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Act II Assignment

Hello, Independent Scholars!

We are off to a great start and creating some great habits in our independent studies. As usual, you will continue with your timelines of the events that occur in the story. As soon as you have finished reading Act II, please complete a timeline and flow it in with your ELA homework in the morning. All timelines are due within one week's time  (by Monday, February 29th).  I will then post them for each of you to critique and make clarifying questions.

In addition, I will be posting questions for you to answer in the comments section. You will answer in a quote sandwich paragraph; be sure to frame your text evidence and, at the bottom of your post, give credit to the source of the quote using MLA format. You may use the EasyBib website for help, or email/text me if you have questions.

Choose one of the questions from below and write a quote sandwich paragraph answering the question: (Due by Monday, February 29th)

1. Describe the irony of the following quote: "Oh, John, the world's so full of hypocrites." (II, ii)
2. Explain how Hale has changed by the end of Act II.
3. Choose a symbol from Act II--candlesticks, rabbit, or poppet (doll)--and explain what it symbolizes.


Good luck, scholars. Contact me with any questions!

Projects Are In!

Thanks so much for your projects; if they haven't been submitted yet, get them in to me as soon as you can please.

I am going to post the projects below. The assignment is as usual: make sure you comment on each person's work. It can be a clarifying question (Why did you choose to include this event, but not this one?) or a probing question (Why did you think that character is one of the most important ones?) Be sure to give encouragement and check others' responses in case you need to answer any of their questions.

Ms. Ayala Family Tree

Ms. Ayala Act I Timeline

Ms. Garcia Family Tree

Ms. Garcia Act I Timeline

Ms. Morales Family Tree

Ms. Morales Act I Timeline

Assignment #2: Act I of The Crucible

Now that you have an understanding of the Salem Witch Trials, you are ready to begin reading the text!

The Crucible by Arthur Miller recounts the events of the Salem Witch Trials in a fictionalized way; though the dialogue and events may not actually have happened in this exact way, many of the events and characters are, in fact, based upon reality. This is important to remember as you read the text because, in the context of the play, it is easy to adore some characters and vilify others; do remember, however, that real people are composed of both good and evil and nothing is always as clear-cut.

Your first assignment, then, is to summarize the events of Act I. You may complete this in one of two ways; you may complete a summary paragraph that you can type and include in the comments section, or you may create a timeline (like the ones we create in class) and include it in the comments section, either by typing it or taking a photograph and posting it.

Your second assignment will be to create a "family tree" or character map of the major characters. How are they relevant to one another? What is the relationship they have to the setting, the events, the outcome? Here is an example, from Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.

Please post both by Monday, February 8. I will give you time to work with one another; you may work on this together, but each student must submit his/her own summary and character map. Also remember that you must be making comments on each others' work. If you cannot post them in the comments section, please email them to me and I will post them in a blog post for other students to see and make comments.

Good luck; please check back soon because I will post some more questions for you!