Scarlett+Letter



Unit Goals for everyone:
 * to become more independent readers
 * improve discussion skills

__Essential Questions for this unit:__
(we can reduce this list or add to it)

1. What does it mean to belong to a community?

2.What are the attributes of a successful essay?

3. How are men’s and women’s roles defined in a culture?

4. How does the author represent a theme in a romance novel?

5. What do we as Christians do with our passions?

6. What is the individual’s role in society?

  A. Paper of your own inquiry  B. Research two opposing viewpoints and reconcile them (synthesis)  C. exposition of a paragraph or chapter. "Why this one"?  D. definition: What is... marriage? ...Law? ...Government? ...Faith? ...sin? ...Justice? ...evil?
 * Writing related to //Scarlet Letter// **

All papers include quotes (mini-lesson), "You say, I say" (minilesson), academic voice, style, purpose (a conversation)

Relate paper to the goals and essential Qs on web site.

In-Class Activities: Shorten Chap 2 into tweets - these examples are from whole novels:

Great Expectations charlesdickens: Orphan given £££ by secret follower. He thinks it’s @misshavisham but it turns out to be @magwitch

Pride and Prejudice janeausten: Woman meets man called Darcy who seems horrible. He turns out to be nice really. They get together.