Welcome
On a sheet of paper, respond to the following question in at least a
paragraph.
Where were you at this time last year? Describe yourself and how you
have changed since last year. (Think deeper than…well, I used to have
long hair, but now it’s short.)
Agenda
 Syllabus
 Graduation Project
 Getting to Know You Activity
 Student Survey
 Reflection
Graduation Project
 February 10 - Academic Advisor Form
 March 10 – Rough Draft to Advisor
 May 12 – Final Draft
Getting to Know You
 Think – look over the questions. Pick one or two you want
to talk about. Think about how you would answer it.
 Pair - with someone sitting next to you, discuss the
questions you picked and talk about them.
 Share – with the class
Student Survey
 Go to my webpage
 Click on English III in the left column
 Click on the survey link
 Answer the questions completely and honestly
What Type of Learner are You?
 Visual
 Auditory
 Read-Write
 Kinesthetic
Visual
 They tend to be fast talkers.
 They exhibit impatience and have a
tendency to interrupt.
 They use words and phrases that evoke
visual images.
 They learn by seeing and visualizing.
Kinesthetic
 They tend to be slow talkers.
 They tend to be slow to make decisions.
 They use all their senses to engage in
learning.
 They learn by doing and solving real-life
problems.
 They like hands-on approaches to things
and learn through trial and error.
Auditory
 They speak slowly and tend to be
natural listeners.
 They think in a linear manner.
 They prefer to have things explained
to them verbally rather than to read
written information.
 They learn by listening and
verbalizing.
Read-Write
 They prefer for information to be
displayed in writing, such as lists of ideas.
 They emphasize text-based input and
output.
 They enjoy reading and writing in all
forms.
Reflection
Where will you be at this time next year? Describe how
you think your life will be different. If you don’t think it
will be different, explain why.
January 24
What are your goals for this class this semester?
What is your plan to accomplish these goals?
Who is going to support you?
Agenda
 Grammar Diagnostic
 Puritans – Historical Background for The Crucible
 Salem Witch Trials
Schoology
 CJRTK-HDHMQ
 Complete in this order
 Subject Verb
 Pronouns
 Adjectives and Adverbs
 Fragments
 Comma Splices
 Misplaced Modifiers
 Mechanics
 Punctuation
Puritans
 Go to my webpage
 Click on English III
 Download Puritan PowerPoint
 Read PowerPoint and Complete Guided Notes
January 27
Public Voices, Private Lives
Most of us recognize and live with the difference between our public self
and our private self. Sometimes, however, those selves – with all their
convictions, passions, and values – come into conflict. Then, we must
make a choice. Which self will triumph and which self must be sacrificed?
Can we find a compromise? These choices are sometimes simply matters
of avoiding embarrassment or preventing hurt feelings or confessing
dishonesty. Sometimes they are matters of life and death.
How do people resolve these conflicts between public and private? What
situations challenge their honesty and integrity? How can people slip into
hypocrisy or conflicts of interest?
Agenda
 Memory Test
 Puritan and Arthur Miller Intro
 Reading Act I of The Crucible
 Analyze sentences for meaning using a double entry journal
Memory Test
 Scratch Paper
 One minute to read the words
 Then, write down as many as you can remember
Test 1:
Sour Nice
Honey Sugar
Bitter Chocolate
Heart Taste
Tooth Tart
Candy
Soda
Good
Cake
Pie
Try again. Test 2:
Mad
Happy
Rage
Mean
Ire
Wrath
Hate
Hatred
Fury
Emotion
Fear
Fight
Temper
Calm
Enrage
Results
 How many of you think you did better on the second test
than the first test?
 Look at your first list. Raise your hand if you wrote down
the word sweet.
 Look at your second list. Raise your hand if you wrote
down the word anger or angry.
 If you raised your hand either time, you have experienced a
false memory; those words were not on either list.
 No correlation between feeling certain about a memory and
the accuracy of that memory
Talk amongst yourselves.
 How accurate was your memory?
 Have you ever seen or read anything in the
news about false eyewitness testimony or unjust
convictions?
 What do you know about the Salem Witch
Trials and Puritan Culture?
 What do you know (or not know) about
McCarthyism?
Who was Arthur Miller?
 American playwright
 Best known for Death of a
Salesman and The Crucible
 Colorful public life
 Rocky marriage to Marilyn
Monroe
 American Communist Party
Who were the Puritans?
 Sought “purity” in worship – too ceremonial
 Life should follow scripture
 Fundamental interpretation of the Bible
 Life of moderation
 Predestination
 Modest and Proper
Double Entry Journal
Pg # Quote
Significance/Meaning
Pg 138
We need
readers for…
o Narrator
o Parris
o Tituba
o Abigail
o Susanna
o Mrs.
Putnam
oPutnam
oMercy
oMary Warren
oBetty
oProctor
oGiles
Double Entry Journal
Pg # Quote
141
Significance/Meaning
Long-held hatreds of neighbors He’s calling them hypocrites. They do not
could now be openly expressed, practice what they preach.
and vengeance taken, despite the
Bible’s charitable injunctions.
January 31
Identifying Puritan Beliefs in Act I
What Puritan beliefs do you see in the beginning of Act I?
Use your book if you need to.
What happens in Act I that you can see as a reflection of Puritan
society?
Agenda
 Homework Due: Puritan Notes
 Continuing reading of Act I of The Crucible
 Analyze sentences for meaning using a double entry journal
 Complete Act I study guide to determine what the text says
explicitly
Double Entry Journal
 What you want to think about  What you can use
 Truth/Lies
 I really like/dislike
 Greed
 I wonder why…
 Envy
 Fear/Tolerance
 What you should write
 I predict that…
 I think the character
 Questions
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 How you relate
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 Any connection
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should…
This reminds me of…
This seems to connect to…
I think the author is saying…
The figurative language in
this passage is….and
means….
Pg 145
We need readers for…
o Narrator
o Parris
o Tituba
o Abigail
o Rebecca
o Mrs. Putnam
oPutnam
oMercy
oMary Warren
oBetty
oProctor
oGiles
oHale
February 3
What keeps you in line?
A sense of morality probably keeps you from cheating on a test –
maybe. In other words, you know cheating is wrong. But there are
other reasons for behaving morally. Some people are anxious to
please. Others fear the consequences of breaking the rules.
Do you think most people today have a strong sense of morality?
Why or why not? What have you experienced that has influenced
your opinion?
Agenda
 Finish reading Act I of The Crucible
 Analyze sentences for meaning using a double entry journal
 Complete Act I study guide to determine what the text says
explicitly
 View Salem Witch Trial Documentary to compare how
authors portray the same event
Pg 155
We need readers for…
o Narrator
o Hale
o Parris
o Rebecca
o Putnam
o Mrs. Putnam
oGiles
oProctor
oAbigail
oTituba
oBetty
Salem Witch Trial
 Complete Viewing Guide as you watch
February 4
When is it time to take action?
We are faced with decisions every day. Whether it's the winning
shot in the final seconds of the game, the right moment to ask
someone out, the decision to apply for a job, or ask for a something
you want – timing is everything. Our decisions shape our lives.
Some decisions have a bigger impact than others. When have you
been faced with a big decision? What did you decide? Did you take
action or did you leave it to fate? Why?
Agenda
 Finish viewing of Salem Witch Trial Documentary to
compare how authors portray the same event
 Persuasive Rhetoric Notes
 Read Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God – pg124
 Complete Text Analysis of Emotional Appeals and Persuasion
 Write persuasive speech
 Homework due Thursday: Complete Act I study guide to
determine what the text says explicitly
Deductive vs Inductive
 Deductive = top-down
 If the premise is true, the conclusion is true.
 General to specific
 All humans will die. I am human. I will die.
 Inductive = bottom-up
 Specific to general
 My wife and her mom are nags. All women are nags.
Deductive vs. inductive
 I am having a good year. This is a lucky year.
 All dogs have a good sense. Spot is a dog. Spot has a good
sense of smell.
 It is dangerous to drive in the snow. It is snowing right now.
It is dangerous to drive now.
 Every 3 year old you know whines. All 3 year olds whine.
Persuasive Techniques
 Ethos: ethical, moral – use values or moral standards
 Logos: logical – rely on reason and facts
 Pathos: emotional – elicit strong feelings
 Examples:
 How can you look at the sad faces of separated families and not
decide to help them.
 You should consider the immigration argument and decide what
is the right thing to do.
 Statistics show that 1 out of every 6 people in North Carolina
has relatives or friends involved in the immigration issue.
Rhetorical Devices
 Analogy – a comparison between two dissimilar things to explain
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an unfamiliar subject in terms of a familiar one Ex: A gang of boys
is like a pack of wolves.
Antithesis – the expression of contrasting ideas in parallel
grammatical form Ex: Give me liberty, or give me death
Repetition – the repeated use of a word or a phrase for emphasis
Ex: Let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!
Parallelism – form of repetition in which grammatical pattern is
repeated Ex: I have a dream.
Rhetorical question – a question to which no answer is expected
Allusions – references to figures, events, or places in the Bible
Basics of an argument
 Claim – clear statement of a position on an issue
 Support – reasons and evidence to support claim
 Counterarguments – statements that anticipate and refute
opposing views
 Logic and Language
 Conclusion – sums up the reasons or the call for action
Pg 124
 Pay attention to the emotional language Edwards uses to
persuade his congregation to believe deeply in a vengeful
God
 How would you describe Edwards’ view of the following?
 God
 Christ
 Humanity
February 5
Visit from King’s College
Notes on Research Paper
February 6
What is our goal?
If you could decide what a goal should be for our entire class,
what would you decide and why?
Agenda
 Vocab Pre-test
 New Context Vocab
 Complete Text Analysis of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry
God” looking at Emotional Appeals and Persuasion
 Review Answers for
Sinners Text Analysis
Puritan PowerPoint
Salem Witch Trial Viewing Guide
Act I Study Guide
 Write persuasive speech – Due Monday
New Vocab
 Contention
 Repression
 Paradox
 Grievances
 Calumny
 Corroborate
 Deference
 Prodigious
 Subservient
 Perpetuation
 Diametrically  Proposition
 Clamor
 Fanatics
 Propitiation
 Predilection
 Homage
 Licentious
 Parochial
 Ingratiate
 Enraptured
 Perverse
 Injunctions
 Innate
 Inferentially
February 7
Media Center
for Research Paper Presentation
February 10
What do you think of Abigail?
What would you have said to her if you had been present at
the end of Act One?
Agenda
 Academic Advisor Forms Due Today!
 Additional Context Vocab – HW Friday
 Review Text Analysis of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry
God” looking at Emotional Appeals and Persuasion
 Present persuasive speech/Analyze presentations
 Begin Reading Act 2 of The Crucible and continue double
entry journal
 Final Reflection
Additional Vocab
 indignant
 pretense
 placid
 solemn
 indignation
 calamity
 deferentially
 partition
 incredulous
 contention
 unperturbed
 perplexed
 deposition
 contemptuous
 trifle
*HW due Friday: out of all 40 words – choose at least 15
to include in a one-two page analysis of our reading so far.
Highlight the vocab words when complete.
Analyzing speeches
 What is the claim?
 What support does the speaker use?
 What counterargument does the speaker present?
 What appeal does the speaker use – ethos, logos, pathos?
Explain your answer.
 What rhetorical devices do you hear –analogy, antithesis,
repetition, parallelism, rhetorical question, or allusions?
 Presentation Style – effective or not?
Pg 164
We need readers for:
 Narrator
 Elizabeth
 Proctor
 Mary Warren
 Hale
 Giles
 Francis
 Cheever
 Herrick
Double Entry Journal
 What you want to think about  What you can use
 Truth/Lies
 I really like/dislike
 Greed
 I wonder why…
 Envy
 Fear/Tolerance
 What you should write
 I predict that…
 I think the character
 Questions
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 How you relate
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 Any connection
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should…
This reminds me of…
This seems to connect to…
I think the author is saying…
The figurative language in
this passage is….and
means….
Reflection
Based on what we have already read, what do you think will
happen next in The Crucible? Why?
February 11
How is the punishment ironic?
What happens to those who confess compared to those who claim
innocence? What does this suggest about their society? What does
it imply about the church and the court?
Agenda
 Context Vocab – HW Friday
 Read Act 2 of The Crucible and continue double entry journal
Pg 169
We need readers for:
 Narrator
 Elizabeth
 Proctor
 Mary Warren
 Hale
 Giles
 Francis
 Cheever
 Herrick
February 17
External/Internal Conflicts
Identify at least three external conflicts in the play. Then describe
the internal conflict that Proctor faces. How could Proctor’s
conflict relate to a broader conflict in the play – between public
appearance and private reality?
Agenda
 Remember – Do not show anyone your slip of paper
 Context Vocab HW DUE Today
 Topic Proposal, Thesis Statement, and Source Summaries
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DUE Friday, February 21
Review Act II with Study Guide and Double Entry Journal
McCarthyism Notes and Speech Reading
Present persuasive speech/Evaluate presentations
Subject Verb Agreement Notes and Practice
Double Entry Journal
 What you want to think about  What you can use
 Truth/Lies
 I really like/dislike
 Greed
 I wonder why…
 Envy
 Fear/Tolerance
 What you should write
 I predict that…
 I think the character
 Questions
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 How you relate
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 Any connection
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should…
This reminds me of…
This seems to connect to…
I think the author is saying…
The figurative language in
this passage is….and
means….
McCarthy Speech
 If your name is called, take your paper and stand in the back.
Hysteria
 exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, esp.
among a group of people
 How does the word “hysteria” fit what was going on in class
today?
 How does it fit what is going on in the play so far?
Analyzing speeches
 What is the claim?
 What support does the speaker use?
 What counterargument does the speaker present?
 What appeal does the speaker use – ethos, logos, pathos?
Explain your answer.
 What rhetorical devices do you hear –analogy, antithesis,
repetition, parallelism, rhetorical question, or allusions?
 Presentation Style – effective or not?
February 18
Go ahead and pull up the speech surveys on your phone. We will
get started when the bell rings.
Agenda
 Topic Proposal, Thesis Statement, and Source Summaries
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DUE Friday, February 21
Crucible Test Wednesday, February 26
Crucible Vocabulary Quiz Friday, February 28
Present persuasive speech/Evaluate presentations
Subject Verb Agreement Notes and Practice
Researching topics and completing source summaries
Analyzing speeches
 What is the claim?
 What support does the speaker use?
 What counterargument does the speaker present?
 What appeal does the speaker use – ethos, logos, pathos?
Explain your answer.
 What rhetorical devices do you hear –analogy, antithesis,
repetition, parallelism, rhetorical question, or allusions?
 Presentation Style – effective or not?
Subject Verb Agreement
1. Subjects joined by and use a plural verb.
a.
She and her friends are going to the mall.
2. Singular subjects joined by or or nor use a singular verb.
a.
The book or the pen is on the desk.
3. When a singular and plural subject are joined by or or nor, the verb
should agree with the closest subject.
a.
The boy or his friends run every day.
4. Do not be misled by a phrase between a subject and verb. Cross it out
and make the subject agree with the verb.
a.
One of the boxes is open.
5. Each, Each one, either, neither, everyone, everybody, anybody, anyone,
somebody, someone, and no one are singular – always – and take a
singular verb.
a.
Everybody knows Mr. Smith.
Subject Verb Agreement
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
His friends or the boy run/runs every day.
The people who listen to that music is/are few.
Either is/are correct.
Paul and Gary has/have baseball practice.
Each one gives/give his all.
Elaine or Sophia sings/sing at the home games.
The team captain, as well as his players, is/are anxious.
February 19
Go ahead and pull up the speech surveys on your phone. We will
get started when the bell rings.
Agenda
 Topic Proposal, Thesis Statement, and Source Summaries
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DUE Friday, February 21
Crucible Test Wednesday, February 26
Crucible Vocabulary Quiz Friday, February 28
Present persuasive speech/Evaluate presentations
Read Act III The Crucible pg 180
Subject Verb Agreement Notes and Practice
Analyzing speeches
 What is the claim?
 What support does the speaker use?
 What counterargument does the speaker present?
 What appeal does the speaker use – ethos, logos, pathos?
Explain your answer.
 What rhetorical devices do you hear –analogy, antithesis,
repetition, parallelism, rhetorical question, or allusions?
 Presentation Style – effective or not?
Pg 180 Readers
 Narrator
 Herrick
 Hathorne
 Francis
 Martha
 Proctor
 Giles
 Mary Warren
 Danforth
 Cheever
 Herrick
 Putnam
 Hale
 Abigail
 Parris
 Mercy Lewis
Double Entry Journal
 What you want to think about  What you can use
 Truth/Lies
 I really like/dislike
 Greed
 I wonder why…
 Envy
 Fear/Tolerance
 What you should write
 I predict that…
 I think the character
 Questions
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 How you relate
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 Any connection
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should…
This reminds me of…
This seems to connect to…
I think the author is saying…
The figurative language in
this passage is….and
means….
Subject Verb Agreement
1.
Nouns such as civics, mathematics, dollars*, measles, and news
use singular verbs.
a.
b.
2.
The news is on at six.
Five dollars is a lot of money.
Nouns such as scissors, tweezers, and shears use plural verbs.
a.
The scissors are dull.
Subject Verb Agreement
3. Sentences beginning with there is or there are, the subject follows
the verb.
a. There are many questions.
b. There is a question.
4. Collective nouns are words that imply more than one person but are
considered singular and take a singular verb – group, team,
committee, class, and family.
a. The team travels on Friday.
b. The committee decides what to purchase.
Subject Verb Agreement
5. Expressions such as with, together with, including,
accompanied by, in addition to, or as well do not change the
number of the subject.
a. The President, accompanied by his wife, is traveling to
India.
b. All of the books, including yours, are in that box.
February 20
Go ahead and pull up the speech surveys on your phone. We will
get started when the bell rings.
Agenda
 Topic Proposal, Thesis Statement, and Source Summaries
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DUE TOMORROW
Crucible Test Wednesday, February 26
Crucible Vocabulary Quiz Friday, February 28
Present persuasive speech/Evaluate presentations
Continue Reading Act III The Crucible pg 190
Act III Study Guide and Double Entry Journal
Subject Verb Agreement Notes and Practice
Analyzing speeches
 What is the claim?
 What support does the speaker use?
 What counterargument does the speaker present?
 What appeal does the speaker use – ethos, logos, pathos?
Explain your answer.
 What rhetorical devices do you hear –analogy, antithesis,
repetition, parallelism, rhetorical question, or allusions?
 Presentation Style – effective or not?
Pg 190 Readers
 Narrator
 Francis
 Hathorne
 Mary Warren
 Giles
 Cheever
 Danforth
 Abigail
 Hale
 Mercy Lewis
 Parris
 Susanna Walcott
 Proctor
 Elizabeth
Double Entry Journal
 What you want to think about  What you can use
 Truth/Lies
 I really like/dislike
 Greed
 I wonder why…
 Envy
 Fear/Tolerance
 What you should write
 I predict that…
 I think the character
 Questions
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 How you relate
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 Any connection
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should…
This reminds me of…
This seems to connect to…
I think the author is saying…
The figurative language in
this passage is….and
means….
February 21
How do you think the play will end? Who will die? Who will live?
Who will be innocent? Who will be guilty? Who will change?
Why do you think so?
Agenda
 Topic Proposal, Thesis Statement, and Source Summaries
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DUE TODAY
“The Lottery” Due Tuesday, February 25
Crucible Test Wednesday, February 26
Crucible Vocabulary Quiz Friday, February 28
Lab Day Monday – Come ready to work on your paper –
Flash Drive? Gmail?
Read Act IV The Crucible pg 200
Online Reflections
Act IV pg 200
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Narrator
Herrick
Sarah Good
Tituba
Hopkins
Danforth
Hathorne
Cheever
Parris
Hale
Elizabeth
Proctor
Rebecca
Reflection - online
1. In sports, in politics, and in war, people demonize their
opponents – that is, they portray their enemies as
incarnations of evil. Can you think of examples? Why do
you think people do this? What effect do you think such
behavior has on society?
2. What is the most memorable line from the play and why?
February 24
What questions do you have about the research paper?
Agenda
 “The Lottery” Due Tomorrow
 Crucible Test Wednesday, February 26
 Crucible Vocabulary Quiz Friday, February 28
 Online Reflections by Wednesday
 Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Discussing Research Paper and Identifying Plagiarism
Subject Verb Agreement Notes
Plural indefinite pronouns always take plural verbs: Several,
Few, Both, Many
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Both of my parents are from Florida.
Many are coming to the concert.
Some indefinite pronouns can be either singular or plural:
Some, Any, None, All, Most. Look to the antecedent to
determine whether it is singular or plural.
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Some of the test was easy.
Some of the tests in English are easy.
Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 The class is/are reading The Crucible.
 Seven dollars is/are sitting on the table.
 Saturday, in addition to Sunday, is/are my favorite day of the week.
 Civics requires/require a prerequisite.
 Each of the boys (do/does) his own cooking.
 There is/are many students working in the media center.
 The tweezers is/are sharp.
 The people across the hall, as well as the man in the next apartment, (has/have) lived
in the building since the mid-1980s.
 Either of these videos (is/are) suitable for a four-year-old.
 Several of the students (has/have) transferred.
 All of the exercises (seem/seems) simple.
Identifying Plagiarism
 Original Passage
At the start of the Great Depression, many Americans wanted
to believe that the hard times would be only temporary.
 Plagiarism or Not?
At the beginning of the Great Depression, a lot of Americans
wanted to think that the hard times would be only
temporary.
Identifying Plagiarism
 Original Passage
Devices in the iPod range are primarily digital audio players,
designed around a central click wheel — although the iPod
shuffle has buttons also.
 Plagiarism or Not?
An iPod is an MP3 player that lets you choose and play songs to
listen to using a click wheel (or on older versions, buttons).
Identifying Plagiarism
 Original Passage
He was a very silent man by custom.
 Plagiarism or Not?
He was usually a quiet person.
Identifying Plagiarism
 Original Passage
A letter of thanks is a courteous acknowledgment of a gift or of
something that was done for you.
 Plagiarism or Not?
A thank you note is a polite acknowledgment of a present or
something nice someone did for you.
February 25
Connect “The Lottery” to something else in which you are
familiar…life, book, movie, etc. Explain the connection.
Agenda
 “The Lottery” Due Today
 Online Reflections by tomorrow
 Crucible Test Tomorrow
 Crucible Vocabulary Quiz Friday, February 28
 Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Crucible Review Act III and IV
Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 A jacket or a sweater (is/are) warm enough for tonight.
 Either the singer or the musicians (is/are) off-key.
 Here (is/are) the books you reserved.
 The team (has/have) won the semifinals.
 Twenty-seven dollars (is/are) all we have raised so far.
 To illustrate books for young readers require/requires a vivid imagination.
 One junior, as well as four seniors, has/have been invited to attend the
Milford Youth Council next month.
 A few in my class help/helps the coach set up the bleachers.
 None of the people in the theater was/were sitting in the first two rows.
 Public relations and advertising is/are exciting but often stressful work.
February 26
Test Day
February 27
-Look back over your subject verb agreement notes.
-Pick three rules to use.
-Write out a sentence following each rule.
-Leave the two verb choices (singular/plural) in the sentences.
-Under each sentence explain the correct answer identifying subject and
verb.
Agenda
 Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Lab
 Triumph Learning Sign-up
 Formatting Google Drive Doc
 Working on rough drafts
February 28
Go ahead and pull up the speech surveys on your phone. We will get
started when the bell rings.
Agenda
 Finishing Persuasive Speeches
 Crucible Vocab quiz
 Finish viewing The Crucible
Analyzing speeches
 What is the claim?
 What support does the speaker use?
 What counterargument does the speaker present?
 What appeal does the speaker use – ethos, logos, pathos?
Explain your answer.
 What rhetorical devices do you hear –analogy, antithesis,
repetition, parallelism, rhetorical question, or allusions?
 Presentation Style – effective or not?
March 3
Out of all the speeches you heard, which do you remember the most?
In other words, which was the most effective and why? What about the
speech or speaker was memorable?
Agenda
 Registration
 Daybook Check
 Test Objective Tracking
 Working on research paper
March 5
Write a short story
using this picture
as the setting.
Agenda
 Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Intro to Gothic and Romantic Literature
 Identifying Gothic Elements in “Thriller” and Once Upon a
Time
Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Write five sentences using the following criteria. All
sentences must use a present tense verb.
 Use “None” as the subject.
 Use “Either,Or” at the beginning of the sentence. One subject
must be singular. The other must be plural.
 Start your sentence with “Tomorrow, as well as three other days
this week…”
 Use “All” as the subject.
 Start your sentence with “Each of my friends…”
The Romantic Elements
 The Romantic Period = 1800’s.
 Imagination and emotion are more important than reason and formal rules
 Emphasizes a love of nature, a respect for primitivism, and a valuing of the common,
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"natural" man; idealize country life and believe that many of the ills of society are a result
of urbanization
Interested in the supernatural, the mystical, the “gothic,” and the exotic
Attracted to rebellion and revolution, especially concerned with human rights,
individualism, freedom from oppression;
Emphasis on introspection, psychology, melancholy, and sadness. The art often dealt with
death, transience and mankind’s feelings about these things. The artist was an extremely
individualistic creator whose creative spirit was more important than strict adherence to
formal rules and traditional procedures.
Remember the Romantic period has nothing to do with love! It is a literary
movement that has nothing to do with being in love!
The Romantic Hero
 The romantic hero valued emotion rather than rational thought.
 Often lives excluded from society.
 He/She is usually youthful and innocent.
The Dark Romantics
 Emphasizes the supernatural, gloomy, and morbid.
 Acknowledged the evil of man and the horror of evil.
 Focus on bizarre situations and violent events.
 Imagination over Reason!
Characteristics of Gothic Literature
 a castle, ruined or intact, haunted or not,
 ruined buildings which are sinister or which arouse a pleasing melancholy,
 dungeons, underground passages, crypts, and catacombs which, in modern houses, become spooky
basements or attics,
 labyrinths, dark corridors, and winding stairs,
 shadows, a beam of moonlight in the blackness, a flickering candle, or the only source of light failing
(a candle blown out or an electric failure),
 extreme landscapes, like rugged mountains, thick forests, or icy wastes, and extreme weather,
 omens and ancestral curses,
 magic, supernatural manifestations, or the suggestion of the supernatural,
 a passion-driven, willful villain-hero or villain,
 a curious heroine with a tendency to faint and a need to be rescued–frequently,
 a hero whose true identity is revealed by the end of the novel,
 horrifying (or terrifying) events or the threat of such happenings.
Thriller
Progress Reports
 Place ALL work in the purple folder to return to me.
 Write your name on the tab.
 Look over your grades on your progress report and on what I
return to you.
 Write a reflection about your grades on your progress
report.
 Look at where you did well and where you could use some
improvement.
 Is this where you want to be? If it’s not, write a plan to get
you where you want to be. If it is, what’s your plan to stay
where you are and not get comfortable and detour?
March 6
Are you willing to pay any price?
People who’ll stop at nothing to achieve wealth, success, or fame are often
said to have “sold their soul.” In other words, they have sacrificed something
important – moral beliefs, privacy, family – in order to get what they want.
Consider this kind of trade-off. Do you think it might ever be worth the
consequences?
Agenda
 Finish identifying Romantic/Gothic elements in Once Upon a
Time
 Reading “The Devil and Tom Walker” – pg 320
March 7
On a separate sheet of paper to turn in, create a 5 question subject verb
agreement quiz. Your questions should cover 5 different subject verb
agreement notes.You should model your questions after the practice
sentences we have completed in class – follow the example below. Do
not write the answers on the quiz.
Example: 1. Either John or his friends (hate/hates) watching soccer.
2. Either of the boys (like/likes) to play.
Agenda
 Subject Verb Agreement Practice Quiz
 In-text Citations and Chart
 Finish Reading “The Devil and Tom Walker” – pg 326
 Answering Reading Skill and Text Analysis Questions during
reading
 Comparing and Contrasting “The Devil and Tom Walker” with
The Box
The Box
 The Box
Reflection
Would you press the button? Why/Why not?
March 10
What makes a character?
Describe one of your favorite characters from a movie/book/show?
What makes that character your favorite? What do they do? What do
they say?
Agenda
 Read “The Fall of the House of Usher” – pg 410
 Analyze Characterization
 Returning/Reviewing Work
Characterization
 Make three columns on a page.
 At the top of each column write one of the character’s names
(narrator, Roderick, Lady Madeline).
 Go through the story and, in each column write down words
that the story uses to describe each of the characters.You can
also add your own words.
March 11
We like to feel that there are steps we can take to keep ourselves
safe. To protect ourselves from theft, we can install an alarm or
add high-security locks. To protect our health, we can exercise and
eat healthy food. But do our precautions really keep danger away,
or do they just give us an illusion of safety? Explain.
Agenda
 Fall of the House of Usher Quiz
 Subject Verb Agreement Practice
 Gothic Project Intro
 Academic Vocab
 Create Body Biographies/Unity of Effect Posters
Subject Verb Agreement
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The dead trees and peeling paint, along with the broken windows
and flapping shutters, (make/makes) everyone believe that evil
spirits haunt the deserted Sinclair house.
Neither of those sharks circling your boogie board (look/looks)
hungry enough to bite.
Physics (has/have) proven to be Jerry’s easiest subject this semester.
He brings Carol, the lab assistant, an oatmeal-raisin cookie, and as
his reward, she finishes his report.
This weekend, a Great White shark, as well as a school of barracuda,
(is/are) terrorizing the tourists at Daytona Beach.
Every piece of popcorn and dropped chocolate on the theater floor
(has/have) stuck in the treads of Larry’s new running shoes.
Academic Vocabulary
 Unity of effect – When all the elements of a story – plot,
character, setting, imagery, and other literary devices – work
together to create a single effect
 Mood vs Tone
Body Biography
 Visual/Written Portraits of a character
 Text creates a picture of the character
 narrator, Roderick, Lady Madeline
March 12
Look back over “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Find at least 10 instances of
unfamiliar vocabulary you come across throughout the text. Begin finding
the definitions.
Agenda
 Create Body Biographies/Unity of Effect Posters
 Museum Walk
 Read “The Masque of the Red Death” – pg 446
 Noting unfamiliar vocab as we read – at least 10
 After Reading Questions
 LINCS
 Homework:
 Subject Verb Quiz Friday
March 13
If you didn’t finish the vocab from yesterday, finish
it today.
Agenda
 Subject Verb Practice
 Review Fall of the House of Usher
 Read “The Masque of the Red Death” – pg 446
 Noting unfamiliar vocab as we read – at least 10
 Triumph Learning Tutorial
 Homework:
 Subject Verb Quiz Friday
Subject Verb Practice
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The newspaper staff has/have turned in all their stories for
the next edition.
Either my brother or my sisters has/have my Ipod.
Where there’s/there are people and excitement, you’re
sure to find Kazua and Yori.
None of the people in the theater was/were sitting in the
first two rows.
Many a student think/thinks they do not have to study.
Usher’s songs was/were the best part of the show.
March 14
Which indefinite pronouns can be either singular or plural? Which
indefinite pronouns are singular? Which indefinite pronouns are
plural? Do collective nouns use a singular or plural verb? What is the
rule concerning either, or/neither,nor? What makes a verb singular?
Agenda
 Subject Verb Quiz
 After Reading Questions for “Masque” pg 446
 Viewing of “The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe”
Masque of the Red Death
The repetition of red/blood imagery is intense in the first
paragraph. Explain in 2-3 sentences how this repetition sets the
mood, using one quote as evidence to defend your reading.
2. Poe chooses to capitalize some words that are not capitalized on
most occasions. Excluding people’s names or the first words in
each sentence, locate the 5 words Poe capitalizes and explain, in
1 sentence, why he might have chosen to capitalize that word
for each.
3. Track every instance a color is mentioned in the story by
identifying the color and listing the page numbers it can be
found on. What have you discovered?
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March 17
True or False
1. It is possible to love someone and kill that person.
2. It is possible to feel someone watching you, even if you can't see that person.
3. Insane people cannot distinguish between what is real and what is not real.
4. Guilt often makes criminals confess.
5. It is possible to be temporarily insane.
6. It is never right, under any circumstances, to kill another person.
7. Is it possible to lie so well that neither how you act or what you say will give you
away?
8. Some criminals do not feel any guilt at all for the wrongs they have committed.
9. People who have committed crimes always act nervous.
10. It is possible for a monotonous, constant sound to agitate a person.
Agenda
 Read “TheTell-Tale Heart”
 Create comic strip based on the story OR Create an acrostic
poem retelling the story
 Find and define 10 unknown words from Tell-Tale Heart
 Start LINCS
 Looking Forward
 Gothic Presentations Next Week
 Midterm Wednesday – Next Week
 Polished Draft Due Next Friday – March 28
March 18
Work on finding the definitions for the unknown
words you selected from the Poe stories.
Agenda
 Review Subject Verb Agreement Quiz
 LINCs
 Poe Movie Poster
Poe Movie Poster
 Create a movie poster to promote an upcoming movie based
on one of the following Poe short stories
 “Masque of the Red Death”
 “The Fall of the House of Usher”
 “The Tell-Tale Heart”
 Fill the whole page with an illustration
 Include 3 gothic elements
 Write a reflection on the back explaining your gothic
elements and how they are reflected on your poster
Examples
March 19
How do you demonstrate that you are an individual?
Do you think independently of others or do you
follow the crowd?
Agenda
 Transcendentalist Notes
 Reading “Civil Disobedience” pg 390
 Writing a letter to Thoreau
 LINCs
 New Vocab
 Looking Forward
 Gothic Presentations start Tuesday, March 25
 Midterm Wednesday, March 26
 Polished Drafts Friday, March 28
Transcendentalist
 The individual is supreme.
 Major inspirations included nature and intuition or instinct.
 The spiritual is valued over the rational.
 God is present in every aspect of nature, including every
human being.
 Everyone is capable of apprehending God through the use of
intuition.
Letter to Thoreau
 Write a one-page letter to Thoreau explaining to him how
you agree or disagree with his essay
LINCS
Step 1: List the parts
Step 2: Identify a Reminding Word
Step 3: Note a LINCing Story
Step 4: Create a LINCing Picture
Step 5: Self-test
LINCS Example
An Effective Reminding Word
EXAMPLES
NEW WORD
EXAMPLE
flourite
floor
serf
servant
paraffin
pairs of fins
An Effective Reminding Word
NONEXAMPLES
NEW WORD
NONEXAMPLE
shivaree
celebration
paramecium
parapuse
crinoline
crinium
March 20
Is there a connection between the individual's spirit
and nature? If so, what is that connection?
Agenda
 Read “Walden” pg 380
 View Susan Cain “The Power of Introverts”
 Write a dialogue between Thoreau and Cain
 Looking Forward
 Gothic Presentations start Tuesday, March 25
 Midterm Wednesday, March 26
 Polished Drafts Friday, March 28
Partner Read
 From Solitude pg 384 – Summarize Thoreau’s ideas about
lonliness.
 From The Pond in Winter pg 384 – What transcendentalist
idea is reflected?
 From Spring pg 385 –What effect does Thoreau’s imagery
have in this description?
Dialogue
 Write a dialogue between Cain and Thoreau
 Have them discuss their ideas about living alone
 Use at least 3 quotations from the video AND the text
 Script should be at least two pages
Reflection
The result of Thoreau’s civil disobedience was a night spent in
jail. In what ways do people today react to nonconformity?
How do you act towards those who refuse to conform?
March 21
You won’t always get to choose who you want to work with – not on
teams, in school, at work, in life. How are you going to change your
outlook and turn a negative into a positive? Why is it important to
step out of your comfort zone? Why is it important to work with
people who are different than you?
Agenda
 Gothic Projects
March 24
Agenda
 Gothic Projects
 Rough Draft Revising
March 25
Agenda
 Gothic Presentations
March 26
Agenda
 Midterm
March 27
Agenda
 Gothic Presentations
March 28
Agenda