**ATTENTION 1st/2nd AP/1102 HW DUE MON. 3/1**

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

FIRST...A HUGE AND HEARTFELT 'THANK YOU!" to those of you who SHOWED UP F2F OR VIRTUALLY via the MEET INVITES I SENT EACH BLOCK THIS a.m. FOR CLASS TODAY THURS. 2/25 (*and, I also notified virtual students ON THE CLASSROOM YESTERDAY I WANTED YOU MEET WITH US); WE HAD A GREAT DAY, GREAT DISCUSSION, GREAT *acting out* the end of ACT 1 in The Crucible, and I APPRECIATE YOU! 

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NOW....HW DUE COMPLETED BEFORE CLASS MON. 3/1:

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

• ACT ONE (PLEASE catch up if you're behind!!!) 
• ACT TWO 

**LINK HERE TO THE PDF FULL TEXT OF THE CRUCIBLE if you did not get a paper copy (*this is the SAME TEXT AS THE PAPERBACK COPIES; and I do have more copies on the way!)**

2) NEXT, as a CONTINUATION OF JOURNAL #15 in the JOURNALS SECTION OF YOUR BINDER, ANSWER ON PAPER OR TYPED UP the following ACT TWO qu's while/after you read: 

• NOTE THE SAME AS ACT 1 J#15: post-its, paper notes, pg. # references, jotting down the answer(s) for each is fine, so long as you have responses for J#15 
• these qu's will guide ACT 2 DISCUSSION MONDAY in class!

ACT TWO QU's:

• 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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3) FINALLY, AS YOU READ THIS WEEKEND/IN PREPARATION FOR The Crucible ACT TWO CLASS DISCUSSION MONDAY....

• below find links to  VIDEOS from the WITCH TRIALS WEEKLY YouTube collection

• I've picked from the 52 different installments the FIVE (5) videos that offer the most insight FOR ACTS ONE & TWO into both the historical context of the Puritan Era/community as well as some clear tie-ins to Miller's The Crucible
• extra notes from me under each video to guide you RE: the 'take away' from each video

• TAKE THE TIME BEFORE WE MEET MONDAY TO WATCH ALL 5 ( of the videos listed below (from +1min. to a few around +/-5min.)

• **Yes, we did view two of these in class Thursday
• trouble loading each from these links? You should then be able to Google search or go straight to YouTube and search "Witch Trials Weekly;" select each of the numbered videos below and watch 

**AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLEAR MEANING AND CONTEXT, MAKE SURE YOU COME TO THESE VIDEOS WITH THE DEFINITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS CLEAR WITHIN YOUR MIND (CLICK ON THE LINKS OF EACH WORD, PLEASE!!):

• SPECTRE/SPECTER

• AFFLICTION--which definition BEST SUITS THE CONTEXT FOR THE TRIALS? 

WITCH TRIALS WEEKLY VIDEO 1: Business as Usual
**spectral evidence** and Alice Parker and the folk beliefs vs. religious beliefs about one's spirit

WITCH TRIALS WEEKLY VIDEO 2: What Tituba Saw
**the "truth" behind what Miller put in his play--and it's very close to his version in many aspects

WITCH TRIALS WEEKLY VIDEO 5: Church Control
**short historical reminder of the tight connection between the church and the court in these Puritan communities

WITCH TRIALS WEEKLY VIDEO 6: Diagnosis, Witch Cake, and the Spread of the Evil Hand
**common folk beliefs and the many homes remedies tried upon an afflicted and "under the evil hand" Abigail and Betty; help from Tituba and her husband John Indian

WITCH TRIALS WEEKLY VIDEO 7: The First Examinations

**the formal complaints begin, examination for "witch marks," and fits/outbursts in the courtroom; Tituba loses the most in all this; the "confessions" begin 

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REMINDER: PLEASE BRING YOUR COPY OF THE CRUCIBLE (or your phone/computer to read it from the PDF link on the blog!) TO CLASS EVERY DAY!