The Crucible Summative Assessment.
You will act as if you are in the 1940-70s during the HUAC trials and your goal will be to call the public’s attention to the injustices
committed. In order to do this, you will need to show three parallels between the HUAC era and the Salem Witch Trials. Now in
order to persuade the public that these are actual parallels, you need to use evidence from The Crucible and from your non-fiction
research.
Choose your method to convey this:
 Letter to the editor
 News report: either in a newspaper article or in a video (if you do a video you must write a transcript).
 Press conference where you make a public service announcement (again, you need a transcript).
 BONUS: Political comic strip that shows HUAC propaganda.
Requirements
 Include three parallels in your method
 You must use two quotes from The Crucible and two quotes from your research over HUAC.
 Cite your quotes in text and include both The Crucible and your research article(s) in your works cited.
 Write with appropriate fluency, voice, grammar and spelling.
Crucible Product
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Content
Three parallels are well explained and
the differences and similarities are
explicit. Student demonstrates clear
understanding of The Crucible and the
historical HUAC events.
Three parallels are explained, but
the similarities and differences need
to be more explicitly explained.
Understanding is present, but needs
more clarity.
Only two parallels represented and
explained and there still needs to be
more specific ideas and explanations.
There seems to be a progressing
understanding of the novel and
HUAC.
Only one parallel clearly
established and explained.
Student seems to lack
understanding of the book and
the era.
Conventions
Writer makes 0-4 errors in
capitalization, punctuation, and
grammar so the paper is exceptionally
easy to read.
Writer makes 5-7 errors in
capitalization, punctuation and
grammar, but the paper is still easy
to read.
Writer makes 8-12 errors in
grammar, spelling,
capitalization/punctuation that
distract the reader from the content.
Writer makes more than 13
errors in grammar, spelling,
punctuation and capitalization
that distract the reader from the
content.
Fluency
Sentences sound natural and are easyon-the-ear when read aloud. They are
not choppy, awkward, run-on, or
fragments.
Almost all sentences sound natural
and are easy-on-the-ear when read
aloud, but several are stiff and
awkward or difficult to understand.
A couple choppy, awkward or
incomplete sentences.
Most sentences sound natural, but
many are stiff and awkward or are
difficult to understand. A number of
choppy, awkward, run-on and
fragmented sentences.
The sentences are difficult to
read aloud because they sound
awkward, are distractingly
repetitive, or difficult to
understand.
Research
You use, at the very least, 4 quotes 2
from The Crucible and 2 from your
research to support your arguments.
These quotes are introduced and are
explained. You have at least one per
argument/sub-point.
You use 3 or 4 quotes, but you do
not follow one of the other
requirements
(introduction/explanation of
quotes or 1 per sub-point).
You use between 2-3 quotes, and
you do not follow one or two of the
other requirements
(introduction/explanation of quotes
or 1 per sub-point).
You use less than 2 quotes, and
you do not follow two or three
of the other requirements
(introduction/explanation of
quotes or 1 per sub-point).
MLA Format
Each quote has a parenthetical citation following
it. The citation includes the author’s last name
and the page number. If the author’s name is
unavailable, it includes a shortened version of the
article’s title. Works Cited page has 2 or more
sources properly formatted and titled.
You forget to include a
parenthetical citation on 1 or more
of your sources or you do it
incorrectly. You make 3 or more
MLA errors.
You forget to include a parenthetical
citation on 2-3 of your sources or
you do it incorrectly. You make 5 or
more MLA errors.
You forget to include a
parenthetical citation on all 4 of
your sources and you do it
incorrectly. You make upwards
of 7 MLA errors.