Olivia handed in her essay as well as a homework assignment analyzing the intellectual debate between Dimmesdale and Chillingworth on the sanctity of public confession in front of society vs. a "private" confession before God on the Day of Judgment. Olivia participated in class discussion noting Dimmesdale's reliance on rationalization to excuse his cowardice and his decision not to publicly disclose his role in Hester's so-called "sin". We also defined and discussed the three types of irony: verbal, situational ,and dramatic. During the second half of the session, Olivia completed grammar exercises on subject-verb agreement(focusing on collective nouns as subjects),and pronoun -antecedent agreement as she needed some additional reinforcement in these areas in connection with her ACT preparation. I provided additional instruction in these areas and Olivia did noticeably better as we proceeded. For homework,I assigned reading pages 78-89 in the novel. There will be a test on the Scarlet Letter next week. I will schedule the test date with Olivia on a day that works best for her given her other classes.