Tituba
*****
Eccentrics and Outcasts
*****Examples: Bishop and Osborn
Grudge Victims
*****Examples: Nurse and Burroughs
Witchcraft Skeptics
*****Examples: Proctor and Corey
Why was it easier for the townspeople to believe that people like Tituba and Goody Bishop and Goody Osborn were witches, but believing became more difficult when Goody Nurse and John Proctor and others like them were charged? Be ready to talk about it in class and explain your answer.
Monday, February 5, 2007
Writing an "I AM" poem
1. Pre-write: Brainstorm a list of statements about the character you have chosen that begin with I AM... Try to draw out as many things about the character him/herself that you learned through the play. Examples: I am the wife/husband/son/daughter of..., I am an adulterer/accuser/coward/critic. I am innocent, yet accused. Hopefully, you get the idea.
2. Once you have the list together, try to match up statements that go together and from them, construct a poem about that person from all of the things you have listed. Each stanza should begin with "I AM..." but not every line in the play. I will answer any questions you have in class before it is due.
3. Work with a group if possible, so you can gather as many good ideas as possible about your character. If you are the only one in the class that chose that particular character, then you may work on your own, or I will help you.
2. Once you have the list together, try to match up statements that go together and from them, construct a poem about that person from all of the things you have listed. Each stanza should begin with "I AM..." but not every line in the play. I will answer any questions you have in class before it is due.
3. Work with a group if possible, so you can gather as many good ideas as possible about your character. If you are the only one in the class that chose that particular character, then you may work on your own, or I will help you.
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Groupwork
After reading the play, write a list of "I Am" statements about John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Mary Warren, Tituba or Abigail. Choose a group to work with and from your lists, put together an "I AM" poem to turn in for your group. This will be due at the end of the project.
You've been accused!
Go to this site and see what you could have done if you had been one of the accused. Write about what happened in your post. Use your first name and last initial only.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/accused!.html
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/accused!.html
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