This document is a 10th grade language arts lesson plan about The Crucible and the Salem Witch Trials. It instructs students to write a letter to Governor Phips either praising or criticizing the Salem Witch Trials. Students are provided links to learn about key figures like Thomas Brattle, who wrote a famous letter criticizing the trials, and Increase Mather. The lesson aims to teach students persuasive writing and how word choices can influence readers.

1. The Crucible and the Salem Witch Trials 10th Grade Language Arts

3. In this lesson: We are going to examine the Power words can have. We are going to choose a side, explaining why we are For or Against the Salem Witch Trials, and write a letter to Sir William Phips, governor of Massachusetts in 1692. Governor Phips Governor Phips