Act One Continued

November 14, 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: 

Complete the Google Form based on the yesterdays reading. 

The Crucible, Part One

Vocabulary: 

Word: Main Idea

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition: the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about:

Your Definition:

Activity: Identify the main idea of the introduction. 

Activity: 

1.  Main Idea Identification

In small groups, complete the following 

1.  Read/skim the article How To Find the Main Idea.

2.  Write an objective summary of the section read in class. 

3.  Identify a main idea.

4.  Provide a quote that supports your idea.

5.  Share with the class.

2.  Benchmark Remediation 11/3

As a class, we will review the three questions that scored the lowest on the benchmark.

These questions reflect the skills of formal style and tone and foundational works. 

For your own remediation, answer the questions in the assignment title 2 Benchmark Remediation 11/3 in usatestprep.

These should be completed by November 21. 

3.  The Crucible pages 13-24.

Narrator

Thomas Putnam

Samuel Parris

Ann Putnam

Abigail

Mercy Lewis

Mary Warren 

Betty

John Proctor

Giles Corey

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?

4.  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.