WHS: AMERICAN LITERATURE & COMPOSITION A

Friday, 10/11

Bell Ringer: Friday, 10/11

NONE TODAY!

Which is better? Topic: lies

Abigail to Betty: “I told him everything; he knows now, he knows everything we” (Miller 124).

Analysis 1: Abigail is scared that Betty won’t wake, so she shakes her violently.

Analysis 2: Abigail is frightened for her own reputation, so she shakes Betty in hopes of waking her to prove her own innocence.

Which is better? Topic: morality & hysteria

Quote: “Uncle, the rumor of witchcraft is all about. . .” (Miller 170).

Analysis 1: The rumor of witchcraft breeds

hysteria in the town.

Analysis 2: The people’s lack understanding of science and disease leads them to ignorantly rely on a religious explanation of the girl’s outbreak; thus, the people begin to buy into this idea of witchcraft.

Daily Agenda:

Summary vs. analysis

Act III quiz (15 mins)

Begin reading Act IV. 1st: 229-232 2nd: 229-232

Thesis is due Tuesday, 10/15

Daily Agenda:

Thesis draft #1 due Tuesday, 10/15

Continue working on reading guides for Acts III & IV.

Continue working on quotation charts.