READ the objective/student expectation for today. Re-write it in your own words in your spiral notebook.

We will continue to interpret and analyze Act I of The Crucible, learn new vocabulary words, and become well acquainted with the characters of the play.

Warm up: • Copy vocabulary words from p. 1123 in

your textbook into the back of your journal. (predilection, ingratiating, dissembling, calumny, inculcation, propitiation, evade, hysteria, perpetrator, victim) Last two words in dictionary.

• Create a sentence using 3 of the words.

September 17, 2012

Meet the Cast of The Crucible

Accusers Accused1. ________________2. ________________3. ________________4. ________________5. ________________

1. ________________2. ________________3. ________________4. ________________5. ________________

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxD3QffAjA

Meet the Cast of The Crucible

Accusers Accused• Abigail Williams• Rev. Parris• Rev. Hale• Deputy Gov. Danforth• Judge Hathorne

• Tituba• Martha Corey• Rebecca Nurse• Elizabeth Proctor• John Proctor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxD3QffAjA

Creating a character web…

Get a piece of construction paper to complete your character map…

READ the objective/student expectation for today. Re-write it in your own words in your spiral notebook.

We will continue to interpret and analyze The Crucible Acts 1.

Warm up: Questions to consider…• In what way is Abigail a victim?• In what way is she a perpetrator?

September 18, 2012

Abigail – Victim or Perpetrator? – 1st

Victim Perpetrator•People in town talked bad about her•Minor /teen taken advantage of by a 30 yr old man

•She pointed fingers and called people witch to get the spot light off herself

Abigail – Victim or Perpetrator? – 4th

Victim Perpetrator

•She’s been accused of witchcraft •She’s having an affair with a 30 yr old man•John Proctor took advantage of her

•She accuses others to take the heat off herself •She started the finger pointing and fueled the hysteria•She’s trying to get rid of John Proctor’s wife

Abigail – Victim or Perpetrator? – 5th

Victim Perpetrator

•She was accused of witchcraft•Ms. Proctor fired her•She can’t be with the person she loves•She was accused of causing the little girls to “not wake”•Proctor uses her for sex

•She started the accusing •She pointed fingers to get the blame off herself •She threatens girls to lie so she won’t get into trouble •She frames Elizabeth

Abigail – Victim or Perpetrator? – 6th

Victim Perpetrator•People are blaming her for the little girls sickness•She’s accused of conjuring spirits in the woods•She’s accused of having an affair with Proctor•Proctor takes advantage of her

•She accuses others of witchcraft•She lies to save herself•She gets involved with a married man•She makes her uncle look bad in the community•She talks bad about Elizabeth (jealous)

Abigail – Victim or Perpetrator? – 7th

Victim Perpetrator•She’s being accused of witchcraft•Her uncle accuses her and is mean to her•Proctor is using her for sex

•She makes the girls lie•She has dated a married man•She accused Tituba of withcraft•She scares Betty so bad she plays sick

Creating a character web continued…

Take out paper to complete your character map…

The Crucible – Acts 1

READ the objective/student expectation for today. Re-write it in your own words in your spiral notebook.

We will continue to interpret and analyze The Crucible (Act 2) and examine the pros and cons of Abigail.

Warm up: • What’s a motif? Write the definition in

the back of your journal.• What is a poppet? What does it have

to do with the play?

September 19, 2012

60 Second Recap - Motifs

Class Debate: Abigail is a victim• Affirm = agree – sit on the left

side of the room with the college flags on wall• Dissent = disagree – sit on the

right side of the room with the American Literary Timeline posters on wall

Be prepared to take notes. You will used these notes for your persuasive paper. They count towards your grade on the paper!

The Crucible – Movie Clip

Prepare to take C-notes!

Summary for Act II

• Setting: Dinner at the Proctor’s. • Fourteen people are in jail. If the accused

witches do not confess, they will be hanged. • Elizabeth wants him to tell the truth about the

“hysteria” that Abigail has created. • Elizabeth and John get into a fight about John’s

affair with Abigail. • Mary Warren brings the poppet (doll) to the

Proctor’s home. Take notes !!!

Summary Continued…

• Keep in mind the poppet is very important. • Mary is merely a pawn in Abigail’s game;

Elizabeth is the accused. Abigail is the accuser.

– Why would Abigail accuse Elizabeth?

Take notes !!!

A visit from Rev. Hale

• Hale is worried about what is happening, and about Rebecca Nurse.– He just returned from Rebecca’s house.

• Hale asks Proctor to recite their ten commandments, John cannot bring himself to recall the commandment prohibiting adultery.

• (IRONY- Situational irony- An outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.)– Why is it ironic that Proctor can’t recall this specific

commandment? Take notes !!!

The Round Up!...

• Elizabeth encourages Proctor to tell Hale that the events occurring in the village aren’t a result of witchcraft.

• People have already confessed that they are witches. – Why would someone confess to something they

haven’t done? • The Proctor’s are interrupted by Giles Corey and

Francis Nurse saying that their wives have been arrested. Take notes !!!

Continuing of Round Up:

• Rebecca is charged of the supernatural murder of Mrs. Putnam’s babies.

• A man bought a pig from Martha Corey; it died and he wanted his money back. Martha Corey refused, which made him accuse her of bewitching him and cursing the pig.

• The town marshal arrived to arrest Elizabeth. • This surprises Hale because the last he heard

she wasn’t charged with anything. Take notes !!!

IMPORTANT:

• Elizabeth is asked about the poppet that Mary Warren gave her and “mysteriously” a needle is found inside.

• Cheever tells them that Abigail has had a fit of rage at Rev. Parris’s house.

• Parris finds a needle in Abigail’s abdomen, and she accuses Elizabeth of witchcraft. – HINT: This scene is foreshadowed in the first Act.

Take notes !!!

End of Act II

• Proctor looses his temper and rips up the warrant, and ask why is the accuser always considered innocent? – Why do you think the judges are listening to these

children at a time in history when the roles in society are clearly defined – women are to speak only when spoken to and children are to be seen and not heard?

Take notes !!!

READ the objective/student expectation for today. Re-write it in your own words in your spiral notebook.

We will continue to interpret and analyze The Crucible Act 3 and plan a persuasive essay.

Warm up: • Write a 60 Second Recap on what’s

occurred in The Crucible thus far. Summarize Act 1 & 2.

• Based on the evidence you have thus far, is Abigail a victim or a perpetrator? Why?

September 20, 2012

Persuasive plan:

• Abigail: Victim or Perpetrator?

2. Evidence of this can be found in Act____

Plan out your arguments based on the information in the boxes list above. Each box should contain only ONE sentence.

3. On the other hand some may think that Abigail is …

4. One could wonder if…

5. We must make sure that we don’t feed this kind of hysteria because

1. ThesisAbigail is a perpetrator because…

OR Abigail is a victim because

2. 3. 4. 5. 1.

Planning Guide Set up

Text evidence

The Crucible – Act 3

READ the objective/student expectation for today. Re-write it in

your own words in your spiral notebook.

We will continue to interpret and analyze The Crucible.

Warm up:

Hysteria, extreme fear plays an important role in The Crucible. Create a two-column chart of events that have occurred thus far illustrating the villagers acting on fears that are justified vs. fears that are irrational. Be prepared to share.

September 21, 2012

The Context - The Crucible

Connecting Yesterday to TodayCauses of Mass Hysteria… Let’s explore your views on an issue that can lead people to act irrationally, even self-destructively.

HIV/AIDS • Do you believe most people's fear of AIDS is based

more on fact or on fear? Why?• What if someone told you that your best friend has

AIDS? What would you do? How would you feel?• Can a person with AIDS be in any way compared to a

person persecuted as a witch in colonial America? • How does all this relate to Abigail: victim or

perpetrator?

Consider this conversation as we read The Crucible.

What types of arguments will you use?

• Ethos – credibility/celebrity

• Pathos – emotional appeal

• Logos – logical/reasonable

Persuasive Appeals in the media

•Allstate – Safe Drivers•Dorito’s – Little Boy •McDonald’s - LeBron

Abigail – a victim or a perpetrator?

Locate a planning partner who shares similar views on the subject. Together search the textbook for

textual evidence to support your arguments.

Abigail – Victim? Abigail – Perpetrator?

Recall those who sat aroundyou during the debate…

Essay Planning continued…Text

evidence