The scarlet letter body biography graphic organizer
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Teaching The Scarlet Letter
Instructions for You
Objective: In 2010, director Will Gluck shot a film that sets out to adapt The Scarlet Letter to a modern day high school in Ojai, California.
Don't worry—this one doesn't feature a sexed-up version of Hester Prynne as played by Demi Moore.
The scarlet letter body biography graphic organizer
(That was this film in 1995. Cue the drums.)
Nope, we're talking about the 2010 flick Easy A, where high school student Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone) tells a fib about losing her virginity and then winds up being fodder for some vicious gossip.
(Check out the film trailer here if you haven't seen it.)
In this activity, your students will analyze the first ten minutes of Easy A. They'll screen the first scenes of the film, fill in a graphic organizer, and answer a set of study questions in preparation for a class discussion of the director's cinematic choices and techniques.
Length of Lesson: 1-2 class periods, depending on whether or not you decide