Tuesday night's homework: "Are You Now or Were You Ever?"

Tonight, please read the Article from The Guardian in which Arthur Miller explains the impetus for writing The Crucible. 

Tomorrow I will ask you to connect your new understanding with a political cartoon from the era.

Monday's class

Today, class will start with 20 minutes of Vocabulary notes on Lesson 7 (our last one before the semester ends!).

Then, I will collect your Appreciation Scales and students will take a short quiz on the play.

For homework, prepare for our next Socratic Seminar-The Crucible.  For full credit on this assignment, everyone will need to participate at least two times, during their circle talk.

Pre-reading Discussion for the Crucible (Thursday's class)

Today we checked out The Crucible and then did an prereading activity where we discussed the best course of action in a difficult scenario.

I also briefly explained the political context for Miller's writing of the play, but this video link seems to be an excellent introduction to the play.

I shared the homework for the break (see my post below).  Happy Reading!

The last few minutes were spent introducing the Toulmin Model of Argumentation.  This will help you analyze arguments and build your own.  We will practice using it when we return from break!

HOMEWORK OVER BREAK

Over break, read The Crucible by Arthur Miller and take note of two things:

1. Admiration Scale  It is EXTREMELY important that you do this AS you read.  It will be really difficult to do this after you are done with the book.

2.  Record any fallacies you see in the reasoning of the characters in the play.