The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Put a

“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant • Put a heading on a piece of paper. • Count down 6 -8 lines and draw a line across your paper. • Answer each of the questions on the following slides in complete sentences. • Leave a blank line after each question.

“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant • A 1. What is important to Mme. Loisel at the beginning of the story? Use ONE WORD to describe it, but use a complete sentence to answer the question. • P 1. Give a specific detail from the story that proves your opinion about Mme. Loisel. Explain how the detail proves your point. Write the page number of the detail after it in parentheses. • P 2. Give a DIFFERENT specific detail from the story that proves your opinion about Mme. Loisel. Explain how the detail proves your point. Write the page number of the detail after it in parentheses.

“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant • A 2. What happens to Mme. Loisel that makes her change? Write ONE sentence that summarizes the CAUSE of her change. • P 1. Give a specific detail from the story that proves your opinion about Mme. Loisel’S CHANGE. Explain how the detail proves your point. Write the page number of the detail after it in parentheses. • P 2. Give a DIFFERENT specific detail from the story that proves your opinion about Mme. Loisel’S CHANGE. Explain how the detail proves your point. Write the page number of the detail after it in parentheses.

“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant • A 3. What does Mme. Loisel value at the end of the story? Use ONE word to describe what she values, but use a complete sentence to answer the question. • P 1. Give a specific detail from the story that proves your opinion about Mme. Loisel’S NEW VALUE. Explain how the detail proves your point. Write the page number of the detail after it in parentheses. • P 2. Give a DIFFERENT specific detail from the story that proves your opinion about Mme. Loisel’S NEW VALUE. Explain how the detail proves your point. Write the page number of the detail after it in parentheses.

“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant • TS: At the top of your paper (in the blank space you left about the line), write one sentence that explains what Mme. Loisel learned from her experience. Use the ONE WORD from each of the three previous questions in that one sentence.

YOU JUST WROTE ONE FULLYDEVELOPED PARAGRAPH! • TS = topic sentence (your main idea and how you will develop it) • A = argument (a REASON to believe your topic sentence) • P = proof (evidence to prove your opion) • T • A PP

After you congratulate yourself, do these things: • Have Ms. Jeffery or your student coach check your paragraph. • When you have complete sentences and have used evidence in each proof, use a blank piece of paper and re-copy what you have written in paragraph form. Indent at the beginning, but do not indent again because this is ONLY ONE PARAGRAPH, NOT AN ESSAY. • Be sure to put a heading on both papers before you hand them in! • Read “Plainswoman” starting on page 7.