1/28 - 2/3/2025 -- 10th Grade American Literature and Composition
Students should continue reading The Scarlet Letter, Chapters 6 - 14.
Students should write a summary on each chapter, especially noting the following:
characterization of the townspeople vs Hester
Characterization of The Rev. Dimmesdale and Chillingsworth.
Comparing Puritanism and Romanticism
Students should also research the characteristics of American Puritanism and American Romanticism and compare those characteristics to the novel.
Students should also take notes on the following symbols:
the townspeople
the rosebush at the jail
Hester Prynne
Chillingsworth
Dimmesdale
Pearl