Ms Mattison

September 5

Objectives

Examine plot in a short story.

Identify and examine cause and effect.

Procedures (Mon)

Do Now: Daily Journal (15 min)

In one paragraph, describe a scene from any sport. Use these words somewhere in the paragraph:

bounced, struggled, spied, roared, collapsed, giggled

Connect to your Life (Mon) (5 min)

Status is defined as the standing a person has in a group to which he or she belongs.  What are some things that give a person status? How can you tell that a person has status? What are some benefits of status? What are some possible harmful effects of concern about status?

Build Background ( 5 min)

"The Neckace" takes place in Paris in the second half of the 19th century. The life of a typical French woman was dictated by the income of her father or husband. Wealthy women were upper class and lived a life of luxury. Middle-class women took care of family and home. Lower-class lived a life of poverty and hard work. A woman could improve her status by marrying someone of a higher class, however a woman needed a dowry-(money or property) to give her new husband.

Literary Analysis: Plot (15 minutes)

The plot of a story is made up of a sequence of eents or actions introducing conflicts, complications and resolution. This story is about a woman who unhappy with her social life. New conflicts take place after one conflict is resolved.

Active Reading: Cause and Effect (10 minutes)

Events in a plot are sometimes linked. One event causes another, which causes another until the end of the story.

Words To Know: Using context clues: (15 min)

You can understand the meaning of words by understanding the context in which words are used. 

* First, read the sentence.

  She hated feeling like a pauper, never having enough money to buy fashionable clothes or  expensive       jewelry.

*Summarize the meaning.

*Define the word based upon the sentence.

*Use the word in a new sentence.

Homework

Do: Use context clues to determine meaning. Write vocabulary word and answers

adulation	gamut	ruinous
aghast	pauper	vexation
askew	privation
exorbitant	prospects

 

Do: Read The Necklace PP 26-27. Write questions and answers.

        Connect to the Literature p. 35

        Think Critically p. 35

         Create a cause and effect diagram of events. p. 26

Daily Journal: (15 min) (Tues)

Discuss homework: (15 min)

Minilesson: Literary Analysis: Plot  (25 min) Tues

Homework:

Do: Outline events in "The Necklace" that form the rising action, the climax, and the falling action. Use chart on page 33.

Vocabulary in Action 

Complete Exercise A p. 36.

Write sentences and complete fill in the blank.

Daily Journal (15 min) (Wed)

Minilesson: Abstract and Concrete Nouns (40 min)

Homework: Abstract and Concrete Nouns

Do: Grammar in context: Writing exercise

Daily Journal (15 min) (Thur)

Assessment: Quiz: Vocab: Weekly Homework Assignments (40 min)

Assessment: Test: Literature and grammar(55 min) (Fri)