The Crucible
This unit will focus on to stand up for what is right or to go with the crowd.
Essential Questions
Look at the Essential Questions for the unit and determine how they relate to your life.
The Power of One
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Plagiarism
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What is Plagiarism?
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What is MLA citation?
Grammar
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Type 3 Writing
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Think of an incident during which you could have acted to make a
difference but decided not to act. Write the answers to the following questions about that incident:
1. What could you have done?
2. What difference might your actions have made?
3. What happened as a result of your inaction?
4. How did you feel after the incident?
Read:
“The Dying Girl That No One Helped” by Louden Wainright
(http://staff.bcc.edu/jalexand/Reading-5-7--Wainright-The_Dying_Girl.htm)
Once you have finished reading the article answer these questions about the witnesses.
1. What could the witnesses have done?
2. What difference might their actions have made?
3. What happened as a result of their inaction?
4. How did the witnesses feel after the incident?
Informational Text Notes
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How To Summarize Notes
Summaries contain the most important facts in an article. Usually summaries are less than one third the length of the article being summarized.
Keep the following information in mind when you summarize a selection:
1. Identify the material you are summarizing, giving the author, title, and any
relevant publishing information.
2. Present the most important facts and the conclusion found in the article.
Follow this procedure when summarizing an article:
· Read the material carefully and take notes about the mostimportant ideas and details.
· Delete trivial, unnecessary information.
· Delete redundant material.
· Use your own words. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE!
· Substitute super ordinate words for lists (ie. flowers for daisies,tulips, and roses).
· Select a topic sentence, or invent one if it’s missing.
· Make sure your summary is accurate in both content and emphasis.
(Pickett, Nell Ann, and Ann Laster. Technical English. New York: Harper Collins College Publishers, 1996.)
Practice Summarizing "Dying Girl that No One Helped"
Linking Text
Read "Why I wrote the Crucible"
Summarize article
Answer Focus Question #3
What parallels did Miller see between the Salem witch trials and the Senate hearings?
Answer Plan
1. Introduce the answer by restating the question.
2. Write several sentences showing the parallels between the two events.
3. Conclude with your opinion about the similarities between the events.
Building Background- McCarthyism
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Vocabulary: McCarthyism, Pinko, Communism, Cold War, Red, Red Scare, Blacklisted, Yellow
Essential Questions
Look at the Essential Questions for the unit and determine how they relate to your life.
The Power of One
Worksheet (The Power of One)
View: (http://www.caringstrangers.com/images/power3.wmv)
Plagiarism
Power Point Presentation
What is Plagiarism?
How can you avoid plagiarism?
What is MLA citation?
Grammar
Grammar Review over Comma Rules
Upload Worksheet below
Type 3 Writing
Download Writing Prompt 1
See Teacher for FCA's
Linking Text
Think of an incident during which you could have acted to make a
difference but decided not to act. Write the answers to the following questions about that incident:
1. What could you have done?
2. What difference might your actions have made?
3. What happened as a result of your inaction?
4. How did you feel after the incident?
Read:
“The Dying Girl That No One Helped” by Louden Wainright
(http://staff.bcc.edu/jalexand/Reading-5-7--Wainright-The_Dying_Girl.htm)
Once you have finished reading the article answer these questions about the witnesses.
1. What could the witnesses have done?
2. What difference might their actions have made?
3. What happened as a result of their inaction?
4. How did the witnesses feel after the incident?
Informational Text Notes
See powerpoint Informational Text
How To Summarize Notes
Summaries contain the most important facts in an article. Usually summaries are less than one third the length of the article being summarized.
Keep the following information in mind when you summarize a selection:
1. Identify the material you are summarizing, giving the author, title, and any
relevant publishing information.
2. Present the most important facts and the conclusion found in the article.
Follow this procedure when summarizing an article:
· Read the material carefully and take notes about the mostimportant ideas and details.
· Delete trivial, unnecessary information.
· Delete redundant material.
· Use your own words. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE!
· Substitute super ordinate words for lists (ie. flowers for daisies,tulips, and roses).
· Select a topic sentence, or invent one if it’s missing.
· Make sure your summary is accurate in both content and emphasis.
(Pickett, Nell Ann, and Ann Laster. Technical English. New York: Harper Collins College Publishers, 1996.)
Practice Summarizing "Dying Girl that No One Helped"
Linking Text
Read "Why I wrote the Crucible"
Summarize article
Answer Focus Question #3
What parallels did Miller see between the Salem witch trials and the Senate hearings?
Answer Plan
1. Introduce the answer by restating the question.
2. Write several sentences showing the parallels between the two events.
3. Conclude with your opinion about the similarities between the events.
Building Background- McCarthyism
View Good Night and Good Luck
Vocabulary: McCarthyism, Pinko, Communism, Cold War, Red, Red Scare, Blacklisted, Yellow
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