Jessica and I looked uncovered different themes in Act II of The Crucible, focusing on how the theme of religion/adultery plays into the characters John and Elizabeth Proctor.
Assignment
Act III of The Crucible
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jessica had some great comments on several of the play's key themes.
review directional terms, body cavities and body sections
discuss the 15 most helpful regional terms and label on the diagram faxed.
Assignment
n/a
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
review was needed due to long interval between the last class and this one. Discussed the regional terms and attempted to relate to common terms.
Jessie was not feeling well but did the best she could. Will fax back her assignment
Today's session was a review/problem drill. We worked together on problems finding derivatives of functions, finding the slope of the tangent line. We also introduced the derivatives of the sine and cosine functions.
Assignment
None.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jess's attitude is great and she grasps the material well and thoroughly.
Jessica and I went through the different themes/characters presented in Act 1 of The Crucible. We discussed whether or not fear can act as a power/control device of both state/federal authority.
Assignment
Read Act II in The Crucible
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jessica did a very good job interrogating the accuracy of our fear/hysteria discussion today.
Today I introduced Arthur Miller, Salem circa 1692, and The Crucible to Jessica. After a discussion of McCartyhism, we went over the prevalent themes of human nature (flawed), and community within the play, and then discussed some of the characters that we have been introduced to thus far.
Assignment
Read all of Act 1 in The Crucible.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Jessica was very intrigued with the play. She understood some of the more complicated themes, and had an opinion on whether or not these themes were accurate.
