1.  Turn in the Fireside Poet Project that was hw! Staple all together with rubric/half sheet on top.  Take out your Scarlet Letter Books & study guides.  Make sure to copy down HW assignments/due dates for next week: a. Grad paper work days Thursday and Friday. b. TSL CH. 1-8 QUIZ TOMORROW! Before Bell:

2.  1. Who is Hester Prynne? How is she being punished in chapter 2?  2. Who punishes Hester? Why is it considered lenient?  3. Who is Roger Chillingworth in reality? What does Hester refuse to tell him?  4. What jobs do these characters have: Hester, Chillingworth, Dimmesdale?  5. What supernatural/hysteria concepts of Puritans are presented in the story? Warm Up:

3.  End of Chapter I: The rosebush at the jail ◦ What does it represent? How is Romanticism seen here?  Chapter II: The women standing outside the prison ◦ How does Hawthorne characterize Puritan society here? ◦ What can be said about the women who are judgmental of Hester? What about the one who tries to defend her?  Chapter II: “It irks me, nevertheless, that the partner of her iniquity should not, at least, stand on the scaffold by her side. But he will be known!—he will be known!—he will be known!” (54) ◦ Foreshadows what? Important Passages

4.  Chapter III: The description of Rev. Dimmesdale and his plea to Hester to reveal ◦ How does the community view him? ◦ What kind of diction does he utilize? What is the effect?  Chapter IV: Chillingworth and Hester’s discussion about guilt ◦ What relationship did they have? ◦ Why is it important that “the scale hangs fairly balanced” (69)?  Chapter V: ◦ Hester’s decision to stay in Boston ◦ Effects of wearing the scarlet letter Important Passages

5.  Chapter VI: Pearl ◦ What is significant about her name? ◦ How does she interact with society? ◦ How does Hawthorne view Hester’s sin?  Chapter VII: The Governor’s Hall ◦ What is significant about Pearl’s attire? ◦ Why would the elect want to take Pearl?  Chapter VIII: Pearl and the Elect ◦ Why does Pearl respond to their questions in such a way? ◦ What has changed about Dimmesdale? ◦ What supernatural element is introduced at the end of the chapter? ◦ What is being foreshadowed about Dimmesdale? Important Passages

6. The Scarlet Letter Newspaper

7. This paper should track the characters and events that pertain to Ch.1-5 (I, II, III,IV,V) at least. You should have a newspaper story showing major events from the book utilizing textual evidence citations for each one. (2 per story!) Each story will have one visual picture to correspond. Each group member will be responsible for one different page of the newspaper. It must include 4 DIFFERENT elements! (1 per person!) In your groups, you will create a Puritan paper

8.  A : Front Page Story (Major Event that has taken place!)  B :Personal interview story for one character  C: Gossip Column (pretend a Puritan has overheard gossip of the town during a scene from the book!)  D : Create 1 Advertisements needed in a Puritan town AND 1 Political Cartoon related to Puritan politics seen in book E: Current Event Puritan life section (what was going on outside of Boston...use textbook) *ONLY FOR GROUPS OF 5 Group Assignments

9.  Move around to all the groups newspapers, and take a look. Is there any questions you have for the groups?  What themes do you notice?  What do you notice about Puritan culture? Closure: Gallery Walk