10th grade Honors English - Ms Johnson's Class Weblog



11th grade American Literature

Unit Outline for The Crucible

Essential Questions: What is the American Dream? What can we learn about the values and dreams of a people in a certain time and place in history from reading their literature? How far would you go to defend a principle? Is it always the correct decision to stand up for what you believe in?

You need your Crucible book every day in class

*Note that agenda is subject to change*

|Day/ Date |In Class |Homework |

|DGP sentence for the week (5): |

|ernest hemingway enjoyed fishing hunting fighting and writing novels and short stories |

| | |Ongoing Homework: |

| | |Review vocabulary - all quizzes are cumulative |

| | |Study Questions for each act are due as we finish reading |

| | |that act |

|Monday 9/15/08 |Hand out unit outline |Review everything we’ve read in The Crucible, through p. 62 |

| |Hand out Vocab List 4 | |

| |Discuss The Crucible Act One and the beginning of Act Two | |

| |Go over study guide questions-Act One | |

| |Watch intro scene of the film | |

|Tuesday 9/16/08 |Discuss the title/ term “crucible” |Read The Crucible through p. 74; Vocab sentences due tomorrow|

| |Read aloud in The Crucible and discuss | |

|Wednesday 9/17/08 |* Early Release Day * |Read The Crucible through p. 86 (Finish Act Two); Act Two |

| |Go over vocab sentences |study guide questions are due on Friday |

| |Read aloud in The Crucible and discuss | |

|Thursday 9/18/08 |“Half-Hanged Mary” – read and complete questions. Use a |Read the sometimes deleted Act Two, Scene Two p. 154-159 in |

| |dictionary if you need it. Due at end of class for a small |the appendix of your text; Study Questions for Act Two are |

| |project grade. |due tomorrow; Study for vocab quiz |

|Friday 9/19/08 |Vocab Quiz 4 |Finish your paragraph analysis of Act 2, Scene 2 and have |

| |Go over study guide questions-Act Two |ready to turn in as you walk in on Monday |

| |Analysis of Act 2, Scene 2 | |

|DGP sentence for the week (6): in his poem thanatopsis william cullen bryant uses a combination of run on lines and caesuras |

|Monday 9/22/08 |Quick grammar review |Begin reading Act 3 in The Crucible, through p. 98 |

| |Review for GHSWT– practice prompts | |

| |Pass back persuasive essays and go over writing tips – | |

| |common mistakes | |

|Tuesday 9/23/08 |Quick grammar review |Read The Crucible through p. 117 by Thursday |

| |Review for GHSWT-practice prompts | |

|Wednesday 9/24/08 |Georgia High School Writing Test (GHSWT) is today – good luck! ( |

|Thursday 9/25/08 |Grammar Quiz 3 |Read The Crucible through p. 126 (finish Act 3) and be ready |

| |Read aloud and discuss The Crucible |to go over study questions for Act 3 tomorrow |

|Friday 9/26/08 |Discuss Act 3 of The Crucible |Review our reading and study of The Crucible |

| |Go over study guide questions-Act 3 | |

| |Discuss theme & complete | |

| |Theme Graphic Organizer | |

|DGP sentence for the week (7): poe makes extensive use of onomatopoeia in his poem the raven |

|Monday 9/29/08 |Hand out Vocab List 5 |Read The Crucible through p. 137 |

| |Begin reading The Crucible Act Four aloud and discuss | |

|Tuesday 9/30/08 |Read The Crucible aloud and discuss |Vocab sentences due tomorrow; Read The Crucible through p. |

| | |145 |

|Wednesday 10/1/08 |Go over vocab sentences |Read The Crucible through p. 153 (end of the play); Be ready |

| |Read The Crucible aloud and discuss |to go over study questions for Act 4 tomorrow |

|Thursday 10/2/08 |Go over study guide questions-Act 4 |Review our reading and study of The Crucible; Study the Major|

| |Go over Major Themes in The Crucible (you got this handout |Themes handout; Study for Vocab Quiz 5 tomorrow |

| |at the beginning of the unit) | |

|Friday 10/3/08 |Vocab Quiz 5 |Review our reading and study of The Crucible |

|DGP sentence for the week (8): the girl who sits behind will is a better student than i |

|Monday 10/6/08 |Hand out Vocab Lists 6 & 7 (combined vocab quiz will be |Finish The Crucible theme posters if did not finish in class |

| |10/17) |– be ready to present tomorrow in groups |

| |The Crucible theme posters in groups | |

|Tuesday 10/7/08 |Groups present The Crucible theme posters |Review our reading and study of The Crucible |

| |Review for test | |

|Wednesday 10/8/08 |In-class essay |Study for unit test tomorrow |

|Thursday 10/9/08 |Unit test for The Crucible |Have a good long weekend! ( |

| |Turn books in | |

|Friday 10/10/08 |Teacher Work Day |

|DGP sentence for the week (9): reading arthur millers play the crucible our class learned about the witch trials in salem massachusetts |

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