We did page three of the grammar packet in class.
We did three more words of the vocabulary sheet for "THE CRUCIBLE."
We had a character tea party. Two students became a character from the play. Then the individuals wandered the room meeting the other characters. The students took notes on their own sheets. I have attached the overall character sheet with descriptions filled out.
1. John Proctor - A local farmer who lives just outside town; Elizabeth Proctor’s husband. A stern, harsh-tongued man, John hates hypocrisy. Nevertheless, he has a hidden sin—his affair with Abigail Williams—that proves his downfall. When the hysteria begins, he hesitates to expose Abigail as a fraud because he worries that his secret will be revealed and his good name ruined.
2. Abigail Williams - Reverend Parris’s niece. Abigail was once the servant for the Proctor household, but Elizabeth Proctor fired her after she discovered that Abigail was having an affair with her husband, John Proctor. Abigail is smart, wily, a good liar, and vindictive when crossed.
3. Reverend John Hale - A young minister reputed to be an expert on witchcraft. He is called in to Salem to examine Parris’s daughter Betty. Hale is a committed Christian and hater of witchcraft. His critical mind and intelligence save him from falling into blind fervor. His arrival sets the hysteria in motion, although he later regrets his actions and attempts to save the lives of those accused.
4. Elizabeth Proctor - John Proctor’s wife. Elizabeth fired Abigail when she discovered that her husband was having an affair with Abigail. Elizabeth is supremely virtuous, but often cold.
5. Reverend Parris - The minister of Salem’s church. Reverend Parris is a paranoid, power-hungry, yet oddly self-pitying figure. Many of the townsfolk, especially John Proctor, dislike him, and Parris is very concerned with building his position in the community.
6. Rebecca Nurse - Francis Nurse’s wife. Rebecca is a wise, sensible, and upright woman, held in tremendous regard by most of the Salem community. However, she falls victim to the hysteria when the Putnams accuse her of witchcraft and she refuses to confess.
7. Francis Nurse - A wealthy, influential man in Salem. Nurse is well respected by most people in Salem, but is an enemy of Thomas Putnam and his wife.
8. Judge Danforth - The deputy governor of Massachusetts and the presiding judge at the witch trials. Honest and scrupulous, at least in his own mind, Danforth is convinced that he is doing right in rooting out witchcraft.
9. Giles Corey - An elderly but feisty farmer in Salem, famous for his tendency to file lawsuits. Giles’s wife, Martha, is accused of witchcraft, and he himself is eventually held in contempt of court and pressed to death with large stones.
10. Thomas Putnam – Salem’s wealthy, influential citizen, he holds a grudge against Francis Nurse for preventing Putnam’s brother-in-law from being elected to the office of minister. He uses the witch trials to increase his own wealth, accusing people of witchcraft and then buying up their land.
11. Ann Putnam - Thomas Putnam’s wife. Ann Putnam has given birth to eight children, but only Ruth Putnam survived. The other seven died before they were a day old, and Ann is convinced that they were murdered by supernatural means.
12. Ruth Putnam - The Putnams’ lone surviving child out of eight. Like Betty Parris, Ruth falls into a strange stupor after Reverend Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the woods.
13. Tituba - Reverend Parris’s black slave from Barbados. At the night of dancing in the woods,Tituba agrees to perform voodoo at Abigail’s request.
14. Mary Warren - The servant in the Proctor household and a member of Abigail’s group of girls. She is a timid girl, easily influenced by those around her, who tried unsuccessfully to expose the hoax and ultimately recanted her confession.
15. Betty Parris - Reverend Parris’s ten-year-old daughter. Betty falls into a strange stupor after Parris catches her and the other girls dancing in the forest with Tituba. Her illness and that of Ruth Putnam fuel the first rumors of witchcraft.
16. Martha Corey -Giles Corey’s third wife. Martha’s reading habits lead to her arrest and conviction for witchcraft.
17. Ezekiel Cheever - A man from Salem who acts as clerk of the court during the witch trials. He is upright and determined to do his duty for justice.
18, Arthur Miller, author of the play:
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Wednesday & Monday; October 21 & 26
As we enter the new unit of study, "The Crucible," we start with a Prezi on the topic. Click here to see the prezi
We gave out sheets with ten words on them. Teacher will give the word, the part of speech, the pronunciation, and a sample sentence. Teacher will choose about three words per day to add to the sheet. Eventually we will have a test over these words.
Teacher will discuss the three settings of the play.
We gave out sheets with ten words on them. Teacher will give the word, the part of speech, the pronunciation, and a sample sentence. Teacher will choose about three words per day to add to the sheet. Eventually we will have a test over these words.
Teacher will discuss the three settings of the play.
Monday, October 19, 2015
Monday and Tuesday; October 19 & 20
Grammar packets:
We corrected pages 5 and 9, but we did not take scores on this. The first two pages of common usage errors were assigned. We actually did them in class. There will be no grade for this, but we will be having a test over these pages within a month or so. It will be an open-packet test, so it is important to have this done and done correctly.
Turn in your one page assignment over the movie "American Made." It was assigned two classes ago.
We watched and discussed "Where are you from?"
We are now starting on a new unit "The Crucible." We did an anticipatory set on this. Students chose True of False, and a reason for their decision for each of the following eight statements. Groups had to come to a consensus. We shared with the class.
1. If you notice someone doing something morally wrong, it is your duty to tell them.
2. Honesty is always the best policy.
3. Authority is always right.
4. If you commit a sin, you are a bad person.
5. I would rather die than confess to a crime I did not commit.
6. Your actions always determine what type of person you are.
7. Love and passion are the same thing.
8. Going against the crowd is an easy thing to do.
We corrected pages 5 and 9, but we did not take scores on this. The first two pages of common usage errors were assigned. We actually did them in class. There will be no grade for this, but we will be having a test over these pages within a month or so. It will be an open-packet test, so it is important to have this done and done correctly.
Turn in your one page assignment over the movie "American Made." It was assigned two classes ago.
We watched and discussed "Where are you from?"
We are now starting on a new unit "The Crucible." We did an anticipatory set on this. Students chose True of False, and a reason for their decision for each of the following eight statements. Groups had to come to a consensus. We shared with the class.
1. If you notice someone doing something morally wrong, it is your duty to tell them.
2. Honesty is always the best policy.
3. Authority is always right.
4. If you commit a sin, you are a bad person.
5. I would rather die than confess to a crime I did not commit.
6. Your actions always determine what type of person you are.
7. Love and passion are the same thing.
8. Going against the crowd is an easy thing to do.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Thursday & Friday; October 15 & 16
We talked about American Ideals. We looked at certain American writings:
1. Give me liberty or give me death.
2. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
3. A new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
4. Government of the people, by the people, for the people.
5. One nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
6. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
7. In God we trust.
8. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
9. The Four Freedoms
Freedom of speech and expression
Freedom of religion
Freedom from want
Freedom from fear
10. Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.
11. Children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
We decided to try to speak the American Dream in one word. Then we voted on which word it should be.
Watch the following spoken word
"Amercia in 4 minutes"
or watch the young man perform it:
Major writing assignment needs to be edited. We worked on it in class. Here is the ppt we went through:
Click here
1. Give me liberty or give me death.
2. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
3. A new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
4. Government of the people, by the people, for the people.
5. One nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
6. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
7. In God we trust.
8. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
9. The Four Freedoms
Freedom of speech and expression
Freedom of religion
Freedom from want
Freedom from fear
10. Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.
11. Children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
We decided to try to speak the American Dream in one word. Then we voted on which word it should be.
Watch the following spoken word
"Amercia in 4 minutes"
or watch the young man perform it:
Major writing assignment needs to be edited. We worked on it in class. Here is the ppt we went through:
Click here
October 13 &14; Tuesday & Wednesday
We worked on our papers.
We watched "American Made." There was a one page journal assigned. If you weren't in class, see me about watching the film. The journal required a MLA heading and a full page. It will be due on October 19th & 20th.
Grammar packets have been handed out. Page 5 on run-ons and comma splices and page 9 on quotations in dialogue are both assigned for the 19th and 20th.
We watched "American Made." There was a one page journal assigned. If you weren't in class, see me about watching the film. The journal required a MLA heading and a full page. It will be due on October 19th & 20th.
Grammar packets have been handed out. Page 5 on run-ons and comma splices and page 9 on quotations in dialogue are both assigned for the 19th and 20th.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Thursday & Monday; October 8 & 12
Counselors came to A day classes today. The rest of the time was used for researching or writing your first major writing assignment.
New assignment handed out: "What is and American" by Crevecouer. On the blank back of the sheet, make a T-chart. On the left side of the T-chart, write "1782." On the right side, mark it "Today." On the left side, write down something that Crevecouer said was a characteristic of an American. Next to that, on the right side, write down if that statement is true today, and try to give evidence for your opinion.
Example: On the left side:
Crevecouer says that Americans are Europeans or children of Europeans.
ON the right side, Not true today. Europeans are becoming a diminishing majority.Out of the 317 million Americans, about 195 million Americans claim European ancestry
Anyone need help with grammar? Use Purdue's OWL webpages. You can google it, for example, "Purdue Owl quotations quiz."
Due date for a hard copy of your "Coming to America" Is October 15, 16 for A and B days respectively. If you don't have it in hard copy form that day, you will not be ready to do the final draft checking that we will be doing.
Due date for the turnitin.com is October 19, 20 for A and B days respectively. Turnitin will mark the time of your turn in, and as long as it is before midnight on the evening of the 20th, you will be okay.
Upcoming events:
October 13, 14: Crevecouer T-chart is due at the beginning of class.
October 13, 14: I will be checking your Stations Worksheets that each of you did with your groups. Each person needs their own.
October 15, 16: bring FINAL draft to class. We will do some last minute checking.
October 19, 20: "Coming to America" major writing assignment due on turnitin.com before midnight of the 20th.
New assignment handed out: "What is and American" by Crevecouer. On the blank back of the sheet, make a T-chart. On the left side of the T-chart, write "1782." On the right side, mark it "Today." On the left side, write down something that Crevecouer said was a characteristic of an American. Next to that, on the right side, write down if that statement is true today, and try to give evidence for your opinion.
Example: On the left side:
Crevecouer says that Americans are Europeans or children of Europeans.
ON the right side, Not true today. Europeans are becoming a diminishing majority.Out of the 317 million Americans, about 195 million Americans claim European ancestry
Anyone need help with grammar? Use Purdue's OWL webpages. You can google it, for example, "Purdue Owl quotations quiz."
Due date for a hard copy of your "Coming to America" Is October 15, 16 for A and B days respectively. If you don't have it in hard copy form that day, you will not be ready to do the final draft checking that we will be doing.
Due date for the turnitin.com is October 19, 20 for A and B days respectively. Turnitin will mark the time of your turn in, and as long as it is before midnight on the evening of the 20th, you will be okay.
Upcoming events:
October 13, 14: Crevecouer T-chart is due at the beginning of class.
October 13, 14: I will be checking your Stations Worksheets that each of you did with your groups. Each person needs their own.
October 15, 16: bring FINAL draft to class. We will do some last minute checking.
October 19, 20: "Coming to America" major writing assignment due on turnitin.com before midnight of the 20th.
Tuesday & Wednesday; October 6 & 7
We spent half the period on finishing the stations packet. We spent the other half of the period researching our "Coming to America" story.
Due date for a hard copy of your "Coming to America" Is October 15, 16 for A and B days respectively. If you don't have it in hard copy form that day, you will not be ready to do the final draft checking that we will be doing.
Due date for the turnitin.com is October 19, 20 for A and B days respectively. Turnitin will mark the time of your turn in, and as long as it is before midnight on the evening of the 20th, you will be okay.
We also had counselors come by on B day, and on the next A day to prepare students for ideas on college choices.
2A Izzy, you caught me on this one!
Due date for a hard copy of your "Coming to America" Is October 15, 16 for A and B days respectively. If you don't have it in hard copy form that day, you will not be ready to do the final draft checking that we will be doing.
Due date for the turnitin.com is October 19, 20 for A and B days respectively. Turnitin will mark the time of your turn in, and as long as it is before midnight on the evening of the 20th, you will be okay.
We also had counselors come by on B day, and on the next A day to prepare students for ideas on college choices.
2A Izzy, you caught me on this one!
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Friday & Monday; October 2 & 5
We finished our station packets from two classes ago. They will be graded, but I did not want to pick them up yet.
Next we worked on proper conventions for use in dialogue.
Feel free to google OWL grammar for more lessons on this.
Next we worked on proper conventions for use in dialogue.
Feel free to google OWL grammar for more lessons on this.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Wednesday & Thursday; September 30 & October 1, 2015
We checked anyone who was missing one of the first two assignments. Assignments are on Synergy at this time.
We all opened accounts with turnitin.com
Once you are on the website, join your class and by using the appropriate class ID and password as listed below.
1a Class ID 10821015 Password 1A_Rules
2a 10821021 2A_Rules
3a 10821027 3A_Rules
1b 10821032 1B_Rules
4b 10821036 4B_Rules
Click on 1st Assignment, called "Introduction."
There is a toggle line in blue that will say either "file upload" or "cut and paste."
The best procedure is always to create a document in google docs. Then come back to turnitin.com and upload file Your document should be in MLA style. Your submission title should be "Introduction", the same as the assignment. Make sure the program verifies that you have turned in the assignment. What is needed in the assignment? MLA heading and a couple of sentences about you. Make it something you think I should know about you in order to know you better.
Hand out sheets over Coming to America project.
We spent the rest of the period trying to Research for authenticity for our Coming to America project. This paper will be due in class in two weeks, then due on turnitin.com on the 19th. To get directions for this Coming to America major writing assignment, click on this link.
To get the scoring rubric for this assignment, click here.
We spent the rest of the period trying to Research for authenticity for our Coming to America project. This paper will be due in class in two weeks, then due on turnitin.com on the 19th. To get directions for this Coming to America major writing assignment, click on this link.
To get the scoring rubric for this assignment, click here.
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