WEDNESDAY, 10.1 SILENTLY WORK ON THE BELL RINGER FOR 3 MINUTES. PARTICIPATION POINTS ADDED/SUBTRACTED.

SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT 1. Building a good marriage and building a good log fire is/are similar in many ways. 2. John or Doris write/writes to us regularly. 3. Neither Carol nor Ted is/are excluded from the meeting. 4. Either Patty or Tom was/were asked to lead the meeting. 5. Neither the basket nor the apples was/were expensive.

THE THESIS WORKSHEET 1. The Topic 2. The Position 3. The Counter Argument 4. The Reason 5. Put Them All Together

THE TOPIC Discuss the issues of identity and conformity revealed in early American literature.  This is NOT a paper ABOUT The Crucible. The Crucible is used as support  Issues of identity and conformity in Puritan communities (Salem)

THE POSITION (YOUR STANCE, YOUR POSITION) WHAT ARE SOME ISSUES/CONFLICTS/VALUES YOU MAY WORK WITH ONE PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU. KEEP THE VOLUME APPROPRIATE AND DISCUSSION ON TASK. PARTICIPATION POINTS. 7 MINUTES. Puritan Identity and Conformity

THE COUNTER ARGUMENT How can someone argue with your position?  Imagine you are in class and someone says, “I disagree with ______, because….”

THE REASON (THE CHARACTER(S)) Why do you believe your position to be correct?  How do you convince the person that disagreed with you in class?  Introduce your character(s) that you will use as support.

PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER Combine steps 1, 2, 3, and 4.  This is a “rough draft” thesis. You will change/adjust it as you write.  Not all members of Puritan communities conformed entirely to the Puritan way, but all were terrified of the consequences that awaited if an individual identity was discovered; Arthur Miller’s The Crucible depicted the issues of Puritan conformity through John Proctor, Abigail Williams, and Giles Corey.

HOMEWORK FINISH ACT III TOMORROW WE WILL WORK ON ACTS, MEL-CON, STAC; AND WE WILL DO A SCENE STUDY!

SCENE STUDY QUESTIONS (FOLLOW DIRECTIONS EXACTLY) 1. What evidence is there that Rev. Hale no longer believes the testimony and crying out of the girls? 2. What do the girls do to convince the men otherwise? Why? How do their actions further befuddle (confuse) Mary?

SCENE STUDY : ACT III (PAGES ) Narrator: Abigail: Mary Warren: Mercy Lewis: Proctor: Hathorne: Susanna Walcott: Danforth: Herrick: Francis: Parris: Cheever: Hale: Elizabeth: Girls:

SCENE STUDY QUESTIONS (FOLLOW DIRECTIONS EXACTLY) 1. What evidence is there that Rev. Hale no longer believes the testimony and crying out of the girls? 2. What do the girls do to convince the men otherwise? Why? How do their actions further befuddle (confuse) Mary?