Crucible+writing+options


 * Crucible paper….**
 * Possible topics**: These will be the basis for your thesis statement…you must pick just one!


 * 1) Importance of a good name
 * 2) Presentation of the truth
 * 3) Individual morality and society’s responsibility to events with in its community
 * 4) Persecution as a tool for deflecting attention away from different problem areas.
 * 5) Importance of innocent until proven guilty
 * 6) Mass hysteria and its effects on a community

Along with the play you will need to use two secondary sources to add to your reference list. (You will have a total of THREE different sources on your works cited page)


 * 1) Anything from the PowerPoint
 * 2) McCarthyism and the McCarthy hearings
 * 3) Hollywood connection
 * 4) Individual people (directors, actors, writers or musicians)


 * 1) Article called: //Arthur Miller’s Last Act// (THIS IS COPIED AND FOUND IN MS. TOMBRE’S ROOM)
 * 2) China and the red scare….communist connection…LOOK THIS UP ON THE INTERNET OR USE YOUR HISTORY BOOKS!
 * 3) Article called: //Arthur Miller, “Are you Now or Were You ever?”// (THIS IS COPIED AND FOUND IN MS. TOMBRE’S ROOM)
 * 4) Another secondary source of your choice, but you have to get the source approved by me BEFORE you start your paper. Wikipedia does NOT count as a reliable source!!!!


 * Directions**: Pick out a topic and then find a connection to the play //The Crucible//. You will then write a 3 page paper comparing the topics and the play. This is a formal paper that requires a works cited page with 2-3 DIFFERENT sources.

What you will be graded on:


 * 1) **Content:** (30 points)
 * 2) Connection from your sources to your topic
 * 3) 2-3 different sources (this means details, in-text citations, and examples from the different sources)
 * 4) Examples from The Crucible!!!
 * 5) **Thesis statement:** (10 points) You need to have a well written thesis statement that follows the formula that I have given you in class.
 * 6) **Two focal areas of your choice.** (30 points…15 points for each focal area) These will include grammar, mechanics, word choice etc.
 * 7) Sentence structure (no fragments or run-on sentences)
 * 8) Subject-verb agreement (all your subjects must agree with all your verbs!!)
 * 9) “Be” verbs…limit of 5 “be” verbs per page! (see me for a list!)
 * 10) Word choice…this can include incorporation of actions words and vocabulary words into the paper.
 * 11) General mechanics such as commas, semi-colons, capitalization etc.
 * 12) Sentence types…varying sentence types from simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.


 * 1) **MLA format**: (20 points) This includes a works cited page, in-text citations, headings etc…
 * 2) **Rough Draft/Check list**. (10 points) Before you turn in your final paper you will need to SEND MS. TOMBRE AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF YOUR PAPER. PLEASE PUT YOUR PAPER IN HER “IN” BOX NO LATER THAN October, 25 !!!! I have paper check lists copied please make sure you go through the checklist before you turn in your paper…please staple the checklist to your final paper as well as your rough draft and the corrections page!