Week 13: October 28 - November 1

Mon 10/28:

• Today was the last day for working on synthesis essays in class -- paper is due to www.turnitin.com by 5:00 pm on Wed 10/30. 
• See revision handout
• Scroll down to last week's notes for more information on the paper (handouts, resources, etc.)

Tues 10/29:

• We are beginning Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible
• We watched the beginning of the play in order to gain context/background before reading Act I
• Here is the characterization chart that we filled out while watching the movie today

Wed 10/30:

• We will finish viewing Act I of The Crucible
• Today you will convert your synthesis essay from a Google Drive document to a word document (only one person has to do this if you are working with someone). Here's how to do so:
• Log onto your Drive account
• Open your social justice synthesis essay
• Click "file," then "download as" and choose "Microsoft Word (.docx)"
• Your computer will probably automatically download the file to the "Downloads" folder
• If it does, open the file from that folder
• If it does not automatically download, choose a location to save it; then open it
• Make all necessary formatting changes once you open it
• View instructions for turnitin.com
• View MLA formattingThurs 10/31:

Thurs 10/31:

• We worked on the characterization handout for The Crucible in groups
• See the following pages numbers for examples of direct characterization for each character:
• Parris:
• Dramatic exposition: 1126
• Stage directions: 1129, 1150
• Abigail:
• Stage directions: 1130, 1139
• Putnams:
• Dramatic exposition: 1133
• Proctor:
• Dramatic exposition: 1138
• Rebecca Nurse:
• Dramatic exposition: 1141
• Hale:
• Dramatic exposition: 1146
• Stage directions: 1150
• See the following pages for particular scenes that provide examples of indirect characterization:
• Dramatic exposition/background: 1126-1128
• Parris, Abigail, Tituba: 1129-1132
• Parris and Putnams: 1132-1135
• Abigail and girls: 1136-1137 (“pointy reckoning”)
• Abigail and Proctor: 1137-1140 (Betty awakes)
• All (Parris, Putnams, Coreys, Nurses): 1140-1145
• Hale’s arrival: 1145-1154
• Tituba’s accusation and confession: 1154-1157

Fri 1/1:

• Finished characterization handout for The Crucible
• Watched a background video on the theories behind the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials