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Day Two Agenda- 9/5 & 9/6
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Bellwork- Journal
Explaining the flip book assignment
Explaining turnitin.com Blackboard assignment
Beginning to read- Act I
HOMEWORK- Please begin working on your flip book.
for Act I of The Crucible.
Flip Book
The flip book assignment will be completed for all four
acts of The Crucible. Take 2 sheets of paper and overlap
them, then fold them in half. There are essentially four
flaps to each flip book.
1. Title and IVF Statement
2. Comic Strip Summary
3. Act Questions
4. Standards Focus
Flap 1: Title and IVF
On this flap of your flip book you must record the following information:
1. Title of the play
2. Act
3. Author
4. Your name
5. IVF Statement- An IVF Statement identifies the title, uses a verb to
show what the author did in that act, and is followed by the student
finishing their thoughts.
Example: Act I of The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, explains how it came to be
that a group of girls in Salem, MA started accusing neighbors of
witchcraft.
Flap 2: Comic Strip Summary
On the second flap of your flip book you must diagram
and explain the beginning, middle, and end of the
action that occurred in that act.
Beginning
Act I begins with two girls who have
fallen ill. We discover that they were
among a number of girls caught dancing
in the forest, led by Abigail Williams.
Middle
Reverend Hale, an expert in
demonology, is brought in to examine
the sick girls and discover whether or
not there is witchcraft in Salem.
End
The act ends with the girls, in a
hysterical frenzy, accusing various
members in the community of being
witches.
Flap 3: Questions
Use the third flap of your flip book to answer the ten
questions that are assigned to each act.
Flap 4: Standards Focus
The fourth flap of your flip book will change with each act
based on what standard(s) we are teaching for that
specific act.
In Act I, we are focusing on characterization. You will be
required to use the STEAL method of characterization
to produce 6 different quotes for 3 different characters
(2 quotes per character) using the Say/Mean/Matter
format.
Flap 4: S.T.E.A.L. Method
The STEAL method involves looking at various aspects of a character in order to be able to
make reasonable inferences about their traits and personality.
Speech
Thoughts
What does the character say? How does the character speak?
What is revealed through the character’s private thoughts and feelings?
What is revealed through the character’s effect on other people? How do
Effect on others other characters feel or behave in reaction to the character?
Actions
Looks
What does the character do? How does the character behave?
What does the character look like? How does the character dress?
Flap 4: Say/Mean/Matter
Quotes
Say/Mean/Matter quotes force you to pull evidence directly from the text to show
what the text says, explain what it means, and then analyze why it matters to the
story.
SAY
MEAN
MATTER
“Find a quote that is an example of
indirect characterization.”
(Character, pg. #)
List the letter(s) of S.T.E.A.L. used
and explain what the quote means.
Explain what this reveals about the
character and why this matters to
the story. What effect does this have
on the play overall? What's the
purpose?
"Thomas, Thomas, I pray you, leap not
to witchcraft. I know that you – least of
all you, Thomas – would ever wish so
disastrous a charge laid upon me. We
cannot leap to witchcraft. They will howl
me out of Salem for such corruption in
my house." (Rev. Parris, pg. 154)
SPEECH: Reverend Parris is imploring
Thomas Putnam not to assume it's
witchcraft. He believes that having an
incidence of witchcraft in his village
reflects poorly on him and will lead to
his ruin, since he is the minister and
responsible for the teaching and
upholding of Christian principles and
behavior.
Reverend Parris is more worried about his
own reputation than he is about the life of
his daughter. Although he claims to be
deeply religious, in actuality he is not.
During this time in history the holy &
righteous were the law, and this means
that the action of the play that follows will
not be overseen by the hearts and minds
of holy men but by the selfish and corrupt
nature of fallen man.
Flap 4: Characterization
For Act I, please find 2 quotes for each of the following three
characters:
Reverend Parris
Abigail Williams
John Proctor
Set your quotes up exactly like the Say/Mean/Matter chart in
the previous slide.
Turnitin.com Response
For each act there will be a specific question that you must respond to online. You
must make one original response and one comment about somebody else’s
response in order to receive credit.
For Act I, you need to figure out who is to blame for the hysteria in Salem. However, this is a
difficult task, given that there are so many people involved. You will select a character
from Act I and will need to find and explain three pieces of evidence that shows how they
are to blame for what’s happening in the story.
Essentially, you are proving this thesis:
Although blame is usually placed upon Abigail, ________ (name of selected character) is also
to blame for starting the witch-hunt in The Crucible.
Example: Ann Putnam also responsible for
the events in The Crucible
There is a lot of evidence in The Crucible to show that Ann Putnam is responsible for perpetuating the
Salem Witch Trials. In Act I, Goody Putnam is the first woman to mention witchcraft. When she calls
Betty’s affliction “a stroke of Hell upon [Mr. Parris]” (11), and then dismisses the idea that Ruth is only
sick, choosing instead to call it the “Devil’s touch” (11), it becomes clear that she wants to pursue the idea
of witchcraft in Salem. She then begins to assert that the Devil had been loose at Salem for some time.
She suggests that her seven children, which she “laid unbaptized in the earth” (12), had died due to the
same “power of darkness” (12) that afflicted her daughter –Ruth – and Betty Parris, in Act I. She also
becomes openly offended when Rebecca Nurse suggests that the children might only be playing.
Moreover, her motives for revenge become clear when she responds to Rebecca Nurse by portraying
herself as the victim of a subversive plot when she yells “there are wheels within wheels in this village, and
fire within fires!” (17). Finally, when the girls shout that they had seen various people, including Goody
Osburn “with the Devil” (24), Ann lends credibility to their claims by saying that Osburn had been her
midwife three times, and that her babies had “shriveled in her hands” (24). Her claims that the Devil
had been at work in Salem, coupled with her assertion the Osburn was the reason that her babies had
died, and her general vindictive nature all show that Ann Putnam can be considered partially
responsible for starting and encouraging the general hysteria in Salem.
And now…WE READ!!!
Remember that your participation and citizenship in this
class is entered into the gradebook as an actual grade,
and it’s worth 10% of your overall grade.
That being said, EVERYONE must read at some point in
this play. You will lose points if you do not.
And now…WE READ!!!
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Our requirements for reading:
Read loudly
Enunciate your words clearly
Read at a “conversational” pace
Follow along and be ready for your lines
Read with ENTHUSIASM!
You WILL get fired for failing to read properly and will lose
your participation points!
And now…WE READ!!!
Characters Today:
Narrator: Teacher
Tituba
Parris
Abigail
Susanna
Mr. and Mrs. Putnam
Rebecca Nurse
Giles
Proctor
Betty
Mary Warren
Mercy Lewis