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Wednesday Honors English I

8/28/13. Wednesday Honors English I. Put your letter assignments and information sheets on my desk Don’t forget to put your backpacks away in the corners Pick up and complete the anticipation guide from the desk by the door. With someone sitting next to you.

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Wednesday Honors English I

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  1. 8/28/13 Wednesday Honors English I

  2. Put your letter assignments and information sheets on my desk • Don’t forget to put your backpacks away in the corners • Pick up and complete the anticipation guide from the desk by the door

  3. With someone sitting next to you • Discuss your answers to the statements • Where do you agree and where do you disagree? • Share your thoughts

  4. Agenda • Turn in your letters • Necklace historical context (class system) • Anticipation for “The Necklace”—Tea Party • Writing Predictions • Read to 162, complete the organizer

  5. Consider… How do you perceive the probable buyers of the item in these pictures? Why do you think these people buy these items? Do you want any of these items?

  6. “High Society” A brief overview of French high society http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/?assetGuid=6eee899e-258b-4e5f-8322-d4b9035f8666&fromMyDe=0&isPrinterFriendly=0&provider=&isLessonFromHealth=0&productcode=US&isAssigned=false&includeHeader=YES&homeworkGuid

  7. Social Class: Consider these questions • How can someone move to a higher social class in this country? • Why might it be difficult to rise in social class in France? • Why do you think the upper class can be intriguing to those in the lower classes? • What are the visible, external indicators of high social status according to the video?

  8. “The Necklace” Mathilde – the main character whose motivation is to move to a higher social class. Women’s social status in the 19th century was very complex and different than it is today --women had no independent means of living --when they married, everything they owned became their husband’s --being a wealthy widow was the highest position a woman could have

  9. Notes: What is a complex character? • It is also sometimes called a “round” character

  10. Complex Characters • Think about the characters you have read about or seen in movies. • Which are the most interesting? • What makes you care about or want to know more about the character? • What kind of characters do not hold your interest?

  11. Complex Characters a character in fiction whose personality,  background, motives, and other features are  fully developed by the author.

  12. Take a slip of paper • You need something to carry and write with • First, read the quote given to you—do your best to understand what it says (it will not make much sense yet)

  13. Short story anticipation: “The Necklace”—15 minutes • Once we break out, speak to at least five other people who have different quotes • Summarize what your quote says for them and take notes on what their quotes say as well. • You are gathering as much information about the story as you can from the various people that you meet with. • If your quote is the same as someone else’s, move on

  14. Now • Formulate a prediction for what you think will happen in the story. Write this in a paragraph. • Include specific evidence from your meetings with others in the class. • Be prepared to share your predictions and thoughts

  15. Task with a partner—purple books • Read introduction and the opening scene of the story (halfway down the second column of page 162) • As you read, look for ways that the author develops Mathilde’s character. Use the organizer to document her reality vs. her dreams in the beginning of the story. Provide textual evidence (I will give an example) • When you have finished the organizer on the front, move on to the questions on the back.

  16. Example • From paragraph 3 • Mathilde “suffered from the poverty of her home as she looked at the dirty walls, the worn-out chairs, the ugly curtains.”

  17. Example • From paragraph 3 • Mathilde “suffered from the poverty of her home as she looked at the dirty walls, the worn-out chairs, the ugly curtains.” Textual evidence that can go in the Furniture, Home Décor/Reality box

  18. Monday Notes • Latin roots, Day 1 • Start with questions on back of organizer • Characterization, direct vs. indirect characterization (question #2) • Read the necklace further, introduce the plot line. • Character motivation influences plot

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