1. Wednesday, 9/17 Take a bell ringer and follow the directions. Work silently for 5 minutes to receive your bell ringer points.

2. Commas and Sentence Structure 1.I don’t like peanut butter cheese spreads or lunch meat. 2.Obviously we could not go in the rain so we waited for a nicer day to visit the park. 3.After a horse is ridden it needs to cool off by walking. 4.My aunt her name is Jackie went to the museum; on her way home she saw a stray dog. 5.There are I believe clean towels in the locker room.

3. Intro Excerpt #1 “The question is not the reality of witches but the power of authority to define the nature of the real, and the desire, on the part of individuals and the state, to identify those whose purging will relieve a sense of anxiety and guilt. What lay behind the procedures of both witch trial and political hearing was a familiar American need to assert a recoverable innocence even if the only guarantee of such innocence lay in the displacement of guilt onto others. To sustain the integrity of their own names, the accused were invited to offer the names of others, even though to do so would be to make them complicit in procedures they despised and hence to damage their sense of themselves. And here is a theme that connects virtually all of Miller’s plays: betrayal, of the self no less than of others.”

4. Intro Excerpt #2 “Beyond anything else The Crucible is a study in power and the mechanisms by which power is sustained, challenged, and lost…In the landscape of The Crucible, on the one hand stands the church, which provides the defining language within which all social, political, and moral debate is conducted. On the other stand those usually deprived of power—the black slave Tituba and the young children—who suddenly gain access to an authority as absolute as that which had previously subordinated them…Those socially marginalized move to the very center of social action…The Crucible is a play about the seductive nature of power…”

5. “Opinion/Debate” Protocol Address the person, by name, with whom you are either agreeing or disagreeing. Respond to their claim with a respectful agreement or disagreement. Then, you may add to the discussion or transition cleanly into a new avenue/topic. Be respectful, or you will be dismissed from discussion and lose all points for today. (Use correct volume, use correct language, and be nice!)

6. Anticipation Guide Discussion 1.Confessing to a crime you didn’t commit in order to avoid punishment is wise. 2.The difference between right and wrong is clear. 3.It is better to die for what you believe in rather than to lie to save your life. 4.There is only one correct way to interpret the Bible. 5.That which doesn’t destroy us only makes us stronger. 6.It’s more difficult to forgive yourself if the person you have hurt doesn’t forgive you. 7.Courage means doing something even though it can be difficult and fearsome. 8.A person is innocent until proven guilty. 9.Beliefs in opposition to common values should be illegal. 10.Justice is best determined in the court of law. Address the person, by name, with whom you are either agreeing or disagreeing. Respond to their claim with a respectful agreement or disagreement. Then, you may add to the discussion or transition cleanly into a new avenue. Be respectful, or you will be asked to leave and lose all points for today.

7. Reading Calendar Pre-Accelerated 15 16 READ: vii-xv of the introduction 17 READ: 3-19 (where it says “enter John Proctor”) 18 READ: 19-30 (where it says “Enter Reverend John Hale”) 19 READ: Finish ACT I (Due Tuesday) 22 READ: Finish ACT I (Due Tuesday): 23 READ: 47-57 (where it says “Mary Warren: Good night. Dissatisfied…”) 24 READ: 57-68 (where it says “Enter Marshal Herrick”) 25 READ: Finish ACT II (grammar + ACT I + ACT II quiz tomorrow!!! *multiple choice*) 26 READ: 77-94 (where it says “But she breaks into sobs at the thought…”) (Due Tuesday) 29 READ: 77-94 (where it says “But she breaks into sobs at the thought…”) (Due Tuesday 30 READ: 94-104 (where it says “Ready, sir.”) 1 READ: Finish ACT III 2 READ: 112-122 (where it says Danforth:“I’ll here no more it that!”) 3 READ: Finish ACT IV (Due Tuesday) 6 READ: Finish ACT IV (Due Tuesday) 7 8 9 10

8. Reading Calendar Honors 15 16 READ: Introduction 17 READ: ACT I Due Friday 18 READ: ACT I Due Friday 19 READ: ACT II Due Tuesday 22 READ: ACT II Due Tuesday 23 READ: ACT III Due Thursday 24 READ: ACT III Due Thursday 25 READ: ACT IV Due Tuesday 26 READ: ACT IV Due Tuesday 29 READ: ACT IV Due Tuesday 30 1 Crucible Test 2 3