Thursday, February 28, 2019

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

February 27, 2019 - Day 22

EQ: What is the constitution known as? Law of the land
What makes the constitution so special that has never been given to anyone before ever? There had never been freedom like this before.
What is the paradox to the constitution? when you look at it, you destroy it
Who are the 3 main framers to the constitution? James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson
*Other noted framers: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Gov. Morris
What country desperately wants back the land? England

Speech at the Convention - Benjamin Franklin

  1. The Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution are all called what?
    1. Charters of Freedom
  2. What year is it?
    1. 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  3. What happens to opinions over the years?
    1. they change
  4. Smart people know what about themselves?
    1. they don't know a lot
  5. At the beginning of the speech, what is Franklin's argument?
    1. soon, his thoughts might change. Opinions change all the time
  6. Whenever you argue with mom or dad, who is right?
    1. You are; you always believe you are right
  7. Why is he for the Constitution?
    1. anything is better than what we have now. We have to stand united
  8. Ronald Reagan once said "Government at its best is but a necessary evil, and Government at its worst is an intolerable one."
    1. Never accept federal except to protect our borders... local and state control at most. Government holds back from people being their best ever. Taxes, regulations, etc... 
  9. What does Benjamin Franklin think this constitution leads to?
    1.  that it was not good
  10. Why?
    1. it can always be improved upon
  11. What is reference to Babel?
    1. the Towers of Babel fell. He is comparing this to the country. He thinks the enemies are waiting for the country to fail


Tuesday, February 26, 2019

February 26, 2019 - Day 21

NOTEBOOK CHECK TODAY!
SEE FRIDBORG FOR NOTEBOOK CHECK IF YOU WERE ABSENT! 😀😀😀😀😀😀


SPEECH AT THE CONVENTION
  1. If there is a fight coming, when should you fight it?
    1.  as soon as the fight is there
  2. Why should the fight be a no brainer?
    1. it is for freedom
  3. Let it come is an example of... 
    1.  
  4. What is Patrick Henry's most famous words?
    1. Give me liberty, or give me death
THE AMERICAN CRISIS
  1. What is a summer soldier or sunshine patriot?
    1. being a soldier because it is easy (warm, nice weather... versus trudging in snow and cold)
  2. Where does Paine say freedom comes from?
    1. too easily
  3. Freedom isn't free
    1. without the fight
  4. We should have lost earlier, why?
    1. learned from mistakes
  5. What is the best teacher in life?
    1. past mistakes
  6. Why is it unfatherly or selfish, to say let me live in peace?
    1. both
  7. The greatest military weapon the USA has is what?
    1. missiles
  8. People that want to be left alone?
    1.  isolationists. 
  9. Who is the thief?
    1. enemy
  10. After you defeat your enemy what should you do?

  11. Who is more dangerous... the fox or the wolf?
    1. fox - cunning

Monday, February 25, 2019

VOCAB 41-60


  1. Deposition - written testimony
  2. perjury -  lying under oath in court
  3.  slovenly - messy
  4.  tyrant - abusive oppressive ruler
  5. sentiments - beliefs
  6. illusion - when you think you see something that is not there
  7. allusion - reference to something everyone knows
  8. insidious - evil
  9. rhetorical question - a question that does not require an answer - it is implied
  10. restatement - saying the same thing over and over but differently
  11. repetition - saying the same thing over and over again
  12. ethos - ethical reasoning
  13. logos - logical reasoning
  14. pathos - emotional reasoning
  15. orator - professional speaker
  16. bandwagon -  joining an activity, cause, etc. that is currently popular (bandwagon fan)
  17. Tories - people loyal to England
  18. paradox - contradiction to itself - jumbo shrimp, rolling stop
  19. consonance - repetition of consonant sounds
  20. assonance - repetition of vowel sounds

February 25, 2019 - Day 20

NOTEBOOK CHECK TOMORROW - GET YOUR NOTES IN ORDER!


  1.  What is the famous saying about England?
    1. Sun Never Sets on the British Empire
  2.  The colonists are basically asking for what?
    1. Divorce
  3. What is the worst crime you can commit?
    1. treason
  4. What group say they're British?
    1. loyalists
  5. What group say they're not?
    1. patriots
  6. King George was referred to as a 
    1. TYRANT
  7. What are they risking by signing the Declaration of Independence?
    1. death
  8. What is the House?
    1. of Burgess - Virginia
  9. Does Patrick Henry respect the men who have just spoken?
    1. yes
  10. In 2019 - can you speak your beliefs freely?
    1. Not really
  11. What is the question before the House?
    1. WAR
  12. Debate is meant to arrive at what?
    1. compromise
  13. If you can't give your opinions openly, can you have a debate?
    1. no
  14. What is the worst illusion?
    1. hope

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

February 12, 2019 - Day 18

EQ: What is the placebo effect? Why can’t Mary Warren faint? Why does the judge say she is ice cold?

In the Lab:

  1. Who is most at fault in the affair between John Proctor and Abigail Williams and why?
  2. All of the characters below from The Crucible are hiding or lying about something. Write out who is hiding what?
    1. Rev. Parris
    2. Proctor
    3. Judges
    4. Abigail
    5. Mary Warren
    6. Goody Putnam
    7. Thomas Putnam
    8. Rev. Hale
  3. Who, in your opinion, is the worst, evilest, and most deceiving character from The Crucible?
VOCABULARY
Deposition - written testimony
Perjury - lying under oath in a court
Slovenly - messy

CRUCIBLE QUESTIONS
  1. What does he mean to Francis when he says he wishes he had some evil? 
    1. Takes one to know one
  2. TOTKO
    1.  🔝
  3. Where does the affair take place?
    1.  In the barn
  4. What did the affair steal from him? 
    1. Joy
  5. What is the greatest thing you can have?
    1.  Happiness 
  6. What sin is behind all of this? 
    1. Lust 
  7. Lust is what sin? 
    1. A deadly one
  8. What is a harlot? 
    1. An easy woman
  9. Why does she lie? 
    1. To save her husbands life
  10. Why is Danforth so quick to remove her?
    1.  He doesn’t want to expose himself as a fool 
  11. Why does Mary Warren go back to Abby?
    1.  She doesn’t want to die 
  12. What does Proctor really mean? 
    1. There is no justice 
  13. To whom much is given much is required

Monday, February 11, 2019

February 11, 2019 - Day 18

VOCABULARY QUIZ DUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 11:59PM! NO EXCUSES.
Vocab Game Code: 483557
www.quizizz.com
Remember: You must sign in with First and Last Name for your score to count. 

Eq: The end of Act 2, ended with what literature term, and what is the 4th wall?
4th wall is when the cast breaks the invisible wall with the audience. 

The Crucible:
  1. Why does Judge Danforth not want to accept this deposition?
    1. he knows it isn't true
  2. What does he mean by a hot fire here?
    1. it makes him look like a fool
  3. Why is Proctor doing all this?
    1. reveal the truth
  4. Put a price on it. How much is your freedom worth?
    1. a lot. Even 1 year - it's still time you cannot get back. 
  5. What is plowing on Sunday?
    1. not keeping holy the Sabbath - against the rule; however, John Proctor is doing the best he can to take care of his family. 
  6. What does Proctor say about the accused women?
    1. They are faking
  7. What is the rebuttal to that?
    1.  Cain and Abel
  8. What does it mean to take something out of context?
    1. take the meaning in the wrong fashion
  9. Those words show the courts what?
    1. they are good and upstanding people
  10. How many people sign and swear against the courts findings?
    1. ninety-one
  11. What's the response?
    1. it is an attack upon the court
  12. The sun is what?
    1. shining
  13. How many jurors sit on a murder trial?
    1. 12
  14. How many must say guilty to be guilty?
    1. all 12
  15. What does it mean...terrible learning?
    1. verbal irony - extremely smart
  16. Today, do we call up witnesses to defend our innocence?
    1. Yes
  17. Has Mary Warren been threatened by Proctor?
    1. No 
  18. What is perjury?
    1. lying under oath
  19. Why was Abby kicked out of church twice?
    1. laughing
  20. What is Parris' response?
    1.  Tituba made her laugh
  21. What is the Placebo Effect?
    1. when you think something so badly that it happens

Friday, February 8, 2019

Crucible Family Tree


February 8, 2019 - Day 16

EQ: Is the Devil loose in Salem? Is the system rigged? Can one person stand up to the power system?
YES. In the form of the girls and the courts.  ABSOLUTELY.

The Crucible

  1. Who is giving the orders now?
    1. the girls
  2. Who is Cheever?
    1. John Proctor's friend
  3. What does Abby want?
    1.  Elizabeth dead
  4. Why is Rev. Hale doing this?
    1. he is doubting the accusations
  5. Why did the Puritans have children?
    1. because they needed workers
  6. What is the Sabbath?
    1. Saturday
  7. Hale is suggesting what to Proctor about his church attendance?
    1. he doesn't come because he might be guilty
  8. Where do you find the Church?
    1. the people
  9. What is theology?
    1. the study of religion
  10. What is John Proctor saying about Parris?
    1. He is greedy
  11. What is baptized?
    1. a cleaning/cleansing of sin
  12. what are the two types of baptism?
    1. spiritual and water
  13. What is covet?
    1. to wish for something you do not have
  14. What's the irony of "Adultery, John?"
    1. that is the sin he committed
  15. Why did the confess?
    1. to save their lives
  16. Can 1 man fight the power?
    1. NO
  17. Why would Proctor believe there are no witches in the world?
    1. He doesn't believe in them
  18. Why you go to jail, what do you lose?
    1. your freedom
  19. How much $$ is your freedom worth?
    1. priceless
  20. What is Abby's weapon of choice?
    1. a needle
  21. What is vengeance?
    1. pay back
  22. We are what we always were... what is that?
    1. a leopard can't change its spots
  23. The wind is what?
    1. justice


Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Vocab 21-40


  1. Pretense - lying, faking 
  2. Prodigious - enormous, giant, massive
  3. misnomer - name that leads you astray
  4. magistrate - judge; literally a judge
  5. Partisan - to take a side
  6. bewildered - confused
  7. Puritan Plain Style - a culture of life, writing, art, and whatever that was bland
  8. vain - when you do something for nothing (there's no result)
  9. Pewter - inexpensive, ugly type of metal
  10. martyr - person who tries to die to accomplish something
  11. situational irony - it is irony, when the opposite happens to what you expected
  12. Dramatic irony - when the audience knows but the characters don't
  13. verbal irony - sarcasm; when you say one thing but mean another
  14. theology - study of religion
  15. calamity - disaster, chaos
  16. vengeance - revenge, pay back
  17. aside - when a character shares their inner thoughts aloud
  18. lechery - adultery
  19. grapple - wrestle
  20. 4th wall - the invisible wall that separate the audience from the play. Sometimes gets broken when the cast talks to the audience. 

February 6, 2019 - Day 14

EQ:

Crucible Questions

  1.  Lucifer is known as the king of...
    1. hell
  2.   Why blame Tituba?
    1. easy
  3.  Why did she confess?
    1. to save her life
  4.  Has the expert achieved success?
    1. Yes
  5. IF this was a court room, these questions Goody Osborn would be asked what?
    1. leading questions
  6. Why Good, why Osborn?
    1. they are "loose women"
  7. Essentially what is it that Tituba wants?
    1. Go back home to Barbados
  8. Take a guess who Bishop is?
    1.  
  9. Marshall is whom?
    1. the person who enforces bringing people to court and jail

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

February 5, 2019 - Day 13

EQ: Why do the other girls admit to it?

Partisan - to take a side
Pretense - lying, faking
Prodigious - enormous, giant, massive
misnomer - name that leads you astray
magistrate - judge; literally a judge
bewildered - confused

Crucible Questions

  1. Is Rebecca Nurse a believer in this?
    1. no
  2. In Puritan society, what books are strange?
    1. any books other than the Bible
  3. If Hale is an expert, what does he need to happen?
    1. be correct
  4. With great power...
    1. comes great responsibility



Monday, February 4, 2019

February 4, 2019 - Day 12

EQ: What is Rev. Parris' primary job after his daughter and niece are caught dancing in the woods?
TO KEEP HIS JOB
Who said, "We know that no one ever seizes power will the intention of relinquishing it." What does it mean? They will keep their jobs at any cost.


NEW VOCAB

  1. Partisan - you have picked and belong to a side
  2. Pretense - pretend, fake

QUIZIZZ DIRECTIONS:

  • Go to join.Quizizz.com
  • Enter game code: 777006
  • Use your first and last name - no nicknames (they will not count)
  • Play until you get the score you desire
  • Due by Tuesday 2/5/19 - 11:59 pm
  • No exceptions - not done = 0% grade for vocab 1 quiz. 

Questions:
  1. what girl did not participate?
    1. Mary Warren
  2. who did Abby say she wanted?
    1. John Proctor
  3. who are the girls who can't wake?
    1.  Betty and Ruth
  4. How old are they?
    1. 10-12 years old
  5. If the doctor can't explain it... then what?
    1. witchcraft
  6. Why must Parris take time?
    1. he needs time to make up a story
  7. Punishment for dancing?
    1. Whipping
  8. Punishment for witchcraft?
    1. death
  9. If this is witchcraft, who called the devil?
    1. the girls
  10. Aye...means?
    1. yes
  11. What is the pulpit?
    1. place where preacher preaches
  12. What is sport?
    1. games
  13. what is blink?
    1. erase
  14. symbolically, the color white?
    1. pure, virginal
  15. what is blush?
    1. red/sin
  16. What house did Abby go to?
    1. Proctors
  17. What is Goody?
    1. good and pure
  18. What is soiled?
    1. dirty, unpure
  19. Who has called for her service?
    1. no one
  20. Who is coming to Salem?
    1. Reverend Hale (an expert)
  21. Can experts be wrong?
    1. NO
  22. What did Abby whisper in Tituba's ear?
    1. Kill Good Proctor
  23. Why is it easy for Mary Warren to want to tell the truth?
    1. she is innocent/she didn't dance
  24. Betty is suffering from what?
    1. nothing - faking it
  25. Proctor wore out the who?
    1.  hypocrites
  26. Who is coming to Salem?
    1. an expert
  27. What did we just learn?
    1. Abigail and John had an affair
  28. What is Goody Proctor's first name?
    1. Elizabeth
  29. What is wrong with Elizabeth Proctor?
    1. she had a rough childbirth and was ill for months

Friday, February 1, 2019

February 1, 2019 - Day 11

EQ: How real was the idea of witchcraft to the Puritans? Extremely real. They did not have any other explanation for what happened.

The Crucible

  1. What is the easiest way to make somebody confess to anything?
    1. whipping
  2. What were they fighting over?
    1. land and money
  3. What will the 1776 revolution be over?
    1. taxes
  4. FOLLOW THE MONEY
  5. Can an expert be wrong?
    1. No
  6. What happens to your law degree if you make 120 mistakes in a row?
    1. you are no longer credible
  7. Power corrupts absolute power corrupts absolutely
  8. If the ministers daughters are practicing spells can he keep his job at church leader?
    1. No
  9. Who are the two little girls?
    1. Betty and Ruth
  10. Who did Abby say she wanted?
    1. John Proctor


August 17, 2020

 If you are here, then Plan A of CTLS and Plan B of Zoom did not work.  We are so happy to have you! Our syllabus is linked, as are the requ...