American Lit. for Jan. 19-22

Post date: Jan 18, 2016 2:58:55 AM

Here's an Overview of the Week:

Puritan/Crucible Presentations: Your group should be finished compiling your information and ready to present on Wednesday. Please make an effort to be present for your group's presentation.

Vocabulary:

We will continue vocabulary this week, working with unit 2 in the Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop books. Please complete the vocabulary assignments in this order:

Tuesday--Choosing the Right Word

Wednesday--Synonyms and Antonyms AND Completing the Sentence

Thursday--Prepare for Friday's Vocabulary Assessment

Here are links to Quizlets for this week's words:

https://quizlet.com/2878113/vocabulary-workshop-level-f-unit-2-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/424038/vocabulary-workshop-level-f-unit-2-synonymsantonyms-flash-cards/

Literature: We will begin reading, discussing, viewing and writing about The Crucible this week. As we introduce each act of the play, we will write journals from a menu of topics, all of which relate to the action/themes of the current act of the play.

In case you are absent and need to catch up on reading The Crucible, here is a link to the full text: http://www.hatboro-horsham.org/cms/lib2/PA01000027/Centricity/Domain/339/The%20Crucible%20-%20Arthur%20Miller%20.pdf