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Day 15 Context: This lesson would be taught during the study of the play //The Crucible//, by Arthur Miller. This lesson is appropriate for students in a high school junior English class. The students in this class come from a suburban environment, and are of mixed gender, race, and include persons with disabilities.

Objective: This is a teacher guided lesson that explores the play //The Crucible// by Arthur Miller, assessing what they have learned from the play and their skills in writing papers.

Pass Objectives: This lesson meets Reading and Literature Standard 1, objectives 2-5; Standard 2, objective 2, C; objective 3, A; objective 4, A,C, D; Standard 3, objective 1, A; objective 2; objective 4; Standard 4, objective 2; Writing/Grammar/Mechanics and Usage Standard 1, objective 1, A D-F; objective 3-6; Modes and Forms of Writing Standard 1, objective 1, A-C; Standard 1, objective 3, A-C; Standard 4, objective A; Oral Language/Listening and Speaking Standard 1, objective 1, 3; Visual Literacy Standard 1 and Standard 2 for 11th Grade language arts. []

__ Procedure __ “Please respond to this poem. Relate aspects of this poem to the characters in //The Crucible//." “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Elliot Afterwards I ask for volunteers to share and try to get at least a 5 minute discussion going about the journal prompt. Is the speaker of the poem at all like John Proctor? Also, discuss the components of the exam on Monday.
 * Introduction: ** I begin by asking the class to take out their journal and a pencil and give them ten minutes to write on the journal prompt:
 * Independent Practice: ** Hand out //The Crucible// Essay rubric and discuss the guidelines with the students. There are a variety of topics to choose from. Each student must complete an essay by Friday over one of the assigned topics. If there is a topic that a student would like to write about that is not included, please run it by me and I might make an exception for your topic. I will pull up an example essay (See bottom of // The Crucible // Essay rubric) The on the Smartboard, pointing out the 5 paragraph elements and the MLA citation used. Then I will release them to work on their essays in the computer lab.
 * Conclusion: ** Remind them that //The Crucible// Exam is on Monday. Remind them that the rough draft of the essay is due on Tuesday and they must bring 3 copies (one to turn in for a grade, and two to be peer edited by other students).

Assessment: No assessment today!

__ Materials __ English III textbook // The Crucible // Essay handouts (30) Example Essay Pencils Computers Printers Journals

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