Weekly Agenda

Learning Target: Students will define, explain, and provide examples for three literary terms: symbolism, imagery, allusion.

Presentations

• Introduction to the Scarlet Letter

  • Create a slide presentation for three different literary terms.

  • Provide two examples for each term.

  • Explain how/why an author would use each approach in their writing and to grapple with the conflicts in their time period.

Learning Target: Students will use their knowledge of previously defined words to identify their presence in a piece of literature.

"Young Goodman Brown" Analysis

Learning Target: Students will use their knowledge of previously defined words to identify their presence in a piece of literature.

"Young Goodman Brown" TQE Discussion

• Does “Young Goodman Brown” meet the criteria for an allegorical tale?  Why or why not?

• Based on your reading of “Young Goodman Brown,” what are the questions and conflicts Hawthorne was grappling with in this time period that are still relevant today?  What can you conclude about Hawthorne based on what you’ve read so far?

Learning Target: Students will study the background of Romanticism, Gothicism, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Scarlet Letter.

Introduction to Romanticism, Gothicism, Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter notes

Learning Target: Students will study the background of Romanticism, Gothicism, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and The Scarlet Letter.

Introduction to Romanticism, Gothicism, Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter notes