14 March

What is Dimmesdale's inner struggle and how does it affect him?

Pearl's relatioship with her mother, Hester, seems complicated. At some times, Hester is filled with love and joy (especially when Pearl is asleep) about her child. At other times, Hester seems lost as to what to do with her shicle and groans, "O Father in Heaven--if Thou art still my Father--what is this being which I have brought into the world!" Why is Hester unable to establish a comfortable relationship with her daughter? 

ACTIVITY in The Language of Composition, pg. 146

Before you read the sources, take the minutes to brainstorm your initial response to the prompt: Has technology had an overall negative or positive impact on human intelligence? Write a paragraph explaining your response.

ACTIVITY in The Language of Composition, pg.141

What is the purpose of the sources Early chooses to include? How do they enhance or detract from his own voice? What is the purpose of each of the notes documenting sources?

Many works of literature feature characters who accept or reject a hierarchical structure. This hierarchy may be social, economic, political, or familial,

or it may apply to some other kind of structure. What is the structure in The Scarlet Letter? How does Hester Prynne accept or reject that structure?

Each day we will read the articles below and write a Rhetorical Precis in OneNote