulary
2. Finish your book by tomorrow

Thursday

Essential Question: Could any of the characters have done more to end the hysteria in Salem?

Goal:

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1. Start a new English Journal: Act IV
1. Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor are waiting in jail to...Rev. Hale and Rev. Parris both try to get them to confess to...Meanwhile, Abigail has fled and...Judge Danforth asks Elizabeth, who is still in jail, to her husband and...Even though Elizabeth and John have not seen each other in months they...John Proctor struggles to decide whether to...
2. Act IV was all about fear and the pressure to confess. At the beginning of Act IV, [CHARACTER] felt... [CHARACTER] said to [ANOTHER CHARACTER], "WORDS FROM THE PLAY" (Act IV, Line ???) In other words, [EXPLAIN WHAT THE QUOTE SHOWS]. One character who could have put an end to the witch hunt is Judge Danforth. Throughout Act III and IV he...instead of...If only he had been willing to...
2. https://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_what_happens_when_online_shaming_spirals_out_of_control/transcript
3. http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/debate-room-me-too-witch-hunt-3803090-Jan2018/?scrlybrkr=5a3e3e31

Homework:

1. Vocabulary
2. Finish your book by tomorrow

Acting Groups day 2

Essential Question: Could any of the characters have done more to end the hysteria in Salem?

Goal: to identify passages that have to do with fear and the pressure to confess

Reading: Make sure you are reading at home

Agenda:

1. Read Act IV of The Crucible. We will be in acting groups for this final act.

Your group must also tell the class which lines show how people are dealing with fear, the pressure to confess, or how they could have stopped the hysteria.

1. Start a new English Journal: Act IV
1. Rebecca Nurse and John Proctor are waiting in jail to...Rev. Hale and Rev. Parris both try to get them to confess to...Meanwhile, Abigail has fled and...Judge Danforth asks Elizabeth, who is still in jail, to her husband and...Even though Elizabeth and John have not seen each other in months they...John Proctor struggles to decide whether to...

Homework:

1.  Work on your vocabulary.
2.  Finish your book by Friday.

Act IV: Acting Groups

Essential Question: Could any of the characters have done more to end the hysteria in Salem?

Goal: to identify passages that have to do with fear and the pressure to confess

Reading: Make sure you are reading at home

Agenda:

1. Read Act IV of The Crucible. We will be in acting groups for this final act.

Your group must also tell the class which lines show how people are dealing with fear, the pressure to confess, or how they could have stopped the hysteria.

Homework:

1.  Work on your vocabulary.
2.  Finish your book by Friday.

Finishing Act III

Essential Question: Could any of the characters have done more to end the hysteria in Salem?

Goal: to explain how character's reputations are being challenged and who could calm things down at this point in the play.

Reading: Today you will focus on how characters change.

Agenda:

1. Vocabulary for the Crucible Act IV
1. https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/201778
2. Watch the movie to remember what happened in Act III
1. Click here for the movie. Watch 1:08:47-1:32:51
3. Start a new English journal
1. Act III ends with...[write a few sentences summarizing what happened in the scene we watched] 
2. Throughout this Act, many characters had their reputation challenged. For example, [use the three columns from document TC001 in Google Classroom to write the next part of the paragraph] It would look something like this:
1. For example, Abigail challenged Elizabeth Proctor's reputation when she said, “********” (Act III, line ###). This character was primarily motivated by... OR [Character NAME] his/her reputation because he/she really wants...
3. At this point in the play, the hysteria in Salem is pretty high. But there are still a couple of characters who could ameliorate the situation. First, NAME could...If he/she only...then...Second, NAME has the opportunity to defuse the situation by...If he/she chose to...then...Unfortunately, no one is making these choices and so...

Homework:

1.  Work on your vocabulary.
2.  Finish your book by Friday.