Final Assignment on The Crucible

Let us, then, be up and doing,

With a heart for any fate;

Still achieving, still pursuing . . . 

                                                                                  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

 1.  Reminder:  Article of the Week #8 due Friday.

2.  Quiz on The Crucible -- matching quotes to characters

3.  Final Assignment on The Crucible --   You will be given a choice of three different assignments.  

                                             100% assignment = A

                                             90% assignment = B

                                             80% assignment = C

We will be working on this final assignment in class for the next three days.  You will be using the netbooks and saving your work on Google Docs.

The Crucible

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

                                                                                                -- Benjamin Disraeli

1.  Questions on Act IV of The Crucible are due.

2.  Act IV of The Crucible -- the movie

3.  Final Test on The Crucible tomorrow -- it will be matching quotes to characters and a brief written response.

4.  NARRATIVE WRITING ASSIGNMENT -- we will begin by brainstorming for story ideas relating to how humans react to fearful situations.

5.  NOTE:  Be mindful of the independent reading requirement.  You are reading each day and will be able to post TWO book reviews on GOODREADS by the end of this second six weeks. 

The Crucible, Act IV

They are able because they think they are able.

                                                                                                            -- Virgil

1.  Article of the Week #8 -- note the assignment for this article.  It's different than the previous assignments for the AoW.  Due Friday.

2.  Act IV of The Crucible -- complete the review questions after we read.

NOTE:  If you have not turned in any of the previous handouts on The Crucible, I expect all to be turned in by the completion of our reading.

NOTE:  Our final assignment on The Crucible will be a narrative writing assignment.

The Crucible, Act IV

Education is the progressive discovery of our ignorance.

                                                                                                             -- Will Durant

1.  Article of the Week #7 is due.

2.  The Crucible -- Act IV.  Focus:  How do I question a text?  Types of questions to ask:

     Setting -- what does the author want you to notice?

     Character -- what makes a character do what they do? (motivation)

     Author's choices -- Why does the author have a character saying or doing certain things?

     Plot development -- How does a character contribute to the story?  How does a character's

                                    actions affect the story? 

SAMPLE QUESTION:  What mood does Miller convey in his setting?
SAMPLE ANSWER:      Miller conveys the mood of ____________________

 

The Crucible, Act IV

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.       -- Fulton J. Sheen

1.  Quiz on Act III of The Crucible  

2.  Act IV of The Crucible  --  How do I question a text?  Create 5 questions and answers on each segment that we read.

3.  Article of the Week #7 is due tomorrow.

The Crucible

Hitch your wagon to a star.

                                                                                   -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

 1.  NOTE: As we go along through the next six weeks, you are reading independently two books.  One of the books you have chosen from the list that I have provided.  The other book will be your own choice.  At the end of the six weeks you will have written two book reviews on Goodreads.   

2.  Article of the Week #7 due Friday.

3.  I am enjoying reading your narratives that you wrote yesterday (writing diagnostic).   

4.  Act III of The Crucible -- movie.  We will begin Act IV tomorrow.  

The Crucible

Learning without thought is labor lost.

                                                                                                      -- Confucius 

  

1.  Lat night's presidential debate -- extra credit for recording 10 points made (5 for each candidate).

2.  The Crucible -- Questions on Act III are due.

3.  WRITING DIAGNOSTIC TODAY  -- we need to do this today

4.  NOTE:  Tomorrow before continuing with Act IV of The Crucible we will watch the movie.

The Crucible

It's better to wear out than to rust out.

                                                                                                   -- Richard Cumberland 

1.  NOTE:  Watch the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE tonight.  I am offering extra credit for notes taken on the debate.  List a minimum of ten points made -- 5 for each candidate.

2.  Article of the Week #7 -- "Campaigns Mine Personal Lives to Get Out Vote"   

3.  The Crucible -- Act Three.  Complete the questions to review the reading done in class.

The Crucible

I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

1.   Act III of The Crucible -- please complete the reading review questions after the class reading.  The questions are intended to reinforce your understanding of the play so we can discuss broader ideas.

2.  NOTE:  You might have noticed that we did not do an Article of the Week this week.  We just did not have time.  You will be assigned one for next week on Monday.

3.  NOTE:  Please complete ON TIME all assignments. 

The Crucible

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

                                                                                                          -- Confucius

1.  The Crucible   -- we will take just a few minutes to watch the end of Act II before we begin reading Act III as a class.

2.  Act III questions -- review the reading done in class by completing the questions for homework.  REVIEW THE READING.  The questions are being assigned for that reason.  

3.  Assignment due -- you were assigned to write  3 paragraphs discussing setting, chronology, and character and how these three elements differ between the movie and the text of The Crucible.

4.   NOTE:  Take care in completing ALL assignments.  

The Crucible, Act II

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

1.  NOTE: PSAT Testing tomorrow periods 1-4.  Be at your assigned room by 7:25.  LATE ARRIVALS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED.

2.  Act II of The Crucible  -- we will watch to the movie to the end of Act II and complete an analysis of how the movie differs (or not) from the text of the play.

3.  ALL students have selected an INDEPENDENT READING BOOK from the annotated list or another list that I have provided . . . . . yes?

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

   -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

1.  PSAT  Reminder -- please write down your assigned room number

2.  NOTE:  Please have your independent reading book each day.  This grading period you will be required to review TWO books.  One of them must be from the list that I have provided.  Please see me if you are having difficulty choosing from the list.

3.  Act II of The Crucible -- you have finished reading Act II and you have completed the questions.  

4.  Video -- Act I and II of The Crucible 

The Crucible

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.      -- Jimi Hendrix

1.  PSAT Information -- IMPORTANT

2.  Article of the Week #6 is due.

3.  INDEPENDENT READING -- Add your name and title to the list if you have not done so yet.  Bring your independent reading to class each day.

4.  Act Two of  The Crucible  -- Finish reading Act Two in your groups and complete the questions for Act Two.  You should have time to finish today, but if for some reason your group does not, group members must finish the reading independently and complete the questions. 

5.  END OF GRADING PERIOD TODAY

The Crucible

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul?  Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
                                                                                                                              -- Plato


1.  BOOK CHECK -- I gave Ms. Cooper in the library two booklists for you to refer to if you have not checked out a book yet.  If you have not, PLEASE do so as soon as possible.  Visit the library before school, at lunch, or after school.  BRING YOUR INDEPENDENT READING BOOK TO CLASS EACH DAY.

2.  Questions on Act One of The Crucible are due.  

3.  Act Two of The Crucible  -- We are going to read Act Two in groups.  Group members will decide who reads what parts and ALL will closely follow along.

 4.  NOTE:  I have finished entering grades for book reviews on GOODREADS.  See me after class if you have any questions/concerns about this.

5.   NOTE:  I will not accept late work tomorrow for assignments that were due LAST WEEK or previous to last week.

6.  NOTE:  Article of the Week #6 is due tomorrow.
 

The Crucible

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.    -- Epictetus


1.  INDEPENDENT READING -- You have selected a book from the annotated booklist (link posted in blog on Sept 26th).  Homework credit for showing me the book today.  Bring your book EACH DAY.

2.  Act One of The Crucible -- complete reading review questions for homework.  If you have trouble answering some questions, ask for help.  Otherwise, I will collect them when we are finished with Act One.

3.  NOTE:  Complete Article of the Week #6 for Friday

4.  First six week grading period ends on Friday.
                                                                

The Crucible

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

1.  NOTE:  Please have your Independent Reading  Book each day.  You have selected this book from the annotated list (link in blog post Sept 26).    Starting tomorrow I will be checking for this book.  

2.  Article of the Week #6.   Please thoroughly annotate and write a one page reflection.  Due Friday, Oct 12.

3.  Act One of The Crucible -- Review the reading we do in class by completing the questions on the handout for Act One.

4.  Handout --  Character Chart for The Crucible

5.  NOTE:  Friday is the end of the grading period.

The Crucible

Actions have consequences . . . first rule of life.  And the second rule is this: You are the only one responsible for your own actions.   -- Holly Lisle


1.  INDEPENDENT READING -- You have chosen a book from the ANNOTATED BOOKLIST (link found in Sept 26th blog post).  Please bring your reading to class each day.  You will be required to review two books for the second six weeks.

2.  Act One of The Crucible -- Complete handout for HOMEWORK to review the reading done in class.  The handout will be due upon completion of each act.  Complete the CHARACTER CHART handout as we go along with the reading in class.

3.  NOTE: Grading period ends this Friday.

Act One of THE CRUCIBLE

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to
follow, in private as well as in public.   -- Epictetus


1.  NOTE:  You have posted on GOODREADS your first book review. *PLEASE have on Monday the book that you have selected from the ANNOTATED BOOK LIST (link posted Sept 26).

2.  Article of the Week #5 is due.

3.  Act One of The Crucible -- Please volunteer to read.  You will enjoy your participation!

Act One of THE CRUCIBLE

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.  -- Epictetus


1.  NOTE:  Please have your first book review posted on GOODREADS before the weekend. Also, please select a book from the annotated book list (link posted Sept 26) and bring the book to class on Monday. Oct 8)

2.  Questions on the "Overture" will be collected today -- be attentive to the review.

3.  Act One of The Crucible -- Please volunteer to read a part for EXTRA CREDIT.

4.  NOTE:  Thorough annotation and a one page reflection on Article of the Week #5 is due tomorrow.

Quiz on Research Topics

Think. Believe. Dream. Dare.  -- Walt Disney's "Four Most Important Words."


1.    QUIZ on research topics

2.    NOTE:  Book Review on GOODREADS due today.

3.  Review of questions on the "Overture" to The Crucible  

4.  Act One of The Crucible  -- we will begin reading today.  Please volunteer for one of the characters!

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you.  -- Joseph Joubert


1.  NOTE: Book Review due tomorrow on GOODREADS.  Select your next book from the annotated book list (see blog post Sept 26).  Monday, Oct 8 you will bring to class a book that you selected from the list.

2.  Research topic presentation today.  Turn in the multiple choice questions before we begin.

3.  Review of questions on the "Overture" to The Crucible. 

Research Presentation

If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed.
                                                                                        -- Kate Halverson


1.  NOTE:  First book review due Wed, Oct 3rd.  Please look at the annotated book list (post Sept 26) for your second book.  Because we are so close to the end of the grading period, this second book will satisfy the two book per grading period requirement for the second six weeks.  So . . .  it will be only one book you should have completed for the first six weeks.

2.  RESEARCH TOPIC PRESENTATION TODAY.  Please turn in to me five (5) multiple choice questions on your topic.

3.  Article #5 --  Annotate and write a one page reflection on the article "High School Dropouts Costly to American Economy."

4.  Questions on the "Overture" to The Crucible will be reviewed tomorrow and we will begin reading the play.

5.  NOTE:  The grading period ends Oct 12th.