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Monday, Dec 1

11/30/2025

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LEARNING INTENTIONS

I can summarize main ideas, plot, and characters in a text
I can analyze how specific characters and ideas develop over the course of the text

AGENDA

MOVIE DAY! - After each act, reflect on the the following topics for about 5 minutes.
- Characters - What do you notice? Are they smiliar to the play? Differenent?
- Plot and setting - What did the director change? Why might the movie have been different? What effect does this have?
- Theme - How does the movie go about establishing the themes of fear, power, and reputation?
Password to access movie files is mrrestad
Act 1 movie
Act 2 movie

Tuesday, Nov 25

11/25/2025

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Twirp voting: https://bit.ly/twirp25

LEARNING INTENTIONS

I can summarize main ideas, plot, and characters in a text
I can analyze how specific characters and ideas develop over the course of the text

AGENDA

Grade Checks.
Review Act 2 Assessment and complete grade improvement form if needed or desired.
Mental health/catch up day. APPROVED ACTIVITIES:
- Compliment wall (“Write something kind for someone to take”)
- Read a book
- Coloring or Art
- Catch up on homework/Study
- Meditate
- Use these Journaling prompts or jot down any thoughts, feelings, or random ideas to clear your mind.
- NOT snake, phones, youtube, Garden Gnome Launcher. DO SOMETHING YOUR FUTURE SELF WILL APPRECAITE

Monday, Nov 24

11/24/2025

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Act 3 Retreival Practice

LEARNING INTENTIONS

I can summarize main ideas, plot, and characters in a text
I can analyze how specific characters and ideas develop over the course of the text

AGENDA

Act 3 Notes - Observations, Summary, Character, Theme
Act 3 Review - In Google Classroom
IF YOU NEED TO! Catch up in the play and take that Act 2 Assessment.

Friday, Nov 21

11/21/2025

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Routine Writing - Week 11
- Grading: ~14 weeks. To get an A = 12+, B = 10+, C = 8+, D= 6+, F = <5
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LEARNING INTENTIONS

I can summarize main ideas, plot, and characters in a text
I can analyze how specific characters and ideas develop over the course of the text

AGENDA

Finish Reading Act 3 of the Crucible (Act 3 Audio, pdf file) p. 643, line 261

Thursday, Nov 20

11/20/2025

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LEARNING INTENTIONS

I can summarize main ideas, plot, and characters in a text
I can identify structural elements conflicts and explain how these contribute to a text's development
I can analyze how specific characters and ideas develop over the course of the text

AGENDA

IF YOU DIDN'T TAKE THE ACT 2 ASSESSMENT YESTERDAY, you need to take it today or tomorrow. I need to have grades in by Tuesday and I don't want you to have an F.
Begin Act 3 of the Crucible (Act 3 Audio, pdf file) p. 629 thorough line _____
Cast of Characters
- BIG PARTS
  Danforth
  Proctor
  Abigail
  Mary Warren
- SMALLER PARTS
  Elizabeth Proctor
  Judge Hawthorne
  Giles Corey
  Francis Nurse
  Rev. Hale

Wednesday, Nov 19

11/19/2025

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Read this quote from Arthur Miller about the the Salem Witch Trials and explain what he means by the line "Apparently, certain processes are universal."
“The more I read into the Salem panic, the more it touched off corresponding ages of common experiences in the fifties: the old friend of a blacklisted person crossing the street to avoid being seen talking to him; the overnight conversions of former leftists into born-again patriots; and so on. Apparently, certain processes are universal. When Gentiles in Hitler's Germany, for example, saw their Jewish neighbors being trucked off, the common reaction, even among those against Nazism or Communism, was quite naturally to turn away in fear of being condemned themselves.”

LEARNING INTENTIONS

I can summarize main ideas, plot, and characters in a text
I can identify structural elements conflicts and explain how these contribute to a text's development
I can analyze how specific characters and ideas develop over the course of the text

AGENDA

Act 2 Assessment in Google Classroom
- You may use notes or the book (act two starts on page 601)

Tuesday, Nov 18

11/18/2025

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Finish act 2, if we need.

LEARNING INTENTIONS

I can explain the RISE and IMPACT of the RED SCARE on American life
I can connect ideas from the RED SCARE to the SALEM WITCH TRIALS

AGENDA

Listen to "American Scandal: The Red Scare episode 5" through the first 17 minutes take notes on the following topics as we listen.
1. Who was Sen. McCarthy?
2. What factors led to McCarthy's rise in popularity?
3. Discuss: What effect this had on American Life?
- Then reflect: Identify 5 similarities between Salem witch trials and the Red Scare
McCarthyism (Slides)
Brief assessment on act 2 tomorrow

Monday, Nov 17

11/17/2025

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NO CHROMBOOKS, PHONE IN PHONE JAIL
WITHOUT NOTES, WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING YOU CAN REMEMBER ABOUT ACT 2

AGENDA

Page 608. Finish Reading Act 2 of The Crucible (Act 2 Audio, pdf file)
Larger parts
John Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor
Mary Warren
Rev. Hale
Smaller parts
Cheever (he’s the cops!)
Francis Nurse (Old and nice)
Giles (Old and rowdy)
Act 2 questions
- What conflicts do Eilzabeth and John Proctor struggle with in their marriage?
- Proctor knows that Abigail Williams is a fraud. What conflicts cause him to hesitate about revealing this knowledge?
- Which best represents Abigail's change from act 1 to act 2
- What does Proctor mean when he confronts Hale with these words?
  “I’ll tell you what’s walking Salem—vengeance is walking Salem. We are what we always were…but now the little crazy children are jangling the keys of the kingdom …”
- In act II, Elizabeth says she doesn’t believe in witches. Explain the inner conflict this might create in Reverend Hale. Consider his profession, past actions, and what he knows about Elizabeth.

Learning Intentions

Development of theme
A literary theme is the main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work. The theme of a story can be conveyed using characters, setting, dialogue, plot, or a combination of all of these elements. In more complex stories, the central theme is typically a more open-ended exploration of some fundamental aspect of society or humanity. What do YOU think the most essential theme of this pay is so far?
Success Criteria: You are successful if you can identify an underlying main theme of the play and accurately explain and support it with textual evidence.
Structural Elements
John Hale and John Proctor have a stand off in Act 2. Describe their character traits (behaviors, personality, changes, etc.).
Success Criteria: You are successful if you can identify the dominant character traits of main characters in the play

Friday, Nov 14

11/14/2025

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Routine Writing - Week 10
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Learning Intentions

Development of Characters and Ideas
I can identify conflicts and their connections to themes.
I can identify and interpret how characters and ideas interact throughout a play.

AGENDA

Begin Reading Act 2 of The Crucible, through line 150 (Act 2 Audio, pdf file)
Larger parts
John Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor
Mary Warren
Rev. Hale
Smaller parts (we may not even get to today)
Cheever (he’s the cops!)
Francis Nurse (Old and nice)
Giles (Old and rowdy)
STOP and REFLECT
- Plot
- Setting
- Characters
- Conflict
- Themes (fear, power, reputation, conformity)
ACT 2 REFLECTION QUESTIONS
What are the issue in the Proctor Household? What is making them worse?
What’s going on in Salem?
What do you think about John Proctor so far?
What do some of the accused do to save themselves to hanging?
Why does Hale come to the Proctor house?

Thursday, Nov 13

11/13/2025

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Learning Intentions

Literary Elements

AGENDA

Act 1 review
- Plot
- Characters
- Conflict
- Theme
THE DOT GAME

Wednesday, Nov 12

11/12/2025

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Learning Intentions

Literary Elements

AGENDA

Review Essay Feedback/grading. Not done? I'll give you until Monday... then it's lunch detention.
- Improvement form
Crucible Character Map and Main Characters

Tuesday, Nov 11

11/12/2025

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Learning Intentions

Literary Elements

AGENDA

Finish Reading Act 1 of The Crucible

Monday, Nov 10

11/10/2025

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Learning Intentions

Literary Elements

AGENDA

Begin Reading Act 1 of The Crucible, through line 223
- Sit at a character if you'd like to read:
- 😨 = small part
- 😎 = larger part
- 🫢 = medium part
AS WE READ, look for:
- Plot
- Setting
- Characters
- Conflict
- Themes (fear, power, reputation, conformity)

Friday, Nov 7

11/7/2025

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Learning Intentions

Theme discussions

AGENDA

DO THE UNIT REFLECTION, if you haven't.
Routine Writing - Week 9
Half-Hanged Mary - Socratic Seminar

Thursday, Nov 6

11/6/2025

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Yearbook Poll

Learning Intentions

Theme discussions

AGENDA

Quiz "Salem Witch Trials - The Real Story" In Google Classroom
Puritans Slideshow (Slides)
Theme Carousel

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