August 31 & September 1, 2026

Agenda

1. Starter #7: 8/31 & 9/1

2. Activity: Each person at your table will be assigned a different aspect of Puritanism to research. Ensure you answer every part of the prompt and every question on your worksheet.

• Key

3. Reading: The Crucible: Act 1

• Readings - The Crucible: Act 1 - digital, textbook, annotated to match audiobook

• Audiobook

• Assignment - The Crucible: Act 1 - Annotations

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

    • When you analyze each character’s speech and action, consider the decisions they make for this particular audience.

    • What are the characteristics of this audience? Values? Beliefs? Fears? Etc.

Daily Notes

• Act 1, Day 1 Notes - class

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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

teacher class

Events Chart

version one version two

Miscellaneous

power chart analysis pyramid