The following will be on your Literature Final Exam, which will be Friday, December 9.

 

1. The Red Scare background notes

2. The Crucible background notes (the Puritans, characters, etc.)

3. The Salem Witch Trial background notes

4. The Crucible: characters (personalities, motives, relationships), plot (what happened, when, and why), analysis of religious influence/role of Puritanism in Salem and how it affected the characters and the plot

5. Edgan Allen Poe notes

6. Romanticism and Gothic Literature notes

7. The Spanish Inquisition notes

8. The Pit and the Pendulum story: plot, characters, progression of suspense and torture

9. Vocabulary from The Crucible (Acts I-IV AND the bonus words)

 

For all the notes taken, make sure you have the following memorized along with the information presented about each historical event and its significance in all the literature we read:

 

1. Dates

2. People- names, roles, jobs, relationships, importance

3. Places

10/31-11/2: SBAC prep- writing (brainstorm and essay)

11/3: Finish Act III individually

11/4: Finish Act IV collaboratively

 

**Begin preparing for The Crucible Final Test**

10/24: Review Act III of The Crucible; watch beginning of Act III film version

10/25-26: CAASPP Interim Exam

10/27-28: SBAC prep- Articles 1-3, read, annotate, and brainstorm for exam

Work on study guide #1-4.

 

Read The Crucible pg. 63-74

 

Work on completing Act II Study Guide questions.

 

Finish reading Act II.

Complete Act II study guide questions.

Review Act I & II vocabulary.

 

Review flashcards.

Volunteer Reading parts for Act II.

Read pg. 49-62

 

Homework: Begin working on study guide #1-4 for Act II

Act I & II Vocabulary: Create flashcards; definition and synonyms

 

Wednesday- Article of the Week #7: Single Migration

- Summaries 

- Response

 

Thursday: Act One Test

 

Friday:  Collect Week #7 Packet: act one work

- Watch remainder of Act One

- Twilight Zone Episode