The Crucible

M: The students will select their character roles for Act III and will define the act’s vocabulary words at the bottom of pg. 1186. Vocabulary Builder exercise due Tuesday, Jan. 10. The students will read pages 1187 – 1193 and discuss Danforth’s statement on 1192 as a logical fallacy.

T: The students will read pages 1193 – 1201 identifying and discussing of examples of verbal irony.

W: The students will complete the Act II quiz. The students will read pages 1202 – 1205 and discuss what conflicts, both external and internal, that Danforth experiences in that scene.

Th & F: The students will read and discuss pages 1202 – 1213 and write a one-page response to the question: Imagine that Elizabeth Proctor had told the truth. In what way might the outcome of the trials have been different?