Please take pick up your notebooks from the
Please take pick up your notebooks from the front! Then take out a writing utensil and take everything else off of your desks. GOOD MORNING! NOVEMBER 15, 2010
CLASS OBJECTIVES: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO … Identify and use correctly new words. Utilize background information given about the play in order to accurately understand read the play in a critical manner. Relate a literary work to the seminal ideas of its time.
NOTEBOOKS! Please go to page 42. Please write “Term 2 Starts Here” Then update your table of contents.
VOCAB WEEK 8 WORDS Please put your Vocab Words on page 43 And your Vocab Homework on page 44
CRUCIBLE WEEK 8 VOCABULARY
1. Ambivalent Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: Lack of clarity; Undecided I agreed with both sides and after going back and forth for a long time, I became ambivalent.
2. Cantankerous Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: Bad-tempered; Quarrelsome The cantankerous old man was notorious for yelling at everyone and always being in a bad mood.
3. Exemplify Part of Speech: Verb Definition: To serve as a good example Martha Stewart exemplifies what the American housewife should be; however, she does not exemplify what a good business woman should do.
4. Impecunious Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: Having little to no money MC Hammer became impecunious when he filed for bankruptcy for not paying his taxes.
5. Lucid Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: Having full use of one’s faculties; Of clear mind Pikachu became lucid after a long, fulfilling nap.
6. Precipice Part of Speech: Noun Definition: Steep slope; Hazardous situation The tow-in surfer scaled the precipice the wave had formed with agility and grace.
7. Salubrious Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: Favorable to or promoting health or well-being There is a plethora of salubrious foods we can eat on a daily basis to keep us in the best shape we can be. It’s often difficult to choose!
(ROOT WORD) GENGene: DNA that designates a person’s characteristics Generate: To bring into existence Generation: A group of individuals who were born in the same time frame Regeneration: Definition: To Create The act of renewing or reviving Agent: One who acts or exerts power
(PREFIX) DIADiagonal: Through or across Diaspora: Scattering of a people, culture or language Diabetes: A metabolic disease Diabolical: Definition: Through or across Feverishly wicked Diagnose: To recognize by signs or symtoms
THE CRUCIBLE: SUMMARY!
OVERARCHING QUESTION What effect does hysteria have on a society?
WHAT’S GOING ON … With Abigail? • She is still following John Proctor around like a sick puppy. • She is bullying the other girls into keeping their secret. With Rev. Parris? • Rev. Parris is still more concerned about his reputation than his own daughter. • He has called Rev. Hale to come in
WHAT’S GOING ON … With John Proctor? • He’s pretty upset that Abigail still clings to their past relationship. • He thinks the entire idea of witchcraft is ridiculous. With Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam? • They are both pretending to be ill even though both have shown signs that they are lying about being bewitched.
WHAT’S GOING ON … With Rebecca Nurse? • After having been accused of witchcraft herself, she realistically does not take the hysteria seriously. With Ann and Thomas Putnam? • Ann and Thomas are still haughty, over worried people who think they’re better than everyone in the town.
THE CRUCIBLE! Please open your text book to page Also, everyone will momentarily get a ticket to leave.
THE CRUCIBLE!
CHARACTERS NEEDED TODAY: Tituba: Jalen Reverend Parris: Gary Abigail: Jarmina Susanna: Sashel Mr. Putnam: Leroy Mrs. Putnam: Suneeta
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