The Scarlet Letter Writing Prompt Parenting Pearl (Chapter 6)
"Mindful, however, of her own errors and misfortunes, she early sought to impose a tender but strict control over the
infant immortality that was committed to her charge. But the task was beyond her skill... Hester was ultimately
compelled to stand aside, and permit the child to be swayed by her own impulses" (84)
Why has Hester not strongly disciplined Pearl? What effect has it had on Pearl's behavior? Write 2-3 paragraphs using
evidence from the text to support your analysis.

If an item does not contain a fragment, write correct. if the item contains a fragment, rewrite it to make it one or more complete sentences. 1.)their faces shining with delight at seeing the movie star. 2.)i wanted one thing. to take a long nap 3.)the committee was irrupted by this application. which we received just yesterday. 4.)i enjoy working with my hands. 5.)traffic lights flashing erratically as the cars jammed in the intersection, unsure whose turn it was to proceed. 6.)the apples cooked. with their sweet juices bubbling away. 7.)just as mr.chao said goodbye. 8.)classified ads filled the pages of the newspaper. 9.)a report to write and math to do before tomorrow. 10.)the silhouettes of the trees against the light of the moon.

Use morphology and syntax to make grammatical sense of the following sentence (mark all that the ova of all mammals except the monotremes undergo holoblastic segmentation. the -s inflection indicates that monotremes is a plural noun. the suffix -ic indicates that holoblastic is an adjective. the suffix -ation in the word segmentation is a noun-forming suffix denoting a process. the -s inflection indicates that monotremes is a possessive noun.

What do you call a person who is mean in school?