The Crucible | Arthur Miller
Unit 2 Beginning: August 30
Crucible Unit Beginning: September 27
Other reading in Unit 2:
Guys Vs. Men, Dave Barry - Assignment: Claim Paragraph due TBD
Home at Last, Dinaw Mengestu - Assignment: Claim Paragraph due TBD
Arm Wrestling with My Father, Brad Manning - Assignment: Claim Paragraph due TBD
Workbook due completed 10/3
AP Classroom assignments (FRQ and MCQ progress check - completed to 100%) due at end of 6 weeks (October 27)
The Crucible Essay: Due September 27 at 3:10 pm
Late work accepted until at -10 points per day
Revisions on original papers accepted at instructor’s discretion within 2 class periods of original feedback given, by 3:10 pm. With the exception of late papers, I will try to have all papers graded by 10/4.
Essay:
You may work on this - and it is suggested that you do! - throughout the reading period and especially after book clubs or Socratic Seminars. This should give you some valuable material to work with in your essay. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!
Workbooks:
Your workbook will have all of the assignments and handouts we do outside of reading or turning in written questions for Socratic Seminar. You only get one copy, so write your name at the top, put holes in it, and stick it in your binder for safekeeping!
Assignments within the workbook will be a combination of group work, whole class work, and individual work. Each assignment will be a separate daily grade. You will turn the workbook in all together at the end of the book.
Act Quizzes and Essay:
Each of the Act Quizzes and the essay will be a major grade. Your project will also be a major grade. This should balance out your overall grade due to the amount of minor and major grades.
Socratic Seminars:
We will have 3 socratic seminars total, where you will be expected to discuss and listen to reflective/thoughtful/open ended questions about the act(s) for discussion. The questions are in the workbook for each act and they are preassigned and will be assigned by discussion group. These are due at the end of the discussion, so you will want to work on them ahead of time. Your grade will be 75% participation in discussing and asking questions, and 25% written questions. If you know you will miss class for one of the seminars, you’ll need to submit all of the questions for the act written out - at least 4 sentences per question demonstrating a high level of AP thought process. Those questions will be due on the day of the seminar, regardless of if you are in class or not.
*Act 2 and 3 are easy to read together because of length and Act 4 is the shortest Act
** of course, you may read faster or slower than this if you want. But just keep in mind you’ll need to be prepared for the quizzes and discussion.
Page numbers will vary depending on what edition of the book you have or if you are reading it online. Link to read the book online is in remind under the files. If you still need to join remind, you can do so by adding class @SHAPLANG in the app or texting “SHAPLANG” to 81010
Crucible Essay Prompt
Speaking of The Crucible, Arthur Miller wrote, “But what were these new inductees [to the Devil’s army] supposed to have done once they’d signed on? Nobody seems even to have thought to ask. But, of course, actions are as irrelevant during cultural and religious wars as they are in nightmares. The thing at issue is buried intentions.”*
In this context, Miller claims that actions are much less significant than the intentions that cause them. Write an essay that argues your stance on whether Miller’s claims about actions and intentions are valid or not. Use examples from your experiences, reading, and observations to support your argument. Length should be 700-800 words (2-2.5 pages) either handwritten or typed. If you handwrite, please write your final draft in pen so it does not smear :) If you type it, you may email it to meredith.mohr@staffordmsd.org and I will print it for you so I can write feedback for you on it.
*From “Why I Wrote ‘The Crucible’ in The New Yorker, October 21 & 28, 1996 Issue: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/10/21/why-i-wrote-the-crucible
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