Monday, November 2, 2015
•Homework: Read and annotate the poem “Halfhanged Mary.” Explain what is happening in
each stanza. Identify any literary elements or
writing strategies that you see. What is the
overall message? (central idea).
•Classwork: group quiz (analysis activity).
• Identify a central idea (the message).
• Identify a writing strategy used to
develop the central idea.
• Explain how a writing strategy develops
the central idea using a strong verb
(emphasizes, creates, appeals, etc.)
• You have ten minutes
•Group 1 –Michaela, Briana, Ashley
•Group 2 – Steven, Angela, Allison L.
•Group 3 – Cynthia, Alisson C., Michael, Hannah
•Group 4 – Kyle, Jacob, Chandler
•Group 5 – Dillon, Alex, Davyon
After your group has analyzed your excerpt:
• One person will read the excerpt
• One person will share the central idea
• One person will point out the evidence
• One person will explain the use of a writing strategy
• Everyone else should listen and write.
One person from each group should now
move to another group and exchange
responses. You have five minutes – write
quickly. You will need to get responses
from each of the groups.
Packet is due at the end of class.
On Wednesday:
•We will have multiple-choice
questions on “Half-hanged Mary.”
•Counts as a quiz.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
• Take out your homework (annotated copy of the poem “Half-hanged Mary”)
• After we discuss what we have found, we will answer multiple-choice
questions
• Homework: analyze the cartoon on the second page of your
Crucible/McCarthyism packet. Answer the five questions. Read and
annotate the background essay. Bring in the packet tomorrow to begin
synthesizing information for a compare and contrast essay.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
• Take out your Crucible/McCarthyism packet.
• After we discuss the cartoon and the background essay,
read through documents A – F and annotate them. You
are looking for ways in which the Salem Witch Hysteria
mirrors the Communist Scare. Keep in mind that you will
need to include quotes – highlight or underline some
now so you will be prepared later.
• Notice similarities between A&B, C&D, E&F.
Friday, November 6, 2015
Look over returned tests and quizzes. Ask for explanations.
Take out Crucible/McCarthy paragraph. Begin writing your
essay (parallels between The Crucible and McCarthyism):
thesis statement, outline, choose quotes.
Due at the end of class on Tuesday.
•Write a thesis statement
(claim) and outline the body –
consider the various ways in
which the two eras are similar
and use those similarities to
create topic sentences.
Thesis statement (claim):
• A sentence that explain the purpose of your essay. It can be stated
as opinion or as fact.
The play The Crucible and the era known as McCarthyism contain
several parallels. (this is an open claim – it allows the writer to
decide what to write about as the essay unfolds)
In the play The Crucible and the era known as McCarthyism, lies
fueled hysteria while rebellion ended it. (this is a closed claim – it
helps the writer organize the body ahead of time)
This is an elementary level thesis statement:
• The purpose of this essay is to show that there are
many parallels between The Crucible and McCarthyism.
• How can you fix it?
Possible Outline
• People complied with authorities by providing names of
alleged guilty people. Some even lied.
• The authorities were unjust.
• Refusal to comply was the only way to end the unfair
hearings, but doing so required sacrifice.
Select quotes (try to quote at least once per body
paragraph). You can also paraphrase and summarize.
You must give credit to outside sources. Always give
context to your quotes – they should not stand alone.
• How can one overthrow an unjust authority? In a 1953 letter to a New York
schoolteacher, Albert Einstein advised intellectuals “to refuse to testify”
though doing so would result in personal sacrifice, such as “jail” and
“economic ruin” (Document E).
• In the example above, putting Einstein in the parentheses would be
redundant since his name is in the sentence.
Paraphrasing
•In document E, Folk Singer Peter Seeger
refused to answer questions about his
beliefs in front of the committee and
asserted that his refusal was not procommunist but rather pro-American.