Censorship Letter--Juniors

Censorship Letter Guidelines

Thursday: You will select a book from the list of 100 Banned Book titles from 2000-2009. You are to either support banning the book, or supporting keeping the book.
Select a book that you have read and can give specific details as to why it should be kept or banned.
You will write a letter in class on Thursday.
You will read the letter in front of the class on Friday. The grade will be based on your reading of the letter in class. I will take off for grammatical errors and faulty support of your position.

For your writing portfolio, you will have to revise the letter and type it in correct business letter format. Click this link to see an example of a business letter.

Shakespeare Webquest

Click here and complete the 20 questions listed under the PROCESS tab. Write your answers on a sheet of paper.
Once you have answer the 20 questions, go to this website and write down the definition of the following types of literary criticism: Marxism, Psycholanalytical, and Feminist.You can type this assignment if you would like. Read the information on this website for each of these lit crits!
This assignment is due Thursday, November 18!
Webquest created by Mr. Balof of Stockton High School.

Sonnet Review

Sonnets
Shakespearean (English)
4 part structure: 3 quatrains, 1 couplet
3 quatrains: present and expand the situation
Couplet: resolves the situation
FANBOYS
Abab cdcd efef gg
Petrarchan (Italian)
2 part structure: octave and a sestet
Octave: presents the situation
Sestet: Resolves the situation
Abba abba cde cde (cdc ded)

The Turn

THE SCARLET LETTER Prompts

The Scarlet Letter Prompts

1. How are Puritans depicted in The Scarlet Letter? How does Hawthorne characterize Indians and sailors? Do the same social standards apply to all? Explain.

2. Discuss Hester’s conflict with herself, others, and nature. Does she arrive at peace with herself by the end of the novel? Explain.

3. Who is the worse sinner: Dimmesdale or Chillingworth? Explain your choice.

4. Explain this proverb in light of the novel: “Appearances can deceive. People are often not what they seem.”

5. Analyze the symbolism of the scaffold.

6. Analyze the symbolism of the letter “A” and its changes throughout the novel.

7. Analyze the symbolism or weeds/plants in the novel.

8. The major theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is sin, guilt, and the consequences of each. Explain how Hawthorne develops this theme through the contrast in actions of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale.