End of Act Three

May 4, 2018

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2
Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

EQ: Determine a central idea of The Crucible and analyze its development over the course of the text.

Starter: 

Free Write Friday 

Vocabulary: 

Word: Theme

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary Definition:  a subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation 

• guilt and punishment is the theme of the story

Your Definition: 

Activity: Describe the theme of your favorite book.

Activity: 

1.  Finishing Act Three

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Characters

Narrator

Danforth

Cheever

Abigail

Mary Warren 

Proctor

Hathorne

Parris

Giles

Hale

Mercy Lewis

Susanna Walcott

Elizabeth

Discussion Questions

Summarize the reading. 

Analyze the role of fear in Salem.

Connect the ideas in the Crucible to the Milgram Experiment.

Identify main ideas of act three. 

How does fear impact the characters decisions?

How do the characters view their reputation?

Characterize the girls in comparison to the judges.

2.  Theme Soundtrack

With your partner, identify the theme that is present in the story.

Theme Litmus Test 

Is the theme supported by evidence from the work itself?

 Are all the author’s choices of plot, character, conflict, and tone controlled by this theme? 

Then based on your theme, create a soundtrack that has 5 songs with the similar theme.

Write a 2-3 sentence explanation of the song and how it relates to the theme of the Crucible.

Closure

How confident do you feel identifying theme?