**HW DUE/REMINDERS FOR MON. 3/9

1st/2nd ENG 1102 **and AP LANG

**ATTENTION: IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK (**WK #10 UCHS**; WK #9 YHC):

• MON. 3/9: AP/ENG 1102
• TUES. 3/10: AP/ENG 1102
• WED. 3/11: AP/ENG 1102
• THURS. 3/12: AP/ENG 1102
• **NO CLASS MEETING FRI. 3/13**

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1) IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR *AP LANG. (*only) MON. 3/9:

• be ready Mon. 3/9 for an IN-CLASS, TIMED AP LANG EXAM MULTIPLE CHOICE 'MINI'-PRACTICE
• one passage and 10-12 qu's to answer that we'll check/discuss answers afterward, and I'll be noting how many you get correct!
• while you all work on this MChoice practice, I'll be coming around to assess

• ALSO, FYI: we'll be starting the PBS documentary The Murder of Emmett Till Monday in class and finish it and have discussion Tuesday

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2) ATTENTION AP LANG/ENG 1102; HW DUE TUES. 3/10:

Make sure you've all read the following in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible:

• "A NOTE ON THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY OF THIS PLAY"

• ACT ONE (An Overture)
• ACT TWO
• **in BOTH the paperback copy most of you received in class Thursday and the linked PDF version below, you'll be reading through pp. 81

•  **LINK HERE TO THE PDF FULL TEXT OF THE CRUCIBLE**

**NOTE: It's HIGHLY-RECOMMENDED that you all take special consideration of the following qu's while/after you read (i.e., post-its, paper notes, pg. # references, etc.); these qu's will guide DISCUSSION Tuesday in class!

ACT ONE:

• Why was Abigail asked to leave the Proctor’s home? What are Abigail’s feelings for John Proctor? For Elizabeth Proctor? 

• Why do the Putnam’s start talking about witchcraft? What do they and others mention as signs of witchcraft?

• Why does Reverend Hale believe Abigail over Tituba? 

• How is Tituba led into confessing and naming people? 

• By the end of Act 1, the girls dancing in the woods (and dabbling in other things they should not have) turns into a litany of people being charged with witchcraft. Who, in your opinion, is most responsible? You may pick up to two people, but you must explain, using both "text evidence" and actions from the act. Whom do you blame for the hysteria that occurs, and why do you blame him/her/them?

ACT TWO:

• Why
 does
 Reverend
 Hale
 come
 to 
the
 Proctors' 
home?
What
 does 
this 
scene 
reveal
 about 
Hale's
 role 
in
 the
 trial? 

• What 
relationship
 does
 Hale
 suggest
 exists
 between
 the
church
 and
 the
 court?

• What 
is
 the 
point 
of
 the
 discussion 
between
 Hale
 and 
the
Proctors 
about
 whether
 or
 not
 they
 believe 
in 
witches?

• Choose 
one 
quotation 
from 
Act 
Two 
that 
you 
feel 
is 
especially 
significant
 to 
the 
plot,
 characterization,
 or 
both.

 
Identify
 the
 speaker 
and, 
in
 3-4 sentences,
 analyze 
the 
meaning 
and 
explain 
the 
relevancy
 of 
the 
quotation to what has happened thus far in the play.

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*AND FINALLY, for some background reference for the Salem Witch Trials, check out this interesting collection of 52 short YouTube videos detailing the events that led up to, and culminated into, the infamous 1692 trials--one video for each week of the year:

THE WITCH TRIALS WEEKLY, from The Salem Witch Museum

4th Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE MON. 3/9:

1) As we wrap up reading about/discussing the characteristics of both fiction and real dystopian/collectivist societies (F451, "The Pedestrian," "Harrison Bergeron," "China's Cram Schools," 'coffin-homes' of Hong Kong, Arnold's 19th-century industrial England in "Dover Beach"), over the weekend take the time to view the following 2013 TED Talk given by an individual who escaped from an actual modern-day dystopian/oppressive regime:

Hyeonseo Lee: My Escape from North Korea -- TED 2013

• the talk is 12 minutes long, and if there's a problem with the video, there is a TRANSCRIPT of Lee's Talk you can read (link right below the video); PLEASE *READ THE TRANSCRIPT IF THE VIDEO FAILS TO LOAD!

2) After viewing/*reading Lee's Talk, in the NOTES SECTION of your binder/given to you in class FRI. 3/6 **AND LINKED HERE AS WELL IF YOU WERE ABSENT,** please THOUGHTFULLY COMPLETE the TED Talk EVALUATION/NOTES Sheet based upon what you viewed and found important/interesting

• ANSWER EACH OF THE 12 QU's on the sheet, and in class MON. 3/9, you'll be sharing your responses for VALUABLE DISCUSSION POINTS