THE CRUCIBLE
Don’t forget that the letter to the Salem Court is due on Friday. We are beginning ACT VI and should finish the entire play by Friday. We may read the scene that was cut out, depending on how much time we have on Friday.
We began the discussion about The Crucible as a symbol for [...]
THE CRUCIBLE
Note-sheets -Links to all the note-sheets have been previously posted on September 10th and September14th. Please make sure that you are keeping up. Each sheet is due at the beginning of the the class after we reach the last page in the play covered by that sheet. Act II to page 70 is due today, [...]
INHERIT THE WIND
Writing Assignment - Due Next Thursday.
In 250-500 words please choose one of the characters in the play we are reading and describe their Hero’s Journey through Act II. You should be able to tell me how far along the Hero’s Journey they have travelled, and which steps have been made. Please be sure to adhere [...]
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
I thought it might be interesting for you to actually hear some of the voices from the Scopes Monkey trial as we read Inherit the Wind. William Jennings Bryan is represented in the play by the character Matthew Harrison Brady. Here is part of a famous 1896 speech in which Bryan argued against [...]
THE CRUCIBLE
Here are the links to the note sheets for Acts II, III, and IV. Remember that each is due the day after we reach the final page of that scene in class. I’ll remind you in class, but it is your responsibility to keep up to date.
Act II to 62, Act II to 70, [...]
THE HERO’S JOURNEY
Today in class we reviewed in detail the Hero’s Journey. For Thursday, please write me 250 words (about one page) describing one of your own life experience’s within the context of the Hero’s Journey. You might use the Hero’s Journey Worksheet I handed out yesterday to map your experience before writing. Please adhere [...]
THE CRUCIBLE
Today we assigned parts and began reading The Crucible. The note sheets for Act One can be found using the links below. Each is due when we reach the page limit written on the front. We got to page 15 today in class.
Note Sheets :
Act One to 17, Act One to 20, Act One [...]
THE HERO’S JOURNEY
Please use the worksheet handed out in class today (click here for a new copy) to identify the details for each step in the hero’s journey for The Odyssey. Use the Wikipedia summary handed out last week for the details. This will be due on Wednesday, September 12, 2007.
THE CRUCIBLE
Great discussion about the context surrounding the Salem Witch Trials today! I really enjoyed it. Please read the handout entitled Fueling The Fire and record the reasons for the trials identified by the author in a tree map for tomorrow.
Here is the tree map from our discussion today.
HOMER’S ODYSSEY
We will be using the movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? as the archetypal monomyth for our introduction of the Hero’s Journey. The movie is a loose telling of the most famous monomyth, Homer’s Odyssey. Please read the Wikipedia plot summary of the Odyssey between now and Tuesday. Handouts were provided to you in [...]
