2. Agenda Reading Goal: – Draw conclusions about the author’s message by examining the big ideas, or theme, in the text. Today’s Big Question: – Why is it generally a bad idea to cry wolf? Team cooperation goal: explain your ideas and tell why.

3. Review and background Review the main events with your partner. Make a prediction about what will happen in today’s reading. T-P-S Why does the author liken the witchcraft accusations to a disease? What caused this epidemic? How did it get started?

4. Listening Listen to pages 134-138. Listen to Think Aloud. Listen again. What is this paragraph saying? Why is this information important?

5. Vocabulary WordDefinition InterpretedExplained or made understandable MatriarchA female who heads a family SolemnlyDone in a serious or gloomy way DinA loud, constant noise IndignationAnger over injustice PreliminaryNecessary before something else can happen TribunalA court of justice AccountableResponsible for something

6. Pgs 100-111 silently, stop at “he would not have believed such a story if it had been told to him.” 1.Why did the people of Salem Village attend the examinations? Do you think this had anything to do with spreading the epidemic? Why or why not? 2.What was Mary Warren’s dilemma? (write) 3.Why does the author point out in the case of Mr. and Mrs. English that “The principal evidence against them was supplied by a man who had lost a lawsuit to Mr. English” (pg 107)? 4.How did the Carys behave “foolishly”? What results did their decision have?

7. Reflection# heads What does it mean to cry wolf? How is Mary Warren like the boy who cried wolf? Why do people cry wolf? Why might it be a bad idea to cry wolf? What do you think the author wants you to think about by including the story of Mary Warren?