Murry Bergtraum High School

Grace Julian, Principal

                                                                    Gail Reisin, AP English

Integrating Regents Tasks in the Curriculum

Part III Task, Texts, and Questions

created by B. Wu-D'Amato

included in a unit on The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Part III Task, Texts, and Question

Directions: Read the passages on the following page (a poem and an excerpt from a play-the opening dialogue between Elizabeth and John Proctor in Act II of The Crucible) and answer the multiple-choice questions. Then write the essay described in "Your Task." You may use the margins to take notes as you read and scrap paper to plan your response.

Your Task:

After you have read the passages and answered the multiple-choice questions, write a unified essay about how the woman in each passage  feels about her husband and how she expresses her feelings. In your essay, use ideas from both passages to establish a controlling idea about the characteristics of the women the writers portray. Use evidence from both passages to develop your controlling idea, and show how each author used specific literary elements or techniques to convey ideas.

Guidelines:

*Use ideas from both passages to establish a controlling idea about how the woman in each passage  feels about her husband and how she expresses her feelings.

*Use specific and relevant evidence from both passages to develop your controlling idea

*Show how each author uses specific literary elements (for example, theme, characterization, structure, point of view) or techniques (for example, symbolism, irony, figurative language) to portray women in the passages

*Organize your ideas in a logical and coherent manner

*Use language that communicates ideas effectively

*Follow the conventions of standard written English