The Scarlet Letter Chapter 3

The Scarlet Letter Chapter 3 - The Recognition

Instructions: Please write a 100 word blog post answering the question(s) below. After this find one classmates blog and write a 50 word comment on their post [reminder: make sure all your comments/posts are respectful and written in your own words]

Step 1: Read - from the bottom of page 41 to the top of page 44 in Chapter three (note: you are only reading the conversation between the townsman and the stranger).

Step 2: Respond - Can you guess who the stranger is? What do you think the purpose of this conversation was? Why wasn't Hester sentenced to death? What is your first impression of this "stranger"?

Step 3: React - Find a classmates blog and read their answers to the questions above. Write a 50 word comment discussing whether or not you agree with their answers, how your impression of the stranger was similar or different, and/or what you think might be coming up next in The Scarlet Letter.

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