Crucible in-class essay on Friday, 12/5

We will be having an in class timed writing assignment on Friday on the Crucible. Please come prepared with a pen and looseleaf paper.

Act 3 Presentations

Group 1 was a success. Group 2 will be moved to Monday, December 1st because of the International Feast today.

Group 2 will be performing on Monday no matter what... please come prepared. Everyone in the group should have a copy of the play and should be ready to perform.

group 1 should be ready to watch attentively.

Crucible Assignment

Please read Act 4 on your own.

Make an assertion and then find 3 pieces of text to support your assertion. This is going to be practice for the paper you will be writing at the conclusion of our study of the play.

Make up work deadlines

All Make up work must be in no later than December 1st as the trimester ends Friday, December 5th and that is when my grades are due.

Notes about Act 3

Good morning all,

Just a note that yesterday you all really impressed me with your focus. You were able to do a read through of most your work in Act 3

Just a reminder that tomorrow your Multigenre Crucible Projects are due.

The independent reading assignment #2 is due on Monday, 11/24

Group 1 will be presenting Act 3 on Monday -
Group 1 make sure all members of the team have their books and/or copied pages
Make sure you have props and you've practiced where you are going to be blocked.

Group 2 will be performing on Wednesday.
Come prepared

I will have a worksheet for the watching team to keep everyone focused.

Presentations for Multi-genre projects will begin when we return from Thanksgiving.

Make-up Work

All Make-up work will be due on Monday, December 1st. I will NOT accept any work beyond that point.

Please make sure that as we are working on portfolio work, and we are wrapping up our first trimester, that you show that you are at least approaching the standards...

Make sure you have turned in at least one of the following?
Task 1 - Marie Curie or Evolution of Witchcraft
Task 2 - Tanning or Witchcraft
Task 3 - Nature or Courage
Task 4 - critical lens

Due this week and looking ahead

In class today we will be working portfolio...

We will also be trying to get through Act 3 in class by the end of the week... I may adjust what I had originally planned to get through it more effectively.

Your independent reading assignments are going to be pushed back to Monday, 11/24

Your multigenre projects are due on Friday, 11/21 (This week) and I will send around a sign up sheet today for presentations starting on Friday. They will run through to the Wed. before Thanksgiving.