Using context clues: (5 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 underlined word based upon the sentence. *Use the word in a new sentence.
Vocabulary Real Life Connection Building Background Irony Points of View
Turn to page 199 and scan the short story, “The Necklace.” All students are responsible for scanning. As a group, create a chart where you write down words of choice, and rate each one as "know it," "sort of know it," or "don't know it at all.“ On a separate sheet of paper, write a definition or "my guess on meaning" for the words you know and kind of know (NO DICTIONARIES!) Before turning in these pre-reading charts, please know that this is not about "being right" but you are providing information to guide next steps in class vocabulary instruction.
Do: Create a Frayer Model. Use context clues to determine meaning. Write a complex sentence to show mastery of the vocabulary word. 1. adulation 2. gamut 3. ruinous 4. aghast 5. pauper 6. vexation 7. askew 8. privation 9. exorbitant 10. prospects
Connect to your Life (5 minutes) 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?
"The Necklace" 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.
The plot of a story is made up of a sequence of events 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.