September 25 & 26, 2024

Agenda

1. Starter:

2. Assignment: The Deceptive Danforth

   • Directions: For this activity, you will analyze the “dance” of Danforth’s speech – how he is able to dance around other people's claims and accusations. In the left boxes, write down a claim or comment a character gives. Next, in the right boxes, provide a quote of Danforth’s reply and the strategies he uses in this reply to discredit the claim and/or character and maintain his authority. You can also note logical fallacies.

3. Reading: Read The Crucible: Act 4 and complete the dialectical journal assignment.

   • Assignment

   • Directions: While reading Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, investigate how characters manipulate language, situations, and audience for their specific purposes.

   • The Crucible: Act 4 (textbook)

   • The Crucible: Act 4 (script)