1. September 3, 2014 I CAN EDIT SENTENCES FOR MISTAKES IN COMMA USE. I CAN DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL INFLUENCES ON A WRITTEN TEXT. I CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPREHENSION OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY FOUNDATIONAL WORKS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. I CAN IDENTIFY JUXTAPOSITION IN A TEXT AND ANALYZE ITS EFFECT.

2. Commas with interrupters Commas with interrupters Commas with Interrupters Use commas to set off an expression that interrupts a sentence. ALWAYS use commas to set off expressions that begin with which; NEVER use commas with clauses that start with that. You are I hope planning to arrive on time. In fact Walt Whitman is my favorite poet, Pat Conroy is my favorite novelist. Emily Bronte not her sister Charlotte wrote Wuthering Heights. The artist, Faith Ringgold, painstakingly hand-letters her beautiful unique story quilts. When editing for commas be sure to remember to use a comma after introductory phrases, we missed that often on our test. Mozart composed his first opera, when he was 12 years old.

3. Journal How does guilt make us isolated from the world yet a part of the “universal heart” at the same time?

4. Reading background Read “Lesson of Salem” and answer the comprehension questions. Read “Witches and Hysteria,” and create five questions, three of which go beyond “Where is this in the text” kind of questions. Use the hand out for a guide.

5. Class Discussion Journals and Round-table discussion of The Scarlet Letter.