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.

Symbol Error
(sad face
ymbol) parallelism
AWK awkward or faulty construction
PV passive voice
SP spelling error
CONTRACT Avoid contractions
VT incorrect verb tense
VSB vary sentence beginnings
WC word choice
CHOP choppy sentences
FRAG fragment
RO run-on sentence
NR not relevant
WW wrong word
[] look
! verbal surprise  A good thing!
+ good point; good information
- weak or incorrect information
SVA subject-verb agreement
PP pronoun problem
VO voice
POV point of view
CS comma spice
PR prepositions
REP repetitive
MM misplaced modifiers
ADD/EX add information or explain further
^ insert
MLA MLA format error
PUNCT punctuation error
CB Combine sentences
THESIS no thesis statement (or not clearly stated)
COH Coherence error

Senior Vocab list 6

Seniors--Vocab list 6

1. abject – adj., miserable

2. allure – vt., tempt

3. arbiter – n., judge

4. cursory – adj., superficial

5. diabolically – adv., wickedly

6. dormant – adj., sleeping

7. equitable – adj., fair

8. execration – n., cursing

9. inclemency – n., storminess

10. minister – vi.,give help

11. mortification – n., humiliation

12. noisome – adj., foul smelling and unhealthy

13. pensive – adj., thinking deeply

14. purloin – vt., steal

15. relinquish – vt., give up

16. sagacity – n., wisdom and good judgment

17. savory – adj., appetizing

18. somber – adj., dark and gloomy

19. spurn vt., reject with contempt

20. surmount – vt., overcome

Things Fall Apart Sites

http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/achebe_chinua/things/

http://www.wmich.edu/dialogues/texts/thingsfallapart.html

http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/shared/Resources/NonSecure/00000001/ThingsFallApart_OCR.pdf

http://www.haphazardous.com/marcuseure/teachingportfolio/02pedagogy/thingsfallapart.pdf

Canterbury Wiki!

Seniors - here are links to your wiki pages. If you need help logging on, just e-mail.

1st period
http://lhs-canterburytales-2010-1.wikispaces.com/

4th period
http://lhs-canterburytales-2010-4.wikispaces.com/

5th period
http://lhs-canterburytales-2010-5.wikispaces.com/

6th periodhttp://lhs-canterburytales-2010-6.wikispaces.com/

Week of September 27-October 2

Seniors! Please do not forget the letter of intent is due Tuesday! Look at page 8 in the senior project manual for the format and the rubric. Remember, you can find a copy of the manual on my website on the senior project page. Look around while you are there!

Make sure someone PROOFREADS your letter before you turn the letter in!

Progress Reports....and extra c redit!

Funny how progress reports bring out the requests for extra credit...stay tuned!