AMERICAN LITERATURE

Week 5: The Salem Witch Trials

AM LIT DO NOW 5/19/14

List a couple facts you know about witches. What

are they? How do we know someone’s a witch?

What do we do with them etc,

ELITE: Besides literal witches, what else could a

“witch hunt” be? (Hint: sometimes it is mentioned

in politics)

AM LIT DO NOW 5-20-14

Write the following sentence: “Today’s Do Now is

binder work”

Then, on a separate sheet of paper,

1. Write out the bold terms on pg. 135 and define or

describe them.

2. Read page 134 and record two interesting or

noteworthy facts about Arthur Miller.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

To learn the characters, setting and conflict in the

exposition of the play.

AM LIT DO NOW 5-21-14

In the exposition of a story, we learn about

characters, setting, and the beginning of the conflict.

What have we learned so far about the characters,

setting, and conflict in “The Crucible”?

Turn in Internet Witch Hunt worksheet to US MAIL

BASKET. You may turn in it tomorrow. No late work

will be accepted for the remainder of the year

though…

SUCCESS TODAY MEANS

Students will discover the social context of the play

noting who has beef with whom, understanding our

characters so that we can make sense of the action to

come.

You know you are successful if you can name the

different families in the play and their drama with

other people.

You also find study guide answers (which help keep

you focused in your close reading)

AM LIT DO NOW 5-22-14

What happened when Rebecca Nurse approached the screaming Betty?

Do you think the witch specialist Rev. Hale will calm the town down or

get them going?

Do you think Tituba is going to get into trouble for her role in the

“conjuring of spirits’?

Turn in Internet Witch Hunt worksheet to US MAIL BASKET. No

late work will be accepted for the remainder of the year though…

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

To understand the social context of Salem.

To explore how people react to pressure and

fear of punishment…hehe

Success means you note your discoveries

and answers to the close reading questions on

the study guide

AM LIT DO NOW 5-23-14

Rev. Hale arrives on the scene with big heavy books in

his arms which he says are “weighted with authority.”

1. Is there anything symbolic about Hale having lots of

books? (Remember how each Gatsby character’s

first appearance/description showed their

nature/tendencies/attitudes/ etc.?)

2. What “authority” do you think Hale is referring to?

Do these books give him authority at all?

SUCCESS TODAY MEANS

We finish Act one having identified all study guide

question answers.

We get started on Act II and read as much of it as

possible BECAUSE

ACT I and II READING CHECK TUESDAY. Open

Note, so keep your study guide out and write down

the answers.