American Lit Q2 Week Nine Agenda
January 17-21, 2009
Honors American Literature (11th grade)
Week 9: Scarlet Letter
Day 1 (90 mins)
Mon 1/17
 Holiday MLK Day
HW:
 Continue filling in TSL Symbols,
Metaphors, Allegory, & Themes
Chart in preparation for essay
test
Day 2 (90 mins.)
Tues 1/18 & Wed 1/19
 Discuss setting, style,
characterization, & theme in
The Scarlett Letter, ch. 4-12
 Symbols, Metaphors, Allegory,
& Themes Chart Review
 Role of Chillingworth
 Hester as Eve in biblical
allegory (roles for D,C,&P)
 Pearl: Emersonian divine or
biblical sin; Blake’s lamb or tiger
 1st & 2nd Scaffold Scenes
 Dimmesdale’s character
HW:
 Study for Vocab Unit 7 Quiz
 Complete The Scarlett Letter
Symbols Chart in preparation
for in-class essay test next week
Day 3 (90 mins.)
Thurs 1/20& Fri 1/21
 Vocab Unit 7 Quiz
 Discuss setting, style,
characterization, & theme in
The Scarlett Letter, ch. 13-24
 Symbols, Metaphors, Allegory,
& Themes Chart
 Role of forgiveness/vengeance
 Sin of Pride
 New view of Hester,
Chillingworth, & forest
 Pearl as a bird
 Overriding themes
HW:
 Study your Symbols Charts for
The Scarlett Letter to outline &
prepare for in-class essay test –
topics will cover Hawthorne’s
use of style, setting, and/or
characterization to reveal his
theme in TSL (40-minute timed
writing in writing lab)