Turn in your bonus that was on Friday's blog.
In class: review through chapter 13- salient points as applied to literary elements
With your assigned group, you will use textual evidence to elucidate a literary element, which you will share with the class on Wednesday. The purpose of this project is so that everyone has detailed, pertinent information for the January ELA.
MONDAY -WEDNESDAY PROJECT: This is a copy of the class handout. Make sure you read this carefully. The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne With your assigned partners, you will complete one part of a literary element chart, using detailed textual evidence. These must be ready for presentation on Wednesday. If as a group, you do not feel you have completed this to your satisfaction, make sure you arrange to touch base outside of class with your partners. Get an e-mail.
Grading: 1. completion of the chart (writing / group grade); 2. oral presentation of material (project grade 50% group for organization; 50 % individual presentation);3. classmate grade (test, you will have a rubric to grade the contributions of your partners). We will start this on Monday and finish up by Tuesday. Since by Tuesday we will have finished through chapter 16, A Forest Walk, your material must cover all relevant information through this chapter. For example, the characters evolve, as the tension builds in the story; the tone changes and examples that support such themes as alienation, appearance versus reality and breaking society’s rules become more numerous. Keep in mind that, although we are segregating the literary elements, there is overlap. Imagery and allusions bring the characters to life, as does their dialogue; they also are inseparable from the plot. Remember too that details in the setting support the ideas of Romanticism, and the first person omniscient point of view of the narrator describes the outward countenance and actions of the characters, as well as the inner pleasures and torments.
For your assigned topic, you will create a thesis statement and support it with five supporting-detailed textual examples. You will then make an insightful analysis statement that ties into the larger ideas of Romanticism -maybe- (don’t cop out with simply they liked nature) or other universal ideas about the nature of man or mankind or the world or something historical, social, political- but relevant. You get the idea. ie. As a Puritan the character Roger Chillingsworth’s evil actions are not within his control. Now find 5 examples of his actions and how they move the plot along. (Remember, this is not anecdotal, but text based.) Finally, why are all these horrible things beyond his control? The Puritans believed in fate and predestination. Chillingsworth is arguably meant to be there to punish sin. Yet, as a Romantic novel, since all things of this world are of God’s making, there is no sin, rather man perverts and corrupts the creation.
Make sure I have these at the end of class on Tuesday, so that I can scan them in to be used for your presentations. That means you should take notes for your group.
Group 1: characterization- Hester Ty and Arianna
Group 2: tone / mood Erin and Meghan and Nah Tivah
Group 3: characterization – Pearl Ashley and Elijah and Amanda
Group 4- theme of alienation Briana and Raphael and Joe
Group 5- theme of appearance vs. reality Julie and Matt and Leon
Group 6- theme of breaking society’s rules Quinton and Mariah and Kerri
Group 7- point of view (how does this impact the readers’ perception of the characters, setting, and Puritan beliefs?)
Malikk, Kamicah and Zach
Group 8- setting (how does this impact the characters, plot? Taquan and Rosie and Sharon
Group 9- Dimmesdale Aaron and Linai and Dorothy
Group 10- Chillingsworth Landon and Hannah and Keith
Due questions chapters 11-13 at the start of class.
Reading schedule
Tuesday 6 December Chapter 1 The Prison House and Chapter 2 The Market Place
Wednesday 7 December Chapter 3 The Recognition and Chapter 4 The Interview
Thursday 8 December Chapter 5 Hester at her Needle, Chapter 6 Pearl, Chapter 7 The
Governor’s Hall and Chapter 8 The Elf Child and the Minister
Friday 9 December Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient
DUE Monday 12 December Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil, Chapter 13 Another View of Hester
Due Tuesday 13 December Chapter 14 Hester and The Physician, Chapter 15, Hester and Pearl, Chapter 16 A Forest Walk
Wednesday 14 December Chapter 17 The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of
Friday 9 December Chapter 9 The Leech and Chapter 10 The Leech and his Patient
DUE Monday 12 December Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil, Chapter 13 Another View of Hester
Due Tuesday 13 December Chapter 14 Hester and The Physician, Chapter 15, Hester and Pearl, Chapter 16 A Forest Walk
Wednesday 14 December Chapter 17 The Pastor and his Parishioner, Chapter 18 A Flood of
Sunshine,Chapter 19 The Child at the Brook-Side
Thursday 15 December Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze, Chapter 21 New England
Thursday 15 December Chapter 20 The Minister in a Maze, Chapter 21 New England
Holiday,Chapter 22 The Procession
Friday 16 December Chapter 23 The Revelation, Chapter 24 Conclusion
Friday 16 December Chapter 23 The Revelation, Chapter 24 Conclusion
Synopsis: Chapter 11 The Interior of the Heart, Chapter 12 The Minister’s Vigil, Chapter 13 Another View of Hester
Although Dimmesdale lacks the courage to confess his sin publicly and risk ruining his reputation as a man of God, he
suffers privately. In addition to his constant mental torment, he punishes himself physically with a bloody scourge, fasts
to the point of weakness, and keeps nightly vigils. On one of these vigil nights, seven years after Hester stood in solitary
shame upon the scaffold, Dimmesdale, thinking the rest of the town is asleep, stands on that same scaffold. However, Hester and Pearl pass the scaffold as they return home from watching at the deathbed of Governor Winthrop. Dimmesdale invites them to ascend the steps and the three stand together on the scaffold. Pearl asks him if they will stand together tomorrow, but Dimmesdale tells her it cannot be. Chillingworth sees the trio on the scaffold. Dimmesdale
appeals to Hester for support against the nameless horror he feels for Chillingworth. Hiding his hatred for Dimmesdale, Chillingworth approaches and leads the minister back home.Hester is shocked by the decay of Dimmesdale’s nerve and moral force. She infers Chillingworth to be the insidious cause of his weakened state. Realizing she has allowed this to happen by keeping Chillingworth’s identity a secret, Hester resolvesto talk to her former husband and try to rescue Dimmesdale from his evil influence.
Although Dimmesdale lacks the courage to confess his sin publicly and risk ruining his reputation as a man of God, he
suffers privately. In addition to his constant mental torment, he punishes himself physically with a bloody scourge, fasts
to the point of weakness, and keeps nightly vigils. On one of these vigil nights, seven years after Hester stood in solitary
shame upon the scaffold, Dimmesdale, thinking the rest of the town is asleep, stands on that same scaffold. However, Hester and Pearl pass the scaffold as they return home from watching at the deathbed of Governor Winthrop. Dimmesdale invites them to ascend the steps and the three stand together on the scaffold. Pearl asks him if they will stand together tomorrow, but Dimmesdale tells her it cannot be. Chillingworth sees the trio on the scaffold. Dimmesdale
appeals to Hester for support against the nameless horror he feels for Chillingworth. Hiding his hatred for Dimmesdale, Chillingworth approaches and leads the minister back home.Hester is shocked by the decay of Dimmesdale’s nerve and moral force. She infers Chillingworth to be the insidious cause of his weakened state. Realizing she has allowed this to happen by keeping Chillingworth’s identity a secret, Hester resolvesto talk to her former husband and try to rescue Dimmesdale from his evil influence.
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