Strategies
Vocabulary
5 W's
Salem
Witch
100
What does it mean to visualize?
Use the words to make a picture in your mind.
100
If a child is without any living parents, they are ______?
orphaned
100
True or False: The story takes place in 1692. (When)
True
100
What did the children do on a typical day in Salem Village?
chores, read the bible, attend church
100
Is this story fiction or non-fiction?
Non-fiction (or both)
200
The 3 types of making connections are text to self, text to text and what?
Text to world
200
Magic only used for good is called?
White magic
200
What state was Salem Village in? (Where)
Massachusetts
200
Who was Tituba?
She was a slave for the Parris family.
200
What name did Salem Village change to in 1752?
Danvers
300
What does it mean to have comprehension of a story?
To have understanding
300
What does fasting mean?
going without food for a period of time
300
Name one of the original so called witches? (Who)
Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osbourn
300
True or False: Only women were accused of being witches.
False
300
Why did Salem Village change its name?
It did not want to be associated with the Witch Trials anymore.
400
What 2 things do you need to use to make an inference?
Your background knowledge and clues from the text
400
What does hysteria mean?
wild and uncontrollable emotion
400
What were the girls doing that made people believe they were bewitched?
Convulsing, contorting, shouting gibberish
400
How did confessing to be a witch actually save Tituba's life?
She was important to the court, they wanted to use her knowledge.
400
What did the governor declare had to be seen in order for a person to be convicted of witchcraft?
spectral evidence
500
What does the word strategy mean?
A plan or method for reaching a certain goal.
500
What does convicted mean?
proven guilty of a crime in a court of law
500
Why is this story considered an unsolved mystery?
Nobody really knows if the girls were really bewitched and seeing spirits.
500
Why did Ann Putnam and Mary Walcott become famous?
People thought they were able to point out witches.
500
Of the 141 people arrested, how many were killed?
19 hanged, 1 pressed to death, 4 died in jail
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