To Do:To Do:

Get out a piece of Get out a piece of paper for notes and paper for notes and your character your character chart.chart.

Open your book to Open your book to page 164!page 164!

Date Date TaughtTaught

StandarStandardd

TextText Date Date TestedTested

8/19/148/19/14 RL 1RL 1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

““The The Crucible”Crucible”

Even Even Days: Days: 9/9/149/9/14Odd Odd Days: Days: 9/10/149/10/14

RL 3RL 3::Analyze

the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed.)

Quick WriteQuick Write

Do you feel that Do you feel that you get purpose you get purpose from our mission from our mission and vision? If so, and vision? If so, why? If not, tell me why? If not, tell me what gives you what gives you purpose -- and how purpose -- and how you can leverage you can leverage that mission for that mission for yourself.yourself.

Character MotivationCharacter Motivation

Motivation: the Motivation: the reason for a reason for a character’s character’s behavior. behavior.

What does it do for a work What does it do for a work of literature?of literature?

It helps determine It helps determine what the character what the character does, says, and does, says, and feels or fails to feels or fails to feel. feel.

Five main categories of Five main categories of motivationmotivation

Physiological Physiological Motivation:Motivation: The motivation to The motivation to

stay alive. stay alive. Food, water, Food, water,

shelter, safety, etc.shelter, safety, etc.

Five main categories of Five main categories of motivationmotivation

Romantic Romantic MotivationMotivation

Five main categories of Five main categories of motivationmotivation

FinancialFinancial

Five Main Categories of Five Main Categories of MotivationMotivation

TheologicalTheological

““Do you really Do you really expect to get in expect to get in with a resume with a resume like this?”like this?”

Five Main Categories of Five Main Categories of MotivationMotivation

Political Political MotivationMotivation

And Just For Fun!And Just For Fun!What is this girl motivated by?What is this girl motivated by?

What category would this fit in?What category would this fit in?

From the book?From the book?

PhysiologicalPhysiological RomanticRomantic FinancialFinancial TheologicalTheological PoliticalPolitical Without looking at the text, can you Without looking at the text, can you

think of which characters are motivated think of which characters are motivated from each category? Write down your from each category? Write down your guess. 3 min.guess. 3 min.

Let’s Get Motivated!Let’s Get Motivated!

Turn to Act II in your book! Pg. 164-Turn to Act II in your book! Pg. 164-178178

Let’s read and find what motivates Let’s read and find what motivates our characters!our characters!

I’ll model finding character motivation for I’ll model finding character motivation for Reverend Parris. Reverend Parris.

You’ll identify the motivation for John You’ll identify the motivation for John Proctor, Reverend Hale, Abigail Williams, Proctor, Reverend Hale, Abigail Williams, and Elizabeth Proctor.and Elizabeth Proctor.

Reverend ParrisReverend Parris Who is he? Who is he?

The reverend of Salem. Abigail’s uncle and Betty Parris’ The reverend of Salem. Abigail’s uncle and Betty Parris’ father. He’s connected to the girls accused of witchcraft by father. He’s connected to the girls accused of witchcraft by blood. blood.

What are his actions in Act I?What are his actions in Act I? He worries about Betty. He accuses Abigail of witch craft He worries about Betty. He accuses Abigail of witch craft

and worries about what will happen to his job if witch craft and worries about what will happen to his job if witch craft is accused on his house. He calls Reverend Hale from is accused on his house. He calls Reverend Hale from another city. He argues about his payment with other another city. He argues about his payment with other Salemites. Salemites.

What is the motivation behind his actions?What is the motivation behind his actions? Political and Financial: Parris wants to be respected and Political and Financial: Parris wants to be respected and

adored by the members of his parish, so he doesn’t want adored by the members of his parish, so he doesn’t want his name to be soiled. He is also worried about the amount his name to be soiled. He is also worried about the amount of money that he gets paid and actively tries to get more of money that he gets paid and actively tries to get more money. money.

Reverend ParrisReverend Parris

Example: PoliticalExample: Political Page number: Pg. 144Page number: Pg. 144 Quote: “Abigail, Quote: “Abigail, I have fought here I have fought here

three long years to bend these stiff-three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just necked people to me, and now, just when some good respect is rising for when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my me in the parish, you compromise my very charactervery character. I have given you a home, . I have given you a home, child, I have put clothes upon your back-child, I have put clothes upon your back-now give me upright answer. Your name now give me upright answer. Your name in the town-it is entirely white, is it not?”in the town-it is entirely white, is it not?”

Reverend ParrisReverend Parris

Example: FinancialExample: Financial Page Number: 152Page Number: 152 Quote: “Mr. Corey, Quote: “Mr. Corey, you will look far for a you will look far for a

man of my kind at sixty pound a year! I man of my kind at sixty pound a year! I am not used to this poverty; I left a thrifty am not used to this poverty; I left a thrifty business in the Barbados to serve the business in the Barbados to serve the Lord.Lord. I do not fathom it, why am I persecuted I do not fathom it, why am I persecuted here? I cannot offer on proposition but there here? I cannot offer on proposition but there be a howling riot of argument. I have often be a howling riot of argument. I have often wondered if the Devil be in it somewhere’ I wondered if the Devil be in it somewhere’ I cannot understand you people otherwise.”cannot understand you people otherwise.”

Group Roles:Group Roles:

11stst Base – Scribe – Keep track of the Base – Scribe – Keep track of the group’s ideas and answersgroup’s ideas and answers

22ndnd Base – Line/Page finder – Find the Base – Line/Page finder – Find the textual evidence to back up the group’s textual evidence to back up the group’s answers.answers.

33rdrd Base – Fact Checker – Listen carefully Base – Fact Checker – Listen carefully to all ideas and answers and ensure that to all ideas and answers and ensure that they are 100% correct.they are 100% correct.

Home Base – Speaker – Present to the rest Home Base – Speaker – Present to the rest of th class your group’s findings.of th class your group’s findings.

Conclusion:Conclusion:

What is character motivation?What is character motivation? What are the 5 main motivations for What are the 5 main motivations for

characters?characters? What does motivation do for the plot What does motivation do for the plot

of the story?of the story? What is Abigail William’s motivationWhat is Abigail William’s motivation

John Proctor’s?John Proctor’s? Reverend Parris’?Reverend Parris’? Thomas Putnam’s?Thomas Putnam’s?

Exit CardExit Card

Write down Write down oneone of the following on of the following on the note card I provide:the note card I provide:

Something you learned from the lesson Something you learned from the lesson today. today.

Something you learned about “The Something you learned about “The Crucible”Crucible”

A question you have about “The Crucible”A question you have about “The Crucible” A question you have about character A question you have about character

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