1. The Scarlet Letter
As your warm-up, finish working on the Crucible prediction sheets. You may pick up a copy of the text if you need it.

2. Thoughtful questions about The Scarlet Letter?

3. READING CHECK

4. Analysis Groups Group One: The town Group Two: Character Relationships
Draw a map of the town from the description in the text
Analyze the significance of each point that you plotted on the map – is this similar or different to the way we lay out our lives today?
Group Two: Character Relationships
Analyze the relationship between:
Hester and Chillingworth
Hester and the Village People
Dimmesdale and the Village People
Hester and Pearl
Use quotes from the text to back up your analysis

5. Analysis Groups Group Three: Character Group Four: Character
Analyze Hester – use the words and language that describes her in the text to analyze who she is and what she might be like
How do you perceive her as a person? Good, bad, kind, cruel, uncaring, etc. Use evidence from the text to back up your argument
Group Four: Character
Analyze Chillingworth - use the words and language that describes him in the text to analyze who he is and what he might be like
How do you perceive him as a person? Good, bad, kind, cruel, uncaring, etc. Use evidence from the text to back up your argument

6. Analysis Groups Group Five: Character Group Six: Words of Wisdom
Analyze Dimmesdale - use the words and language that describes him in the text to analyze who he is and what he might be like
How do you perceive him as a person? Good, bad, kind, cruel, uncaring, etc. Use evidence from the text to back up your argument
Group Six: Words of Wisdom
Locate Hawthorne’s words of wisdom from the first four chapters. What words or phrases are powerful quotes or meaningful beyond the text?
How can these quotes be applied to life today? To your personal life?

7. Analysis Groups Group Seven: Symbolism Group Eight: Theme
Analyze the symbols in the story. What are they and how are the vital to the overall meaning and understanding of the text?
Make sure you mention the scarlet letter, though there are others as well
Group Eight: Theme
Analyze themes that you already can see that are prevalent in the text. How are these themes shown – use textual evidence!
How can these themes be applied to other readings you have read or experiences that you have had?

8. Share Out

9. NPR Article Is public ridicule still prevalent in our society?
Do you think this is a fair way to punish people for wrongs or crimes that they have committed? Why or why not?
Can you think of any examples of public punishment that still exists? Is it similar or different to what Hester experiences?
Read the following article:
After you finish reading, write about a time that you had to formally apologize for something (hitting your brother, lying to your mom, etc.). How did it make you feel? Imagine if you had to stand in front of an audience and do that. How would you feel then?