1. Wed./Thurs. Aug. 12/13 Write a #10 sentence about conformity.
Today’s objectives:
Review elements of argument
Recall prior knowledge about SWT
Read and discuss Act 1
Closing Task: 3 Keys

2. Period 3 needs to catch up!
Finish Rhetoric in Real Life presentations
Review rhetorical precis, compare to RA essay introduction, review, and revise if necessary

3. Argument workshop
Argument essays- hand back/ log and reflect (writing folder)
Aspects of the argument essay
Compare/contrast argument prompt with RA prompt
Outline revised “incentives for charitable donations” essay

4. The Salem Witch Trials
Research jigsaw and synthesis: Share your research results with your group. On one piece of paper, come to a consensus on which three facts might be most important to know for our reading of The Crucible (#1-3). Then explain who Cotton Mather was (#4) and his connection (#5).

7. Here’s some more background:
Puritans: God has absolute power, negative circumstances were attributed to Satan, religion was the absolute center of life. Music, dancing, holidays, and even toys were forbidden. Belief in witchcraft was widespread; England’s King James I, who reigned from ,published a book about witchcraft, Demononlogy. Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1606) was written to please the king and included three witches: “Double, double, toil and trouble…”

8. ABIGAIL WILLIAMS,
LEADER OF THE
ACCUSERS. In the
film, she is portrayed
as a lustful, jealous
young woman. In reality, she was 11 during the time of the actual trials.

9. JOHN PROCTOR-
One of the few males accused. In the film, he has an
extra-marital affair
With Abigail Williams. In reality, he was about 60 during the trials; there is no evidence of an affair between the two.

10. ELIZABETH PROCTOR-
John Proctor’s wife. She is a good, pious, Puritan.

11. TITUBA, PARRIS’ SLAVE FROM BARBADOS. One of the first to confess.

12. REVEREND PARRIS,
SALEM’S SPIRITUAL
LEADER. His daughter, Betty Parris, is the first to come down with the mysterious illness.

13. REVEREND HALE,
EXPERT IN ALL
MATTERS TOUCHING
ON WITCHCRAFT.

14. JUDGE DANFORTH, WHO DECIDES THE FATE
OF THE ACCUSED

15. THE YOUNG GIRLS WHO TESTIFY AGAINST THEIR NEIGHBORS

16. Act 1
Today we will read and discuss Act 1. You may need to finish Act 1 for homework. Be prepared to have a quiz over each act.
The text is available online if you need to read at home. Google “The Crucible full text” and you should find it easily.
Pictures on Friday!