Last day before Winter Break!!

Read Of Mice and Men to the end of chapter 1 (page 16)
Take notes on the Oklahoma Dust Bowl
Read The Star Bellied Sneetches by Dr. Seuss

December 16

CRUCIBLE TEST TOMORROW

REVIEW THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WRITTEN BY STUDENTS:
Crucible Quiz Questions 
YOU SHOULD ALSO REVIEW sparknotes.com



For review of the Crucible, you will divide into groups to write quiz questions.

All of your questions should touch upon important ideas in the play, such as

• noble actions
• forgiveness
• responsibility
• commitment to truth
• evil behavior
• hypocrisy
• fear
• intollerance
• deceit

Identify the Speaker of the Quote
1
2
3
Multiple-choice
1
2
Essay
1

Dec 11

Quiz

1. Why did Anne Putnam send Ruth to the forest?
2. Who does Mary Warren work for?
3. Who is worried most about his reputation?
4. Why is Rebecca Nurse accused of being a witch?
5. Who is Hale?
6. Why is Goody Good accused of being a witch?
7. Who accuses Thomas Putnam of trying to kill his neighbors so that he can buy up their land?













Crucible vocabulary   for Wednesday
"callous" to "ameliorate"

New Crucible vocabulary for next Monday:  Quizlet

Some of you might want to review the play at home by reading the Sparknotes.com 
summary of The Crucible

Read the play. 
Watch the movie

What caused the girls to appear to be possessed by evil spirits? Ergotism

10 Tests for Witchcraft

Wikipedia article on 1692 Salem Witch Trial

What caused the girls to appear to be possessed by evil spirits? 
Possible scientific explanations for symptoms Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam manifested

Crucible Interactive Walk through and historical facts. National Geographic article

Student articles--
Megan Did Cold Weather Cause the Salem Witch Trials?
Isaac Salem Witch Trials Followed Cold Weather, New Research Finds
Kaitlyn Encephalitis Lethargica
Emma C
Jacob - Diary of Samuel Seward
Alexa Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Scroll Down.)
         Controversy over Ergot Poisoning
 and Medical Explanations of
Sarah Ergot Theory/Hysteria
Kellie A Fever in Salem: Revisiting and Revising the Evidence from Salem
Encephalitis Lethargica
Anna K Why did a witch scare break out in Salem?
Ricardo G  Ergotism: Satan Loosed in Salem 
Jenna: Salem Witch Trials
Julia - The Salem Times
Elaine Four Theories about the Cause of the Salem Witch Trials
Jonah- Salem Witch Trials
Ajesh- Salem Witch Trials History

December 9

Crucible vocabulary   for Wednesday
"callous" to "ameliorate"

New Crucible vocabulary for next Monday:  Quizlet

Some of you might want to review the play at home by reading the Sparknotes.com 
summary of The Crucible

Read the play. 
Watch the movie

What caused the girls to appear to be possessed by evil spirits? Ergotism

10 Tests for Witchcraft

Wikipedia article on 1692 Salem Witch Trial

What caused the girls to appear to be possessed by evil spirits? 
Possible scientific explanations for symptoms Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam manifested

Crucible Interactive Walk through and historical facts. National Geographic article

Student articles--
Megan Did Cold Weather Cause the Salem Witch Trials?
Isaac Salem Witch Trials Followed Cold Weather, New Research Finds
Kaitlyn Encephalitis Lethargica
Emma C
Jacob - Diary of Samuel Seward
Alexa Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Scroll Down.)
         Controversy over Ergot Poisoning
 and Medical Explanations of
Sarah Ergot Theory/Hysteria
Kellie A Fever in Salem: Revisiting and Revising the Evidence from Salem
Encephalitis Lethargica
Anna K Why did a witch scare break out in Salem?
Ricardo G  Ergotism: Satan Loosed in Salem 
Jenna: Salem Witch Trials
Julia - The Salem Times
Elaine Four Theories about the Cause of the Salem Witch Trials
Jonah- Salem Witch Trials
Ajesh- Salem Witch Trials History

December 5

Crucible vocabulary   for Friday 
"callous" to "ameliorate"

New Crucible vocabulary:  Quizlet

Some of you might want to review the play at home by reading the Sparknotes.com 
summary of The Crucible

Read the play. 
Watch the movie

What caused the girls to appear to be possessed by evil spirits? Ergotism

10 Tests for Witchcraft

Wikipedia article on 1692 Salem Witch Trial

December 3

Crucible vocabulary   for Friday 
"callous" to "ameliorate"

Write vocabulary story using 5 of this week's words.

Read the play. 
Watch the movie

What caused the girls to appear to be possessed by evil spirits? Ergotism

10 Tests for Witchcraft

Wikipedia article on 1692 Salem Witch Trial

Read The Crucible to page 59