Eleventh+Grade

**__Crucible Poetry Project__**
**Step 1 (Day One)**: Put the following character correspondences up on the Smart Board (see attachment): (I do selections as a "draft." I go around the room and write the students' names with the characters they choose. Once 3-4 kids are in a block, that selection is closed. Students are then in groups according to the characters.)
 * **Elizabeth** to Abigail
 * **John** to Elizabeth
 * **Hale** to his wife
 * **Tituba** to Parris
 * **Mary Warren** to Abigail
 * **Abigail** to John


 * Step 2 (Day One and homework)**: Students will independently compose a letter as if they were the bolded character above. They need to pay attention to Miller's writing style as well as the particular character's motives, fears, and frailties. They should pinpoint a particular event in the text to provide legitimacy to the letter. Length requirement: One page double-spaced.
 * Step 3 (Day Two)**: Students will meet with groups members and copy and paste letters into one Google Doc. (Based on comfortability, they should elect a Google Doc captain who will invite group members and the teacher as well.)
 * Students will digitally "exchange" letters, peer editing and providing suggestions as needed.
 * The peer editor will highlight two or three of the strongest, most striking sentences in the letter.


 * Step 4 (Day Two)**: Groups will use the highlighted sentences in each of the letters to create a group poem in the assigned character's voice. They might need to collectively do some editing and rearranging, but the group poem should be creative and coherent.
 * Step 5 (Day Three)**: Students will use Garage Band to put their poems to music and will publish to the class Ning. Depending on how much time you would dedicate to the project, this would be great for a podcast or voice thread as well.

Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions. I would love to have another class to work with next year as //Crucible// "pen pals" if anyone is interested. ~ Jen Rieger