September 17, 2012
READ the objective/student expectation for today. Rewrite 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.
Meet the Cast of The Crucible
Accusers
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5.
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Accused
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxD3QffAjA
Meet the Cast of The Crucible
Accusers
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Abigail Williams
Rev. Parris
Rev. Hale
Deputy Gov. Danforth
Judge Hathorne
Accused
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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…
September 18, 2012
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?
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
September 19, 2012
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?
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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
September 20, 2012
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?
Persuasive plan:
• Abigail: Victim or Perpetrator?
1. Thesis
Abigail is a
perpetrator
because…
OR Abigail is a
victim because
2. Evidence of
this can be
found in
Act____
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
Plan out your arguments based on the information in the boxes list above.
Each box should contain only ONE sentence.
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2.
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5.
The Crucible – Act 3
September 21, 2012
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.
The Context - The Crucible
Connecting Yesterday to Today
Causes 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?
Abigail – Victim?
Abigail – Perpetrator?
Locate a planning partner who shares similar views
on the subject. Together search the textbook for
textual evidence to support your arguments.
Essay Planning
continued…