Meanwhile, the rest of the class and I discuss other Scarlet Letter matters. After ten minutes, I lead the rest of the class to the stairwell to view the tableau vivant. I award points for the creativity of the tableau and for the self-control of the participants. One day I may invite other English classes to view the tableaux or I may try this idea in morning assembly before the entire upper school. At the moment I'm content with this fairly informal arrangement.
Maturity helps here.