The Scarlet Letter 5.4

The Scarlet Letter 5.4

Do now: arrange desks in rows and clear your desks for the exam

Objectives:

• demonstrate mastery of understanding of the novel

Agenda:

1. do now
2. Exam!
3. Summarizer

HW: Pick a lens!

The Scarlet Letter 5.3

The Scarlet Letter 5.3

do now: Discuss your annotation selection with a partner

Objectives:

• understand exam format and expectations
• use critical thinking to select an effective excerpt

Agenda:

1. do now
2. Exam prep!
3. Summarizer

HW: Study for exam on FRIDAY

The Scarlet letter 5.2

The Scarlet letter 5.2

do now: how comfortable do you feel annotating?  Explain.

Objectives:

• understand exam format and expectations
• use critical thinking to select an effective excerpt

Agenda:

1. do now
2. Exam prep!
3. Summarizer

HW: Study for exam on FRIDAY

TSL 5.1

The Scarlet Letter 5.1

Do now: What is your initial reaction to the ending?

Objectives:

• analyze TSL and make connections to Transcendentalism
• participate effectively in a socratic seminar

Agenda:

1. do now
2. Prep: socratic seminar
3. Socratic Seminar
4. summarizer

HW: Which lens do you think you want to focus on for the final paper?

The Scarlet Letter 4.3

Do now: review vocab with a partner for 5 minutes

Objectives:

• demonstrate mastery of vocabulary words found in the novel

Agenda:

1. do now
2. vocab quiz
3. Begin reading assignment #7- the last chunk of the novel!

HW: Reading assignment #7

Ms. Santiago is out THURSDAY

Pink: complete task one of this assignment. Study for vocab quiz.


Blue: Study for Friday's vocab quiz

Scarlet letter 4.2

Do now: Can you draw any comparisons between the gossip-filled, hypocritical nature of Puritan New England and today?  To BHS?

Objectives:

• make connections between Puritan society and modern society
• identify "flaws" in ourselves

Agenda:

1. do now

2. Task 1: Personal writing

3. Task 2: Design your own letter

4. Summarizer

HW: study for vocab quiz for FRIDAY.  Finish reading novel for MONDAY.

The Scarlet Letter 4.2/4.3

Do now: Which character do you like the best?  Why?

Objective:

• analyze Hawthorne’s use of characterization
• analyze hope as a human emotion

Agenda:

1. do now
2. Chapter 20: Unlike at any other point in the novel, Dimmesdale begins chapter 20 feeling hopeful.  As a result, his character actually changes here from what it has heretofore seemed to be.  Perhaps Hawthorne intended, therefore, for this chapter to demonstrate something that he believed about hope as a human emotion or thought, as well as the effect of its presence on people’s action.  Where and how in this chapter do you see the impactful effect of hope on Dimmesdale’s dynamic characterization?  
3. In groups: draft an assertion statement about your findings from above
4. Class: share assertion statements
5. Study for vocab quiz

HW: Vocab quiz FRIDAY

The Scarlet Letter 4.1/4.2

Do now: What are some of the ways light and darkness can be used symbolically?

Objectives:

• actively read an excerpt of text
• analyze the author’s use of light/dark imagery

Agenda:

1. Do now
2. In groups: What is the distinction Hawthorne makes between city and forest, between civilization and wilderness? Chapter 16 illuminates the juxtaposition between Boston and the forest-- how do you believe Hawthorne both views and utilizes these two different locales? What do they seemingly represent in the world of The Scarlet Letter?
3. Chapter 18 focuses on Hawthorne’s symbolic use of light, shading, and darkness.  In what ways, and to what effects, does Hawthorne make figurative use of light, or its absence, and is interpretation valid in other parts of the novel?  Annotate chapter.
4. Begin reading assignment #6

HW: Reading assignment #6.  Vocab quiz FRIDAY

The Scarlet Letter 3.3

The Scarlet Letter 3.3

Do now: What is your feeling about multiple choice, close reading excerpt quizzes?

Objectives:

• actively read an excerpt of text
• effectively answer close reading based textual questions
• work effectively as a group to arrive at answers

Agenda:

1. Do now
2. Multiple Choice quiz: individual
3. Multiple Choice quiz: Group.  As a group, review answers and decide on one “master set” of answers
4. If time, begin reading assignment #5

HW: reading assignment #5

The Scarlet Letter 3.2

The Scarlet Letter 3.2

Do now: which of the three critical lens seems most interesting to use for The Scarlet Letter?

Objectives:

• define words found in the novel
• analyze text using one of the three critical lens

Agenda:

1. do now
2. vocab
3. Lens activity- in pairs or table groups, analyze the novel thus far from the perspective of ONE critical lens.  What would a critic of that lens say about the characters, actions, figurative language thus far?
4. Socratic seminar- share lens findings
5. summarizer

HW: Review chapters 1-14 for a close reading quiz FRIDAY

The Scarlet Letter 3.1

Do now: Write a short paragraph describing a frying pan-- have the frying pan be a symbol for something.

Objectives:

• close read chapter 9 for symbolism

Agenda:

1. do now
2. In groups: From characters’ names to actions to facial expressions, chapter 9 is seemly full of symbolic details. Where and how do you ascertain metaphor and other symbolic effects in the particulars of this chapter?
3. Class: group findings
4. Start reading assignment 4
5. summarizer

HW: Reading assignment 4

The Scarlet Letter 2.4

Do Now: Flashback to 9th grade-- what are the three types of irony?

Objectives:

• identify the three types of irony in chapter 6

Agenda:

1. Do now
2. DPS
3. Vocab#1
4. Irony: Hawthorne uses irony to describe Pearl in chapter 6. Where and how do these forms of irony exist in chapter 6, and why in your estimation has Hawthorne chosen to include them here?
5. Class: discuss findings
6. If time, read assignment #3
7. Summarizer

HW: Reading assignment #3

The Scarlet Letter 2.3

Do now: What are the names of characters thus far? What predictions could we make based on the names?

Objectives:

• use close reading to analyze the relationship between Hester and Chillingsworth

Agenda:

1. Do now
2. Vocab
3. Close reading of Chillingsworth and Dimmesdale
4. In pairs: Chapter 4 makes clear the relationship between Hester Prynne and the man identified as Roger Chillingsworth, as well as their motivations, apparent philosophies of justice, and individual desires. Based upon the characters’ actions and interaction in chapter 4, analyze all of these particular aspects of both persons.
5. Class: review findings
6. If time, begin reading #2
7. Summarizer

HW: reading assignment #2

The scarlet Letter 2.2

The scarlet Letter 2.2

Do now: finish up thesis statements in groups/pairs from yesterday

Objective:

• use close reading skills to identify specific diction in chapter two
• understand the concepts of formalist, Freudian, and feminist literary criticism

Agenda:

1. do now: thesis statements
2. Introduction: literary criticism
3. Close reading: Based upon his descriptions of Hester and the other women of Puritan Boston, how do you feel that Hawthorne represents or views women as the novel begins?  Identify language that proves this.
4. If time, start reading Assignment #1
5. Summarizer

HW: Reading Assignment #1

The Scarlet Letter Reading schedule

Assignment 1: Chapters 3-5 (Pg. 41-60)

Assignment 2: Chapters 6-8 (pg. 61-80)

Assignment 3: Chapters 9-11 (pg. 81-100)

Assignment 4: Chapters 12-14 (pg. 101-120)

Assignment 5: Chapters 15-18 (pg. 120-141)

Assignment 6: Chapters 19-21 (pg. 141-161)

Assignment 7: Chapters 22-24 (pg. 161-180)

The Scarlet Letter 2.1

Do now: (In socrative) what is juxtaposition?  What is tone?  What is sensory imagery?

Objectives:

• use technology to research historical context
• use close reading skills to identify tone in the opening chapter

1. Do now
2. In groups of 3: research both sides of the graphic organizer
3. In groups of 3: share annotations for chapter 1.  As a group, decide on a tone word.  Using highlighters, highlight all words that contribute to that tone.
4. In groups of 3: draft a thesis statement.  Examine how a literary device contributes to the tone of the opening chapter (in socrative).
5. Read and annotate chapter 2
6. summarizer

HW: chapter 2 read and annotate

Ms. Santiago is out Thursday and Friday

The Transcendentalism assignment is due MONDAY.  You will also hand in your Emerson packet and Thoreau packet (if you have not already done so).

The first chapter of The Scarlet Letter is to be read and annotated for MONDAY.

Scarlet Letter 1.3

Scarlet Letter 1.3

Do now: Do you know anything about the Scarlet Letter? If not, make a prediction about the story

Objectives:

• effectively annotate for tone, symbols, and imagery

Agenda:

1. Do now
2. Thesis statement activity: do they all have a how, why, and so what? which is the most effective? Why? Select one as the most effective, and revise if necessary.
3. DPS
4. Annotation: Opening chapters of The Scarlet Letter
5. summarizer

HW: Finish annotation packet and the Transcendentalism assignment