Hand back quiz slips  - My cirlces around certain answers reflect questions answered incorrectly which I gave you credit for because less than 60% of the class got them correct. I then crossed out your original score and penciled in the adjusted score.

3^rd and 4^th period will also get back their rhetorical analysis practice (10 points) from two weeks ago.  I essentially gave 10 points to everyone who made the effort to write one or more pages.  I was not grading for quality of analysis.

Romanticism in The Scarlet Letter – discuss with a partner and then large group.

10/20: Rest of class and tonight…Finish reading and annotating The Scarlet Letter. Harkening back to How to Read Literature Like a Professor, look for Christian imagery and symbolism and Hawthorne’s interpretation of it.

Tonight, as best as you can according to your talents and care, draw a scene from chapters 16-24 which caught your attention and seemed important to the delivering of a lesson/theme in the book.  With your drawing, include a caption containing a direct quote from the novel (somehow related to your picture). 

On the back of that paper, write a paragraph which explains the connection between your scene, the quote, and a theme or lesson that you think Hawthorne is trying to convey through the novel. 

Be precise in expressing specifically what you see Hawthorne saying about that idea.  For example, don’t just limit your commentary to something like “This scene depicts Dimmesdale’s redemption.”  Instead, take it a step or two or three further and explain what Hawthorne seems to be saying through this book how redemption is achieved and experienced, what paradoxes might exist, etc. 

No matter what generic theme you explore (love, shame, guilt, temptation, judgement, redemption, groupthink/conformity, organized religion vs. Romantic spirituality, forgiveness, etc.), make sure you push yourself to express what specifically you see Hawthorne saying about the subject.

Wed: 10/21: We will share our drawings with one another tomorrow and discuss the last several chapters.

10/22: Thursday: We will explore pre-20^th century syntax, Hawthorne’s specifically, and do some rhetorical analysis of a Hawthorne passage. 

10/23: Scarlet Letter chapters 14-24 assessment (like the previous assessment a couple of weeks ago). For Monday, write a pre-essay reflection of which prompt you are responding to and why you are attracted to it. Include a tentative thesis.

10/26: Review elements of a good essay.  Work on your first draft, which will be due 10/27.

10/27: first draft due

10/29: 2^nd draft due

10/30: next-to-final draft due

11/2 to 11/4: Final draft due