Week+1

=Welcome to Week 1 of The Scarlet Letter Unit! = === This novel will go quickly, and it's not the easiest reading. You will have to focus (put away the phone and ipod, turn off the TV, facebook and the computer) as you read to get full understanding and be able to do well with the unit's assignments. ===

Don't forget to utilize the @class reading questions page, if you are confused about what's happening in the text!
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 * ~ You will have BEST LUCK if you start at the top of this chart and work down. Assignments are ordered in the sequence in which they are meant to be completed. Do look ahead, so you can start early on bigger assignments. ||

Complete the language packet over the Bradstreet and Taylor pieces.
 * Tasks: || What to Do: || Post to: || DUE ON: ||
 * Introduction to Puritan Literature || Read Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Taylor's background information and poems.

|| Classroom assignment basket h || ==** Day 1 **== ||
 * View Background Le cturette

|| Google Docs copy of Lecturette Watch to Lecturette--push play w/ your headphones plugged in and volume controls on. media type="custom" key="19597624" ||  || == Day 1 == || Blog Page Link. || Blog Page Link. || == Day 5 == || Scarlet Letter 1-6 Reading Check & Inference Quiz. || Grade automatically posts to Edmodo grade book. || == Day 2 == || Also discuss plot--answer one another's questions. Write a list of questions or annotations for which you have questions--turn in. || Turn in to teacher. || == Day 2 == || || Turn in to teacher. || == Day 2 == || Assignment link Respond to this in @Wikki Discussion Page. || Wikki Discussion Page || == Day 4 == || @http://www.online-literature.com/hawthorne/scarletletter/ ||  || == Day 5 == || Save essay in Google Docs, and then upload the assignment to Edmodo. @http://www.scribd.com/doc/97230826/Google-Docs-amp-Edmodo-Saving-Directions || Turn in at desk. || == Day 7 == ||
 * Compose Lecturette Response || Respond to the lecturette. Assignment link || Wikki Class Discussion Page || == Day 1 == ||
 * Read Chapters 1-6 in //The Scarlet Letter// || Go to //The Scarlet Letter// and read the first six chapters. You do not need to read the introduction, unless you want to. ||  || == Day 2 == ||
 * Begin Scarlet Letter Figurative Language Discussion Thread || As you read //The Scarlet Letter// pay attention to figurative language. Contribute examples of figurative language to the class blog. Assignment Link
 * Take Scarlet Letter Quiz--AT START OF CLASS. || Go to Edmodo and take the
 * Compare Annotations for chapters 1-6. || Get into Animal Groups, and discuss annotations.
 * Close read analysis. || Open reading excerpt from the beginning of the novel. Answer the questions with a partner. Each turn in a copy of answers.
 * Read Chapters 7-9 in //The Scarlet Letter// || Go to //The Scarlet Letter// and read chapter 7, 8, and 9. ||  || == Day 3 == ||
 * Take Scarlet Letter Quiz--AT START OF CLASS. || Go to Edmodo and take the Scarlet Letter 7-9 Reading Check and Inference Quiz || Grade automatically posts to Edmodo grade book. || == Day 3 == ||
 * Read Auxiliary Short Story || Read "A Respectable Woman" by Kate Chopin. @http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/862/ ||  || == Day 4 == ||
 * Compose Short Story Response || Write a response to the story "A Respectable Woman" by Chopin.
 * Read Chapters 10-13 in //The Scarlet Letter// || Go to //The Scarlet Letter// and read chapter 10, 11, 12, and 13. ||  || == Day 4 == ||
 * Take Scarlet Letter Quiz--AT START OF CLASS. || Go To Edmodo and take Scarlet Letter 10-13 Reading Check and Inference Quiz. || Grade automatically posts to Edmodo grade book. || == Day 4 == ||
 * Outline Ideas of Civil and Natural Laws || Create a chart that depicts ideas, and quotes supporting those ideas, of civil and natural law in The Scarlet Letter and in "A Respectable Woman". || Save. Turn in with essay--day 5. || == Day 4 == ||
 * Read Chapters 14-17 in //The Scarlet Letter// || Go to The Scarlet Letter and read chapter 14, 15, 16, and 17.
 * Compose Essay || Write an essay evaluating civil and natural laws.
 * Compose Scarlet Letter Character Analysis || Using the examples of figurative language on the class blog site, write a character analysis over one of the main characters in the novel. Full Assignment Link || Class Blog Site || == Day8 ==

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Directions on how to save in Google Docs and upload to Edmodo are in the link below: @http://www.scribd.com/doc/97230826/Google-Docs-amp-Edmodo-Saving-Directions