The Scarlet Letter Study Guides
Study Guides for The Scarlet Letter
This study guide workbook covers comprehension, spelling, vocabulary, grammar & enrichment ideas related to The Scarlet Letter for 11-12th graders. As students read, they complete worksheets, writing topics, hands-on activities and field trips.
The study guide is broken down into weekly units in which students read a section of the novel and answers comprehension questions pertaining to those chapters. Each unit contains a variety of critical thinking activities including projects, drawing, writing assignments, and a puzzles which correlate to chapters in the novel. Writing assignments apply concepts in the story to the student's life and many passages are chosen to emphasize Biblical lessons that relate to the story.
Total Language Plus study guides are designed to take about 8 to 10 weeks to complete. Depending on the number of activities students perform and the degree of emphasis placed on composition skills, this study guide may serve as your complete Language Arts curriculum.
Barbara's Notes: The Scarlet Letter has it all: excellent characterization, intriguing plot, realistic setting, and a timeless theme with a high degree of symbolism. It is on most high school required reading lists. (Grades 11, 12)
About the book: The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hester, Roger, and Arthur are caught in a web of sin and deceit. Each holds his or her own key to peace, but will the paths chosen lead to salvation or bitterness?
Book Summary — 255 pages
Category — Historical fiction
Themes — Man’s response to sin
Setting — Boston, 1600s
Novel Study Highlights — 5 units
Spelling-Vocabulary — Difficult
Critical Thinking — Difficult
Biblical Focus — Response to sin
Related Studies — Early American history, Puritans, Biblical salvation, sin
Focus — Setting, tone, characterization, plot, theme, symbolism
The Scarlet Letter Study Guide FAQs
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The Scarlet Letter is on most high school required reading lists for grades 11 and 12.
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The Scarlet Letter is grade level 11-12 on most high school reading lists.
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One of the themes of The Scarlet Letter is Man’s response to sin.
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