2. Agenda Reading Goal: – Use information about the setting to draw conclusions about the characters’ actions and thoughts. Today’s Big Question: – Why do people say that hindsight is always 20/20? Team Cooperation Goal: – Practice active listening

3. ReviewT-P-S What major events have happened so far? Do you agree with the villagers that the girls’ actions were the result of witchcraft? What do you think caused them to act this way? Why are we less likely to believe the girls’ testimony that they are being bewitched?

4. Listening Listen as I read pages 51-53. T-P-S What was the evidence used against Sarah Osburn? Would this evidence hold up in court today? Is there anything about this scene that sounds familiar?

5. Vocabulary WordDefinition SurmountTo overcome TactfulShowing sensitivity to the feelings of others FrivolousOf little importance or seriousness CowerTo hide or shrink away from something threatening EloquentClear, appealing, and forceful in speech AfflictedTroubled, tormented, or suffering in some way ProminentStanding out, noticeable PrestigeThe degree of respect others hold for a person

6. Read pgs 53-61 silently. Stop at “No one was safe until these two were caught.” 1.Compare the description of Tituba on pages 15-16 with that on page 55. How and why have people’s opinions of her changed? 2.What was Tituba’s attitude about having to testify? Does this make her testimony more or less believable to you? Why? (write) 3.What was the reaction to Tituba’s testimony? What effect do you predict this will have on the village? 4.On page 57, why does the author write that, “The only people quiet in the meeting house were the afflicted girls, who smiled at one another as though this were no more than they expected”? What does this suggest about the author’s opinion of the girls?

7. Reflection# heads Have you ever done something and then, looking back on it later, realized what you should have done instead? Why is it so easy to figure out a better solution after the fact? How might this apply to what we are reading about the Salem witch trials? What lessons might the author want us to take away from this book?