English 10 students will finish reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible this week. Students will take a 40-point quiz on Act 3, read Act 4 as an in-class drama, and complete the Study Questions for Act 4 before reviewing for the 75-point Unit Test next week. Each student's score on the Act 3 Quiz and Act 4 Study Questions will be applied to his or her 3rd quarter grade. However, the Unit Test results will be the first major grade of the 4th quarter marking period which begins next week. Due Dates for Quiz, Study Questions, and Unit Test are listed below.
Act 3 Quiz (40 points)
Blocks 2, 3, 6, + 7 - Monday March 21, 2011
Block 5 - Tuesday March 22, 2011
Act 4 Study Questions (42 points)
Blocks 2, 3, 6, + 7 - Thursday March 24, 2011
Block 5 - Friday March 25, 2011
The Crucible Unit Test (75 points)
Blocks 2, 3, 6, + 7 - Tuesday March 29, 2011
Block 5 - Wednesday March 30, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Week of March 7, 2011
English 10 students will begin reading Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible this week. The Crucible, which recounts the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, is an allegory to McCarthyism of the 1950s when Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy's communist suspicions fueled the Second Red Scare in the United States. Students will be required to complete Study Questions for each of the four Acts in the play. This week, students will read Act 1, complete the corresponding Study Questions and take a 20-point Quiz on Act 1.
Act 1 Study Questions (45 points)
DUE DATES:
Blocks 2, 5, + 6 - Thursday March 10
Blocks 3 + 7 - Friday March 11
Act 1 Quiz (20 points)
Blocks 2, 5, + 6 - Thursday March 10
Blocks 3 + 7 - Friday March 11
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