You are a reporter working for one of the leading newspapers in your city. Your editor has asked you to write a brief report on the Salem witch trials. Because it is a newspaper report, it must contain a factual summary of the events that took place in the village of Salem between 1692 and 1693. Make sure you remain objective in your report. To begin, you will need to do some research. Here’s a short chronology of the events: February 1692: Young girls in the village of Salem, Massachusetts, are struck by a mysterious illness. Doctors and other people who live in the town are unable to determine the cause. They believe that they are bewitched. The afflicted girls accuse three women of witchcraft: Sarah Good, Sarah Osborn, and a Caribbean slave named Tituba. March 1692: Under torture, Tituba confesses to witchcraft. Other girls join the accusers. June-September 1692: A total of 200 people are accused of being witches. Most of the accused are women. Among the accused, 24 people are convicted of witchcraft, of which 20 are executed and 4 die in prison. October 1692: Sir William Phipps, the new governor of Massachusetts, grows alarmed at the number of accusations. He forbids further accusations and orders the witch trial court to be dissolved. January 1692: Phipps pardons the remaining accused people of witchcraft. January 1697: A day of fasting and penance is observed in Salem in memory of the witchcraft trials. You can learn more about the witch trials at these websites: The Witchcraft Trials in Salem The Setting of Salem Witchcraft Remember that some of your readers may have never heard about the Salem witch trials. Make sure your report explains the events clearly. Present your facts in an unbiased manner. Your final report should have a title, introduction, and closing statement. It should be about 250 to 300 words long. Here are a few questions to help you create an outline for your report: Where did the trials take place? When did the trials take place? Who were the main individuals and groups involved? What were the major events? When did the trials end? What were the long-term effects?

Adapt the speech you delivered in lesson 2 to an audience of professionals, teachers, and parents. the audience expects a more formal delivery. your listeners also expect you to use media such as images and audio to make your speech more convincing and easier to understand. your assignment should include the following elements: -at least four sources to back up your ideas -media elements to illustrate your ideas -changes to both the style and content of the speech to make it more appropriate to the audience -citations that follow mla guidelines as you revise your presentation, research and cite at least four sources. at least two of these sources must provide supporting evidence, such as charts and graphs or quotes from newspapers or other credible sources. the other two sources can provide material to grab the audience's attention — for example, photos that your audience visualize what you're talking about or music that sets the mood. you can also create original images, but these will not count as sources. here are some types of media that you may use to either show evidence or move the audience: quotes tables, charts, and graphs images video audio (including music) mix up the types of media you use so that no medium is used more than twice. take care that all your sources contribute to your speech in an obvious way. they should either back up what you're saying or make your ideas easier for your audience to understand logically or emotionally. avoid visual aids that are off topic or confusing. ask yourself these questions as you revise: am i still fulfilling the requirements of the speech i gave in lesson 2? is my speech still about a theme in franklin roosevelt's four freedoms speech? do i connect that theme to my own life and to a current issue? are my sources credible and relevant? will they convince an audience of parents, teachers, and professionals? do my media elements enhance my speech? do they set the mood, explain something difficult, or offer convincing proof? do i avoid media elements that are more distracting than ? did i cite my sources according to mla guidelines? did i check my works-cited page against sample works-cited pages to make sure it's correct?