Character Profile Assignment

1. Click on the assignment to the right titled Character Profile assignment and pick which option you would like to complete.

2. Start a new document titled ___(per) __________(name)______________Character Profile Assignment
share with me at jenmurphy11@gmail.com

3. Students choosing assignment A & B - you must find evidence for your assignment today from the book only. Write down the quotes you will be using in your doc and the page numbers.
Students choosing Assignment C - see me

ACT IV Quiz / Journal #16 & 17

1. Take Act IV Quiz


2. Set - up
#16 Journal: AOW 8: Facebook Friends

3. Set up
#17 Journal How to Analyze Quotes

4. Today, please choose one character you would like to work with from The Crucible. Think about lines that have been said to this person, or lines this person has said that has helped give you insight into who they are as a character. Find 3 - 6 powerful lines this person has said and dog ear them in your book, put a sticky in, or write them down with the page number.

Journal 15 - ACT IV Crucible Questions - Wednesday October 24

Today - you will begin reading Act IV in groups and create 10 quality questions and answers about the act.
(see handout) This should be completed in class with your group. You will be graded on the quality of question and answer. format your journal as follows

Journal 15 - ACT IV Crucible Questions 

1. Question 
1. Answer
2. Question 
2. answer 

or Insert Table 

Questions	Answers
1.	1.
2.	2.

Timed Write: Short story Tuesday - October 23, 2012

Today, you will write a timed short story writing. Please see me tomorrow if you are absent.

Act III Quiz / Journal 13 / Journal 14

Now that we have finished reading and viewing Act III, take the Act III Quiz 

This is due by the end of the period. 

When you are finished, please set up your Homework: Journal #13  and Journal #14 - start on today

13. AOW 6: Campaigns reflection (assigned 10/22 Due 10/26)

Paragraph 1 - analysis (4 sentences) a. WHAT is author's' main argument b. HOW the author develops his argument c. The author’s purpose d. who the audience is and what the author wants the to think or do

Paragraph 2 - personal reflection points you agree or disagree with WHY is this important & what are the implications (conclusions, connections)

14. Act III Who is the Blame? (assigned 10/22 Due 10/26)

Who is mostly to blame for the situation at the end of Act III?  Is it Proctor?  Danforth?  Parris?  Abigail?  Someone else?  Choose a character and explain why this person deserves the majority of blame.  Be sure to support your accusation with specific details from the drama. (1 paragraph)

Who really died in the Salem Witch Trials?

List of people who were accused and hanged in Salem Witch Trials 

Salem Witch Museum FAQ's 

Independent Reading

1. For the first 6 weeks of Independent Reading Please complete this form on right hand side of blog called Independent Reading Reviews 1st 6 weeks.

2. For the 2nd 6 weeks of Independent Reading, read the requirments below

Choose 2 new books to read for this 6 weeks
1 free choice
1 from recommended reading list (see link on the side)
Reviews for both due by Friday November 23rd

Journal 12: compare / contrast Crucible movie / book

Write 1 paragraph to Compare / contrast the Crucible movie and book.

1. Describe 3 differences you observed (a change in setting, timing of a scene, and / or portrayal of a character)
2. Explain what effect this has on the audience / viewer (does it create a certain mood? How does it help us understand the story? How does the change affect the audience? )

Act II Quiz

Take  Act II Quiz after you are done with Journal #11

Journal #11: Reading Act II Questions

Read up to Hale's arrival on p. 62
A. add character descriptions to your character crucible list for Elizabeth Proctor, Marry Warren

B. Answer the following questions in your journal as you read or after your read

1.  Describe the relationship between John and Elizabeth Proctor (pp. 49 - 55)
2. What is happening in Salem and what is Mary Warren's role there?
3. How has Mary Warren changed since Act I? (pp. 18 - 21)
4. What does Elizabeth say Abigail is up to? Do you think she is right? Why?
5. Why does Hale come to the Proctor Farm? Why did Miller choose Hale to come to the scene?
6. Why does Elizabeth declare she does not believe in witches?
7. What should John do now? What do you think he will do?

Quiz on Act 1 & Article 5 - Monday, October 8, 2012

1. Today you will be taking a collaborative quiz on Act I 

You may work with one partner - it is due at the end of the period

2. Have your expert projects approved by me this week.

Homework: Article of the week 5 : High School Dropouts is in your view only folder 

Make a copy and share with me at jenmurphy11@gmail.com
Annotate and write a 2 paragraph reflection following the format I gave you.
Due this Friday - October 12

Journal 9 - Friday, October 5 End of Act I

Today, we will finish Act I.

Copy and paste the following question into #9 of your English Journal

9. Conflicts - Act I The Crucible 
a. List all the conflicts you see occurring in Act I

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b. Choose 1 conflict to write about (1 paragraph) 

• Explain who is arguing over what 
• What motivated the conflict? 
• How is this conflict significant to the play? 
• What message might Arthur Miller being trying to suggest with this conflict? 
• How might this conflict affect the future of the play (the plot, other characters)? 

Journal 8 - Reading Act I of the Crucible Update

Journal 8 - Continue updating character Crucible List

We will continue reading Act I of the Crucible today.
Continue to note your observations of the characters in the chart on Journal 8. You should have notes on Parris, Abigail, & Tituba, Thomas & An Putnam, Betty, Ruth Putnam, Mercy Lewis, Mary Warren, Rebecca & Frances Nurse, Giles Corey, Reverend Hale
Describe the type of person the character is based on the author's description,
Think about what Arthur Miller is telling us and what how he tells us this (italics - direction message, the character's words, and how other people react to them) - author's craft.
Wednesday-  we read up to
Per. 1 (bottom of pg. 20 - right before Proctor enters)
Per 2 - 6 ( bottom of pg. 24 at Abigail's speech to Proctor)

Thursday - we read up to
Per. 1 p. 32 before Hale enters
Per. 2 - 6 p. 42 / 43 during the questioning

Journal 7 - McCarthyism vs. Salem & Journal 8 - Crucible Character List - Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Respond to the following question we discussed yesterday in your journal. Number your Journal entries.

7. 1950's vs. Salem Massachusetts October 1, 2012 (1 paragraph) 

How are the events in the 1950's (specifically the cold war period, McCarthyism, Arthur Miller, Communism) similar to events in Salem, Massachusetts and Puritan New England? How are they different. The following words should be included in your discussion: (Trust / Mistrust, The accused / evidence, Justice / injustice, Paranoia / Mass Hysteria, Fear / Power, Control / Conformity, Loyalty / disloyalty) 

Copy and Paste the following character list into your English journal
8. Crucible Character List (make notes about your observations of the characters)

Reverend Parris
Betty Parris (Daughter)
Abigail (Niece)
Tituba (slave)
Susana Walcott (one of the girls)
Thomas Putnam
Ann Putnam / Goody Putnam (wife, lost babies in childbirth)
Ruth Putnam (only daughter)
Mercy Lewis (Putnam’s servant, one of girls)
Mary Warren (Proctor’s servant, one of the girls)
John Proctor (farmer)
Elizabeth Proctor (wife)
Rebecca Nurse
Francis Nurse
Giles Corey (farmer)
Martha Corey (wife)
Reverand John Hale (from Beverly)
Judge Hawthorne
Deputy Danforth

Pre - Crucible Presentations - Monday - October 1st

a. Finish getting all information from all 7 group presentations 

b. Discuss the following question in your original groups & chart your answers on a poster 

7. 1950's vs. Salem Massachusetts October 1, 2012 (1 paragraph) 

How are the events in the 1950's (specifically the cold war period, McCarthyism, Arthur Miller, Communism) similar to events in Salem, Massachusetts and Puritan New England? How are they different. The following words should be included in your discussion: 

Trust / Mistrust 

The accused / evidence 

Justice / injustice 

Paranoia / Mass Hysteria 

Fear / Power

Control / Conformity 

Loyalty / disloyalty