1. BEFORE BELL: Take out vocab book and piece of paper!

2. Warm Up: Utilizing your piece of nature….. Write a poem (5-7 lines!) This poem should convey the idea of Transcendentalism Does not have to rhyme Must use at least 3 vocabulary words! Need help/uninspired? Describe your piece of nature Describe how you found the nature How has this nature made you feel? You have 10 minutes! Didn’t bring something…what inspires you in nature?

3. THE SCARLET LETTER PURITAN MINGLE PROJECT

4. PUBLIC PERSONA VS. PRIVATE PERSONA Who dictates what is acceptable or unacceptable to present to society? Why would we keep something private in our lives? What would happen if our public and private personas were revealed to all? What characters from the novel can relate to this motif? How are they presenting themselves publicly? Privately? What would happen if they revealed their true selves ?

5. Pre-activity UTILIZING THE SCARLET LETTER CHAPTERS 1-12: FIND EXAMPLES OF HESTER, CHILLINGWORTH, AND DIMMESDALE'S PERSONAS. YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY FOR EACH CHARACTER: PUBLIC----HOW THE TOWNSPEOPLE SEE THEM, HOW THEY FEEL, HOW THEY ACT PRIVATE---HOW THEY ACT OR BEHAVE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS (TRUE SELVES)

6. PRIVATE V. PUBLIC: HESTER PRYNNE “When the young woman—the mother of this child—stood fully Revealed before the crowd, it seemed to be her first impulse to clasp the infant closely to her bosom; not so much by an impulse of motherly affection, as that she might thereby conceal a certain token” (45). “It might be, too,—doubtless it was so, although she hid the secret from herself, and grew pale whenever it struggled out of her heart, like a serpent from its hole,—it might be that another feeling kept her within the scene and pathway that had been so fatal. There dwelt, there trode the feet of one with whom she deemed herself connected in a union, that, unrecognised on earth, would bring them together before the bar of final judgment, and make that their marriage-altar, for a joint futurity of endless retribution” (67).

7. YOUR TURN GO BACK TO TSL. FIND A QUOTE THAT SHOWS HOW DIMMESDALE ACTS IN PUBLIC AND HOW HE ACTS IN PRIVATE.

8. DATING PROFILES FOR OUR CHARACTERS Put together a dating profile for one of the three main, adult characters This would be how they present themselves to the public-- not their private persona’s or secrets. This is what the public would see WHEN they to log onto www.puritanmingle.com (#tsl4ever). Chillingworth Dimmesdale Hester

9. YOU ARE CHILLINGWORTH, DIMMESDALE OR HESTER 1.Create your dating profile for one of these character using his or her PUBLIC personas! 2.Include your character’s name, age (estimate) and a visual representation (profile picture) 3.Answer five of these question using textual evidence (citation needed!) Other than appearance, what is the first thing that people notice about you? What are your three best life skills? What are the most important things you are looking for in a partner? What are three things your friends would say to describe you? What are two things you cannot live without? What are you most passionate about? What are you most thankful for in this world?

10. CLOSURE: TURN IN DATING PROFILES (NEED GROUP'S NAME ON THIS!) CONTINUE READING; TSL CH. 9-17 QUIZ NEXT Tuesday! Computers for Research paper TOMORROW