Mr. Verlin Overbrook High School October 7, 2015

Do Now: Freewriting  Respond to the following prompt: think of a movie or play you have seen that was based on an actual event. List some of the ways you think it differed in real life.  Actors look better.  Special effects for dramatic effect  Exotic settings  Embellished conflicts

Objective:  The students will be able to explain the Salem Witchcraft Trials as a product of mass hysteria.

Focus Lesson: …The Crucible  Direct Instruction: Text Analysis  History: a branch of knowledge that explains events of the past  Drama: a composition intended to tell a story.  Guided Practice  Writers want to earn money.  They take the drama surrounding a past event and embellish it in order to create drama centered around their interpretation of it as depicted through their work.  Independent Practice: Read “The Salem Witchcraft Trials” (Elements… pp ) and consider how they caused mass hysteria.

Focus Lesson: …The Crucible  Small Groups  Divide into 3 groups and distribute the essay planning form to one member of each group.  Select a recorder for the group.  Consider how the trials caused mass hysteria. Each group is responsible for writing the following on the form in the spaces provided (30 classwork points):  The names of all of the group members, period # and today’s date at the top  A thesis statement  Topic sentence #1  At least 3 specific details immediately beneath