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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.
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Vocabulary Real Life Connection Building Background Irony Points of View
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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.
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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
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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?
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"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.
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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.
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