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=Monday, October 8= = = =Tuesday, October 9= = = =Wednesday, October 10= > > Hawthorne filled //The Scarlet Letter// with characters whose opinions opposed his own. Why? What is Hawthorne trying to tell us? > Choose one of the following topics for your essay. **The thesis of your essay should relate to Hawthorne’s message to the reader. Find two or three arguments to support your thesis. Use six passages from the book to support your assertions.** > > > We will write this essay in class. **At the end of each day print out the work you have so far.** > An outline is required for this assignment. The **outline must include the thesis, topic sentences for each body paragraph, and page numbers and a few words of each passage** from the text that will support your topic sentences. This is most of the work of the essay! > Next, start writing the essay itself, following your brilliant outline. Be sure to use MLA style. Remember to start with an introduction that leads your reader from this world into the subject of your essay, ending with the thesis. The conclusion should start with a restatement of that thesis and broaden out to wider implications of the topic that don’t necessarily fit within the confines of your thesis. > Then turn in your brilliant essay! > > || B || 80 – 89 pts. || The thesis of the paper is clear, but not as consistently supported. Spelling, conventions, or MLA style errors may be noticeable, but not enough to make it difficult to read. || > || C || 70 – 79 pts. || The paper has a clear thesis, but the arguments are not clear or well supported. Spelling, conventions, and MLA errors impede readability. || > || D || 60 – 69 pts. || The thesis is unclear and the arguments are difficult to follow. Rules of spelling, conventions, and MLA style have been consistently ignored. || Essay 100 pts. > Rough draft - 10 pts. > Outline - 10 pts. > Textual Citations - 12 pts. > ________ > 132 pts. > = = =Thursday, October 11= = = =Friday, October 12 - No School= =Teacher Inservice Day=
 * =Scarlet Letter test=
 * =grammar ex. 19 - 1, p. 187=
 * =on a little square of paper write out two of the lettered sentences correctly and two of the numbered sentences correctly. Just correct sentences; don't write the originals (unless they're correct, too).=
 * grammar warm-up
 * notes on essay writing
 * what makes a good thesis?
 * proper textual citation
 * examples of good essays
 * get essay questions
 * homework: think about a thesis for an essay
 * work on outline in computer lab - Room 718
 * outline must include:
 * thesis
 * topic sentences
 * textual support (at least 6 examples)
 * Scarlet Letter essay questions
 * //The Scarlet Letter// essay
 * Due at the beginning of class, Tuesday, October 16, 2012.
 * 1) How do locations in //The Scarlet Letter// reveal Hawthorne’s romanticism. You might want to consider his use of opposing places such as the forest and the town, and whether or not the point of view of the characters in the novel expresses the point of view of the author.
 * 2) How do changes in the characters express the author’s point of view? Choose one or more characters from //The Scarlet Letter// and explain how they change in the course of the novel and how this shows one of Hawthorne’s themes.
 * 3) Pearl is an important character in the novel, but she is also a symbol. What is Hawthorne’s purpose in using a character this way?
 * 4) How does Hawthorne use a Puritan point of view to make clear his themes? Choose several Puritan concerns and show how Hawthorne uses them to convey one of his themes.
 * A || 90 – 100 pts. || Organization and thesis are clear. Points are well supported. There are almost no errors in spelling, conventions, or MLA style. ||
 * in Room 718 Computer Lab
 * finish outline, start first draft