Grade 11 English Language Arts Final
Hopkins
2007-2008
Overview: This year we read the following:
· Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
· The Crucible by Arthur Miller
· The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
· Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
· Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
· The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
· Where are you going? Where [...]
THE CRUCIBLE
Test today and tomorrow. We will begin John Steinbeck’s of Mice and Men on Thursday.
THE CRUCIBLE
Today we went over what to expect for Monday’s Crucible test. You will be given two days to answer a Critical Lens type question similar to the one we went over in class. You have examples of all of the literary techniques and elements listed on the exam question. You may use these examples [...]
THE CRUCIBLE
We are currently preparing Power Point presentations on McCarthyism and the Witch Trials. Each student will have four days of class time to complete the project, although I encourage you to do some extra work outside of class. Please note that I have changed the due dates of the assignment because we ran long [...]
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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 [...]
Thursday, September 20, 2007
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, [...]
Friday, September 14, 2007
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, [...]
Monday, September 10, 2007
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 [...]
Thursday, September 6, 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.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
The Crucible
As an intro to The Crucible, please watch this short video that was produced as a project by a student at another school. Please be ready to comment tomorrow.