Act One Continued

November 15, 2017

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2
Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

EQ: Determine a central idea of The Crucible and analyze its development over the course of the text.

Starter: 

Watch the video the Salem Witch Trials.

Infer what might have caused so many people to be accused of witchcraft.

Vocabulary: 

Word: Hysteria

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people

Your Definition: 

Activity: Identify an example of hysteria.

Activity: 

1. The Crucible pages 16-30.

Narrator

Thomas Putnam

Samuel Parris

Ann Putnam

Abigail

Mercy Lewis

Mary Warren 

Betty

John Proctor

Giles Corey

Rebecca Nurse 

Discussion Questions

Evaluate the relationships among the characters.  

Analyze how fear impacts their ability to make decisions and draw conclusions.

Determine whether or not you believe Betty is actually sick or possessed.

Overall, what is your general opinion of the girls and the night they spent in the woods?

2.  Collaborative Annotation

Follow the steps below:  

1.  Write 3-4 sentences to share with your group based on the reading.

What did you find interesting?

How does this relate to the major ideas?

2.  Sit in a circle with your group, so you can all see each other. 

3.  Pass your writing to the person on the left. 

4.  Read the writing from your peer and respond to the writing on the same piece of paper, expanding on what previous students wrote.

6. Repeat until you have your original piece of writing.

7. Read through the comments.

8.  Answer the question: What did I learn about the big idea through collaboration?

9.  Share ideas with the class. 

Closure: 

Evaluate how the collaborative annotations worked.