The Necklace

1. turn in your final essays to www.turnitn.com
2. Review Vocab lesson 5 - sentences will be collected - Test on Friday, 10/26
3. Read a short story:

THE NECKLACE

• rueful   adj.  feeling sorrow or regret Her thoughtless comment soon made her rueful .
• resplendent   adj.  shining brightly The winner’s face was resplendent as he accepted the prize.
• disheveled   adj.  untidy Val’s disheveled hair showed he had overslept.
• profoundly   adv.  deeply We were all profoundly moved by the long-lost brothers’ reunion.

Procedure:
Monday:
Part 1: Students will read and discuss page 292 in their textbook

Literary Analysis

A character is a person, an animal, or even an object that participates in the action and experiences the events of a literary work. Writers communicate what characters are like through characterization:

• Direct characterization: The writer explains a character.
• Indirect characterization: The writer gives clues to a character by describing the character’s behavior, words and thoughts, physical appearance, or how others react to the character.

Use a chart like this one to track characterization as you read.

Reading Skill

An inference is an insight you reach based on stated details about information that is not stated. To make inferences, relate characters and events to your own experience.

For instance, when reading the story of a space captain on her first voyage, you might compare the captain to leaders whom you have known. Use a chart like the one shown to relate your reading to your experiences.

A. Students will review strategies for constructing meaning 
B. Students will discuss inferences, conclusions, comprehension/ text relationships, comparing and contrasting ideas and recognizing the writer's purpose.\
C. Essentially, students will realize that they are like detectives when they are reading, and these tools will help them find the essential clues needed for analysis and comprehension.

Pre-reading introduction to author on page 534-535

1. Students will read "The Necklace" on page 536  of their text. 
2. Students will be introduced to IRONY and SURPRISE endings

3. Students will make predictions about the story 
4. Students will discuss literary terms:  Plot elements, irony, tone, mood, foreshadowing

5. Students will discuss and analyze the outcome of the story

6. Students will Answer questions on page 541

7. STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS AND APPLY LITERARY TERMS TO READING AS THEY MAKE PREDICTIONS AND INFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE TEXT

8. Students will stop mid-story and make predictions about the characters   (LINK for story prediction chart)

They will use a three column chart:

PREDICTION     REASON     ACTUAL OUTCOME

9. STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO READ AND DISCUSS THE STORY AND THEN FILL IN actual outcome SECTION OF THEIR CHART.

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0. Students will complete structure worksheet

Monday Homework:  Finish reading the story....there will be a short quiz

R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.

R11.B.2: Standard - 1.2.10.D: Analyze inferences and draw conclusions, citing textual support, based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject.

Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.

R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.

-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text

-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language