American Lit Q2 Week Eight Agenda January 9-13, 2012 Honors American Literature (11th grade) Week 8: The

Scarlet Letter & Ain t I a Woman Day 1 (90 mins) Day 2 (90 mins.) Tues 1/10 Ranking Transgressions Print off webpage: The Scarlet Letter Symbols, Metaphors, Allegory, & Themes Chart: revealing theme through setting & characterization y Discuss Hawthorne bio and The Custom House intro y Symbols, Metaphors, Allegory, & Themes Chart: revealing theme through setting & characterization y Role of Ambiguity y Dual setting: colonial era setting to critique Hawthorne s contemporary society y Transcendentalist view of nature & childhood y Discuss setting, style, characterization, & theme in The Scarlett Letter,ch 1-3 HW: y Study for Vocab Unit 5 Quiz y Continue filling in TSL Symbols, Metaphors, Allegory, & Themes Chart in preparation for essay test y y y y Thurs 1/12 Vocab Unit 5 Quiz Discuss setting, style, characterization, & theme in The Scarlett Letter,ch 4-6 Symbols, Metaphors, Allegory, & Themes Chart: revealing theme through setting & characterization Role of Ambiguity Dual setting: colonial era setting to critique Hawthorne s contemporary society Transcendentalist view of nature & childhood y

Day 3 (90 mins.) Fri 1/13 Discuss Sojourner Truth speech Ain t I a Woman as it relates to issues of gender, race, & class Discuss Aunt Jennifer s Tigers and The Knight as they relate to issues of gender & class

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HW: y Print and read Sojourner Truth speech Ain t I a Woman y Print and read Adrienne Rich bio and Aunt Jennifer s Tigers and The Knight (Ho s on webpage-bring to class Fri)

HW: y Complete TSL by next week. Read ch.7-15 for Tuesday and ch. 16-24 Thurs y Continue filling in TSL Symbols, Metaphors, Allegory, & Themes Chart in preparation for essay test