CREATIVE ACTIVITIES

Newspaper/Magazine article Love Triangle of the Year

Produce a newspaper/magazine article in which you try to

piece together the story of this love triangle from the various
characters’ points of view. Your article should include
comments by Hester, Arthur, and Roger. The main goal here is
to understand the effect their actions had on the others. Be sure to bring out the major
events of the story in some way. Your finished product should look like a magazine article
and include various pictures or whatever your creative little mind can come up with!

Resources
Newspaper template at genially (https://www.genial.ly/es)
https://view.genial.ly/55af3d261561e809dc41e1db/newspaper

Free word format (.doc) editable templates

http://www.extranewspapers.com/newspaper-template-pack-word-school/

Free old newspaper template in powerpoint format (.ppt)

http://www.presentationmagazine.com/editable-old-newspaper-template-4520.htm

Scarlet Letters: An Alphabet Book

For your final project, you will create an alphabet book

using one letter of the alphabet per page. It may be
rhyming or non-rhyming. Give your book a cover and
illustrate it. When choosing the words I am particularly
interested in seeing that you have an understanding of
the major events and themes of the novel as well as
relationships between the characters. (EXAMPLE: A
stands for adultery. It is the letter Hester wears upon her bosom as a punishment for
adultery.)

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Scarlet Letter: The Prequel

Write a prequel to the story in which you take the part of Hester’s best friend. Begin your
story at the point where you must watch Hester ascend the platform for her punishment.
Relate the details of your friendship using a flashback technique. Reveal your internal
conflict as you watch the proceedings. Then, take the story in any direction you wish.

- How did you and Hester meet?

- How did she and Dimmesdale get involved?
- What types of forces drew them together?
- What has she revealed to you about their relationship?

Be as creative as you like as long as you are true to the story. Use details about other
characters that you learned about in the book. You may add an illustration, poster, or
book jacket if you like.

The Scarlet Diary

Create a journal/diary for Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale. In that

character’s voice (first person), you will create at least 10 dated
entries based on what’s happening at the time. This will allow you to
comment on the major events of the plot. You MUST write and
comment on the following:

• His impressions of Hester Prynne and how they fell for each other.
• Any meeting that he has with another of the characters.
• Any important event that occurs in the story.
• Any physical/psychological changes in the character.
• A final personal letter to Pearl.

The story covers years in the character’s life so you will observe changes in his character,
the physical and/or mental condition, and his relationship with the other characters. The
main characters who will appear in your journal will be Hester Prynne, Pearl and Roger
Chillingworth.

The Scarlet Letter Book Trailer

You probably know what a trailer is and what it is used for. Yeah!
that's right! It is that short video before a film is released and
whose aim is to make people go to the cinema and watch the film.
A book trailer is the same but with books. You are going to create
a video to show a bit about the story (no spoilers, please) so that
anyone who has not read the book yet might get interested after watching the book
trailer.

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If you want to know how to create a good book trailer, you can visit this site:
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/How+to+make+a+book+trailer
or you can simply go to youtube and search by typing "book trailer" on the search bar and
watch some examples.

You can use photos or short videos. You can add text or voice. You can use background
music, etc. It all depends on the final result you want to get.

You can use Microsoft Movie Maker (which you probably have on your computer) or you
can use the online video application https://studio.stupeflix.com/es/

Agony Aunt letter

An agony aunt is a person who writes a column in a newspaper or magazine in which

they reply to readers who have written to them for advice on their personal problems.

Write Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale´s letter to the agony aunt explaining all your problems and
dilemmas. Then write the agony aunt´s letter back to him.

Whatsapp

Imagine Hester and Arthur had had the chance of communicating

through whatsapp. What would they have said? How could they have
escaped from Chillingworth spying on them?

Write 15-20 conversations between these two characters. Use this online application
https://www.fakewhats.com/generator

Download the images and put them together in a word document.

The Scarlet Letter Board Game

Create a board game that involves the key characters in the story.
You need to come up with a concept for the game and not only
write out instructions but create the pieces, the playing board, etc.
Your game may combine historical information pertinent to the time
period of the book—but not necessarily something you encountered
in the text. You must make your game interesting to potential
buyers and eventual players.

You may create a digital version of the board game using genial.ly
(https://www.genial.ly/es)

Change the ending

Pick up the story at any point you want and write a different ending.
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The Scarlet letter Project

For this project, you are to create/design a “scarlet letter” of

your own to wear. Your letter will be the first letter of the
word that describes a weakness in your own character.

Some common examples are lazy, critical, analytical,

procrastinator, impulsive, and emotional. You can use paper,
cardboard, felt, foamy or cloth. You can embellish it as you
like. Be true to yourself.

You will wear your letter all day to school. Your teacher will
tell you the exact day. You will hand in the letter and your
reflection essay two days after you wore your scarlet letter.

If anyone asks you why you are wearing your letter, you must tell them what that letter
means and why you chose that character trait.

As you wear your scarlet letter, share your story (explain what it means) to at least each
of the following people below:

A classmate in English
A school mate (not in your class)
A school administrator
Two teachers
Your parent/guardian

You should reflect and cover the following aspects in your essay (1-2 pages)

• What your letter stands for and the rationale behind it.
• What it felt like wearing the letter
• Reactions from others when they saw you wearing the letter
• What it was like telling people about your letter
• How you felt people treated you after they heard what your letter stood for
• How you could possibly relate to Hester Prynne using textual evidence

The essay should be structured into different paragraphs and use proper spelling and
grammar.

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