The Crucible
October 22, 2009

Warm Up
• Complete the vocabulary worksheet from the
Inbox
– Match the vocabulary word on the left with the correct definition on the right
– Write one synonym for each vocabulary word
HOMEWORK DUE:
Vocabulary Journals

Not
Never
Nor
None
Double Negatives
List of negative words:
Neither
Nothing
Don’t “Ain’t”
Doesn’t
No

Double Negatives
When two negative words are used together, they create a positive.
(kind of like math multiplication)
-1 x -1 = +1 not + never = always

Double Negatives
Example sentence:
He ain’t never going to get into the NBA.
He definitely is going to get into the NBA.

Double Negatives
1. Ms. Driskell ain’t never going to let Shaquille drop out of school.
2. I don’t got nothing Mr. H!!
3. Jahleel didn’t understand how none of the fight happened.

Double Negatives
• Practice Part B with a partner
• Practice Part C ON YOUR OWN.

The Crucible: Themes
Theme: the basic and universal ideas explored in a literary work
1. Intolerance
2. Hysteria tears apart a community
3. Injustice of the justice system
4. The power of reputation

The Crucible: Act 1 Information
• Reverend Samuel Parris
• 1692
• Reverend Parris is kneeling at the bedside of his daughter, Betty, 10 years old, who is lying in bed (comma like state)

The Crucible: Act 1 Information
• Reverend Samuel Parris
– Middle 40s
– He has a villainous streak to him
– Wife died
– No interest in children
– Father of Betty

The Crucible: Act 1 Information
• Salem, Massachusetts
– Puritan society
– No reading, theater or dancing, holidays
– Concentrate mostly on prayer
– Expected to work extremely hard for community
– Houses were patrolled to determine whether or not people were good Christians
– Believed in “Dark forces”
– Theocracy (Church + State)

The Crucible: Act 1 Information
• America
– Only has colonies on the East Coast
– The “western” U.S. was considered a mystery to be explored
– The wilderness = dark/threatening
– Forest = the devil

The Crucible Reading
• Student read aloud- 8-27
• Fill in character charts

Crucible- Film

Crucible Study Questions
1. What was Samuel Parris’s attitude toward children?

Crucible Study Questions
2. Why do you think Rev. Parris has many enemies?

Crucible Study Questions
3. After Parris begins to believe his daughter to be afflicted by witchcraft, what is Thomas
Putnam’s advice to him?

Crucible Study Questions
4. What truths come out when the adults leave the girls alone?

Crucible Study Questions
5. What’s going on between Abigail and John
Proctor?

Crucible Study Questions
6. Why does Betty start screaming?

Annotations
• Annotate: to write notes
While reading The Crucible…
1. Students circle character entrances
2. Students underline words they do not know
3. Students write in column summary of story in 4 places on each page

Parris is scared because his daughter (Betty) won‘t wake up
Abigail = Parris’ niece