Choose one of the following two readings for your focus. The Crucible, Act 1, Part 1

“Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” Part 1

To connect the text to a personal experience, you can ask yourself questions like

Does the text remind me of something that has happened in my life?
Do I relate to the characters in the story?
To connect the text to another text, you can ask yourself questions like

Does the text remind me of something else I have read?
Do I see similarities between the text and something else I have read?
To connect the text to the world around you, you can ask yourself questions like

Does the text remind me of something that has happened in the world around me?
Do the events in the story remind me of something that has happened in the world?
In a short paragraph, explain the connection you made. Be sure to provide specific examples from your chosen reading and your experiences.

What parts of hamlet’s soliloquy support a more negative outlook on life?

Rev. simon hosack] entered fully into the feeling of suffering and sorrow which took possession of me when i discovered that a girl weighed less in the scale of being than a boy, and he praised my determination to prove the contrary. which best describes society’s view of boys’ and girls’ abilities during the period in which elizabeth cady stanton lived?

Why it's time to lay the stereotype of the 'teen brain’ to rest 2. part b: which detail from the text best supports the answer to part a? a “brain deficits don’t make teens do risky things; lack of experience and a drive to explore the world are the real factors.” (paragraph 1) b “according to this theory, the prefrontal cortex, the center of the brain’s cognitive-control system, matures more slowly than the limbic system, which governs desires and appetites including drives for food and sex.” (paragraph 5) c “in experiments that mimic the well-known marshmallow test, in which waiting for a bigger reward is a sign of self-control, adolescents are less impulsive than children and only slightly more so than adults.” (paragraph 12) d “the majority of adolescents do not die in car crashes, become victims of homicide or suicide, experience major depression, become addicted to drugs or contract sexually transmitted infections.” (paragraph 14)