Before Bell:
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!
Warm Up:
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?
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
Important Passages
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
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?
The Scarlet Letter
Newspaper
In your groups, you will create a
Puritan paper
• 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!)
Group Assignments
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
Closure: Gallery Walk
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?