Romance and The Scarlet Letter

We took a lot of notes on theme topics and romantic elements in class on Friday-- PLEASE get the notes from someone-- here is the outline only:

CORNELL NOTES:
Topic: Romanticism in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Essential Question: How does Hawthorne use romantic literary elements to develop themes in The Scarlet Letter?

Note headings:
1. Theme Topics--each class did a huge brainstorm here of theme topics (subjects related to the human condition) we have seen pop up so far in the text. PLEASE GET THE NOTES!
           Choose one of the topics and write for three minutes about where you see this topic showing up in the text through character, setting, plot, or the author's commentary/

2. Romantic Elements-- (We mentioned just the one below one and reminded ourselves to watch out for them as we read this weekend)
                              Sympathetic Nature (the natural world seems interested in interacting with human life): Example: The rose bush outside the prison door in the first chapter. Read the last paragraph of chapter one for evidence-- but the author suggests that this beautiful bush might have grown in honor of a brave and innocent woman who was once imprisoned here, and also suggests that The fragrant blooms might ease Hester's pain a little as well as ours, as readers because the story dwells on "human frailty and sorrow."

READING ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapter 8 and 9 by Monday: The Elf Child and the Minister and The Leech.

Great days of Grammar on Wednesday and Thursday

We worked quite a bit with expanding sentences to make them more interesting, if not greater-- we will continue to focus on how grammar works-- only to discover how we can make it work for us!
Grammar exercises below

10/23/2014 Please Fix This

Write a letter to the principal requesting that one of the rules in the Student Handbook be changed in some way.  Be reasonable and convincing!

Grammar Search: 10/23/2014

Go through the journal writes you have in your folder and “find” a three or four word sentence that you can extract. You may have to take an excerpt from one of your longer, more elegant sentences, and you will, for sure, have to take it out of context.  Please be sure that you have a complete sentence, then copy it onto a half-sheet of paper with your name on it.

Pass your half-sheet around your table. Each person should add 1-3 words and re-write your sentence.  Make sure that you have a complete and correct sentence at the end of EVERY addition. Thanks!

 EXAMPLE:

Take an excerpt.

Take an excerpt from your dreams.

Open up and take an excerpt from your dreams.

Love life again, my friend, open up and take an excerpt from your dreams.

Read Chapter Seven: The Governor’s House

More and more shame!

Here is what we did today in class:
October 20
and the homework: DUE Oct. 21, beginning of class. thanks! Mrs. E

For Shame!

Whether shame is a healthy thing is one of the major themes in this text. Here is the reading and work so far:
chapters one and two: Questions
FOR MONDAY: 
Read Chapter Three--The Recognition:

Write a short paragraph in answer to this question:

What do you think of Hester’s decision not to reveal the man’s name—use an example from literature or life to explain your position.

Passed back the Final from S-5

If you haven't taken the final exam for Slaughterhouse Five, please let me know right away. Meanwhile, we are moving quickly toward the Scarlet Letter. Tomorrow we will pick up the books even though it is a crazy short day due to PSAT tests.  Here is some stuff we have done in class:
October 14th

Busy Week!

We finished Slaughterhouse Five and took the test last Friday
Your Playlist Project is due on Thursday, October 16th
we started talking about and experiencing Romantic Art and Literature-- here is the vocabulary of literary periods, the romanticism lecture and the Cornell notes you NEED to take on the lecture-- Read the whole lecture and vocabulary section and get the notes from a friend.
we will start The Scarlet Letter On Tuesday, so be sure and bring your copy of Slaughterhouse Five to return.  Have a great four days off!
Mrs. E