DO NOW – 11/2/15 Take out “The Necklace.” 1)What social classes do Mathilde and Mrs. Forrester belong to, respectively? 2)What influenced Mathilde’s choices more – her pride or her class (think of what Marx would say)? 1)What social classes do Mathilde and Mrs. Forrester belong to, respectively? 2)What influenced Mathilde’s choices more – her pride or her class (think of what Marx would say)?

Topic / Objective & Essential Question Topic / Objective: 1) To answer text-dependent questions by closely reading key passages from “The Necklace” Essential Question: 1) How can close-reading help us to extract deeper-meaning from a text? Topic / Objective: 1) To answer text-dependent questions by closely reading key passages from “The Necklace” Essential Question: 1) How can close-reading help us to extract deeper-meaning from a text?

Announcements 1)We will start a new story tomorrow, Julia Alvarez’s “The Rudy Elmenhurst Story.” 2)You can find the story on the website, although I’ll provide you a hard copy tomorrow. 3)Another reading comprehension quiz at the end of the week. 1)We will start a new story tomorrow, Julia Alvarez’s “The Rudy Elmenhurst Story.” 2)You can find the story on the website, although I’ll provide you a hard copy tomorrow. 3)Another reading comprehension quiz at the end of the week.

Identifying a theme from “The Necklace” Mathilde’s discovery of the fake necklace shows how a person’s excessive pride can lead to ruin. This is one of several themes in the story. TAKE TWO MINUTES and discuss ONE additional theme with people around you.

Studying Literature at the College Level At the college level, stories are never just “stories.” We frequently analyze them in more complex ways.

“Digging Deeper” In a college literature class, our questions are informed by ideas from other disciplines or areas of study. Last week, we applied ideas Karl Marx and his theories on social class to enrich our understanding of “The Necklace” In a college literature class, our questions are informed by ideas from other disciplines or areas of study. Last week, we applied ideas Karl Marx and his theories on social class to enrich our understanding of “The Necklace”

In our Socratic Seminars... “Is there a way to change your lifestyle without escaping it?” – Mamadou “You don’t have to change your lifestyle, but change your mindset” - Alejandra

TURN AND TALK (2 MIN) Q: Given the statements below, what is a thematic connection to “The Necklace”? “Is there a way to change your lifestyle without escaping it?” – Mamadou “You don’t have to change your lifestyle, but change your mindset” – Alejandra

Close Reading Strategies * “Close reading” means we read a key passages multiple times. means we focus on words and phrases that contribute most to the big ideas of a text * “Close reading” means we focus on words and phrases that contribute most to the big ideas of a text – themes and central ideas.

Read this passage on page 2 "What's the matter with you? You've been very odd for the last three days." "I'm utterly miserable at not having any jewels, not a single stone, to wear," she replied. "I shall look absolutely no one. I would almost rather not go to the party." "Wear flowers," he said. "They're very smart at this time of the year. For ten francs you could get two or three gorgeous roses." She was not convinced. No... there's nothing so humiliating as looking poor in the middle of a lot of rich women." "No... there's nothing so humiliating as looking poor in the middle of a lot of rich women." "What's the matter with you? You've been very odd for the last three days." "I'm utterly miserable at not having any jewels, not a single stone, to wear," she replied. "I shall look absolutely no one. I would almost rather not go to the party." "Wear flowers," he said. "They're very smart at this time of the year. For ten francs you could get two or three gorgeous roses." She was not convinced. No... there's nothing so humiliating as looking poor in the middle of a lot of rich women." "No... there's nothing so humiliating as looking poor in the middle of a lot of rich women."

Write a short response in your CN: No... there's nothing so humiliating as looking poor in the middle of a lot of rich women." "I'm utterly miserable at not having any jewels, not a single stone, to wear," she replied. "I shall look absolutely no one. I would almost rather not go to the party... No... there's nothing so humiliating as looking poor in the middle of a lot of rich women." the power of social classes on our self-awareness OR that women are ashamed at not fitting in Q: What do these lines suggest – the power of social classes on our self-awareness OR that women are ashamed at not fitting in? No... there's nothing so humiliating as looking poor in the middle of a lot of rich women." "I'm utterly miserable at not having any jewels, not a single stone, to wear," she replied. "I shall look absolutely no one. I would almost rather not go to the party... No... there's nothing so humiliating as looking poor in the middle of a lot of rich women." the power of social classes on our self-awareness OR that women are ashamed at not fitting in Q: What do these lines suggest – the power of social classes on our self-awareness OR that women are ashamed at not fitting in?

Read this passage on page 5 Madame Loisel came to know the ghastly life of abject poverty. From the very first she played her part heroically. This fearful debt must be paid off. She would pay it. The servant was dismissed. They changed their flat; they took a garret under the roof. She came to know the heavy work of the house, the hateful duties of the kitchen. She washed the plates, wearing out her pink nails on the coarse pottery and the bottoms of pans. She washed the dirty linen, the shirts and dish-cloths, and hung them out to dry on a string; every morning she took the dustbin down into the street and carried up the water, stopping on each landing to get her breath. And, clad like a poor woman, she went to the fruiterer, to the grocer, to the butcher, a basket on her arm, haggling, insulted, fighting for every wretched halfpenny of her money.

Write a short response in your CN: Madame Loisel came to know the ghastly life of abject poverty. From the very first she played her part heroically. This fearful debt must be paid off. She would pay it. The servant was dismissed. They changed their flat; they took a garret under the roof. She came to know the heavy work of the house, the hateful duties of the kitchen... And, clad like a poor woman, she went to the fruiterer, to the grocer, to the butcher, a basket on her arm, haggling, insulted, fighting for every wretched halfpenny of her money. what textual evidence above Q: Some may look at Mathilde’s actions as honorable; others may look at them as foolish; what textual evidence above helps us to determine the author’s intention or perspective?

Read this passage from pages 5-6 At the end of ten years everything was paid off, everything, the usurer's charges and the accumulation of superimposed interest. Madame Loisel looked old now. She had become like all the other strong, hard, coarse women of poor households. Her hair was badly done, her skirts were awry, her hands were red. She spoke in a shrill voice, and the water slopped all over the floor when she scrubbed it. But sometimes, when her husband was at the office, she sat down by the window and thought of that evening long ago, of the ball at which she had been so beautiful and so much admired. What would have happened if she had never lost those jewels. Who knows? Who knows? How strange life is, how fickle! How little is needed to ruin or to save!

ON THE INDEX CARD, ANSWER THIS QUESTION At the end of ten years everything was paid off, everything, the usurer's charges and the accumulation of superimposed interest. Madame Loisel looked old now... But sometimes, when her husband was at the office, she sat down by the window and thought of that evening long ago, of the ball at which she had been so beautiful and so much admired. What would have happened if she had never lost those jewels. Who knows? Who knows? How strange life is, how fickle! How little is needed to ruin or to save! Q: The series of questions at the end of the passage serve to reinforce a central theme of the story. What is the theme (hint: use our ‘mathamagic’ formula!)? Q: The series of questions at the end of the passage serve to reinforce a central theme of the story. What is the theme (hint: use our ‘mathamagic’ formula!)?