Week 8 Amlit 2011-12

Week 8	Class work	Homework
Monday (Print out syllabus and turn in by Tuesday at beginning of class for 100 points extra credit). Remember you must finish reading the Scarlet Letter. Scarlet Letter Vocabulary has a separate page on this blog: Here is a sample: CHAPTER ONE THRONG: a great number of persons crowded together. EDIFICE: a large, usually impressive building. UTOPIA: a place or state of political or social perfection. Comes from a novel by Sir Thomas Moore  about a perfect society. ALLOT: to divide or distribute in shares. SEASONABLE: timely or opportune. SEPULCHRES: a burial vault built of rock or stone. PONDEROUS: weighty or clumsy. CONGENIAL: pleasant, friendly. INAUSPICIOUS: not prospero us. PORTAL: a doorway of imposing appearance.	Crucible Project:  PowerPoint Presentations Begin Essay Activity 4 Choose 1 a. Further exploration of the comparison between the student's historical figure and its dramatic counterpart. In a well-argued analysis, show the reader how Miller works with a historical figure to make him or her a compelling, dynamic, dramatic figure. Point to examples from history and from the play text. b. How or why does The Crucible still speak to audiences today? Students who are particularly savvy about current events could begin with Miller's own quotation in the introduction of this lesson plan and spin a paper off from it. c. Analysis of The Crucible as an American tragedy with John Proctor as an American tragic hero. d. Pretend that you are a playwright who has a keen interest in history. Tonight is the night that your writers' group meets to discuss individual projects. Your goal is to present to your group your idea for dramatizing a past event—it may be a recent current event. Describe, in writing, why you think the event would make good drama and how you would dramatize it. Be sure to think carefully about story, conflict, character, and resolution.	Scarlet Letter Books due in Class all week! Scarlet Letter packet Pages TBA Essay Activity 4 is due by Friday to Turnitin.com
Tuesday	PowerPoint Project Presentations Scarlett Letter Packet	Scarlett Letter Packet Pages TBA Essay Activity 4
Wednesday	Scarlett Letter Packet	Scarlett Letter Packet Essay Activity 4
Thursday	Scarlet Letter	Scarlet Letter Packet Pages TBA Essay Activity 4 Submitted to Turnit.com
Friday	Scarlett Letter	Scarlet Letter Packet Pages TBA