History & Human Interest

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The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is considered to be Nathaniel Hawthorne´s masterpiece. The story begins in the Puritan town of Boston, where the people are watching beautiful young Herder Prynne being publicly shamed. She stands in the crowd for three hours, holding her baby. On her dress, she wears a scarlet letter ‘A’ for Adulteress.

Hester’s husband is missing, presumed dead, so who is the father of Hester’s baby? The town officials demand an answer, but Hester refuses to reveal his name. Faced with the hatred and insults of the population around her. Hester lives a lonely life, determined to keep her secret , until it is no longer possible.

While reading remember to note down the difficult words using stickers as we talked and then do the exercises which appear at the end of the chapter using a pencil. There are also some projects to do, if any student decides to do a digital essay, it must be handed in by May 31th. In your final test, you will be invited to answer some questions related to the stories of this book.

Students of 3ºESO must read, take down the new vocabulary and do the comprehension exercises which appear at the end of each chapter by the following dates:

Chapter 1.“A Thousand Hateful Eyes”. Monday 2nd March

Chapter 2. “Recognition”. Monday 9th March

Chapter 3. “A Lonely Life”. Monday 16th March

Chapter 4. “A Visit to the Governor’s House”. Monday 23rd March

Chapter 5. “A Dsngerous Discovery”. Monday 30th March

Chapter 6. “Together on the Scaffold”. Monday 13th April

Chapter 7. “A Discussion by the Sea”. Monday 20th April

Chapter 8. “In the Forest”. Monday 27th April

Chapter 9. “Plans fot the Future”. Monday 4th May

Chapter 10. “The Minister in Gold”.  Monday 11th May

Chapter 11. “The Public Holiday”. Monday 18th May

Chapter 12. “The Scarlet Letter Revealed”.  Monday 25th May

An editable Test and Activity Keys are available for good students. Visit the page “Readings” in this blog and use your password