Before discussing the novel, Olivia completed a short subject-verb agreement exercise based on the SAT.We are focusing on the traps the test contains such as collective nouns and disguising the subject of the sentence. We then discussed Hester Prynne as a feminist protagonist who maintains her dignity while opposing the Puritanical values . We noted that Hawthorne remains more interested in the varying interpretations of the symbol "A"than in giving it any fixed meaning. We further analyzed the varying interpretations of the symbol,even during this early in the novel. Olivia is a very bright , perceptive reader and participated in class discussion on these symbols and themes, and on the significance of the imagery in the opening paragraph of the novel. For homework due Tuesday, I assigned reading the next chapter of the novel, and from the Lit book , the sermon of the Puritan minister,Jonathan Edwards. I also assigned for Tuesday ,a few brief subject -verb, pronoun agreement exercises ,again based on the SAT.