October 12 & 13, 2026

Agenda

1. Starter #19: 10/7 & 10/9

2. Reading: The Crucible - Act 4

• Reading - The Crucible: Act 3 - textbook, annotated to match audiobook

• Audiobook

3. Assignment: The Crucible - Act 4 Assignment

• Directions: While reading Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, investigate how characters manipulate language, situations, and audience for their specific purposes.

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4. Assignment: The Deceptive Danforth

• Directions: For this activity, you will analyze the “dance” of Danforth’s speech – how he is able to dance around other people's claims and accusations. In the left boxes, write down a claim or comment a character gives. Next, in the right boxes, provide a quote of Danforth’s reply and the strategies he uses in this reply to discredit the claim and/or character and maintain his authority. You can also note logical fallacies.

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Daily Notes

• Act 4, Day 1 Notes - teacher, class

• Salem Pictures

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Assignment Notes

Act 1

• Act 1 Assignment - teacher, class
• Jukebox Musical Assignment - teacher, class

Act 2

• Act 2 Assignment - teacher, class
• Act 2 Motifs - teacher, class
• Motif Writing Assignment - example

Act 3

• Act 3 Assignment - teacher, class
• Act 3 Guiding Questions Handout - teacher, class
• Act 3 Writing Response - teacher, class
• Act 3 Writing Response Analysis Pyramid - teacher, class, print

Act 4

• Act 4 Assignment - teacher, class
• The Deceptive Danforth - teacher, class

Charts

Conflict Map

teacher class

Character Chart

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Events Chart

version one version two

Miscellaneous

power chart analysis pyramid