DO NOW – 11/4/15• Follow the instructions below:

1) Take out your independent reading book (Literature Circle Book) and read it for the next 5-7 minutes.

2) If you don’t have it, begin reading the next story, “The Rudy Elmenhurst Story”.

Topic / Objective & Essential Question

• Topic / Objective: • 1) To identify the setting in “The Rudy

Elmenhurst Story” and hypothesize how it contributes to its theme and conflict.

• Essential Question: • 1) Why is setting important for understanding

works of literature?

Announcements

1) Reading comprehension quiz on Monday 11/9.

2) HW – continue reading your independent reading (LC) book.

3) Finish reading “The Rudy Elemenhurst Story” by Monday’s class.

Close Reading Strategies

* “Close reading” means we read a key passages multiple times.

* “Close reading” means we focus on words and phrases that contribute most to the big ideas of a text – themes and central ideas.

Wrap-up on “The Necklace”

• We focused on exploring several themes:

• 1) How social class influences behavior – according to Marx, Mathilde’s pride was a symptom of her social class.

Wrap-up on “The Necklace”

• 2) Social class may affect men and women equally, but we recognize it in different ways (for Mathilde, her desire was to fit in with the rest of the rich women at the ball).

Wrap-up on “The Necklace”

• 3) Maupassant sees Mathilde as “heroic” because she sacrifices her life, youth, and money to pay off a debt. However, he suggests that life is “fickle” – our lives should not be defined simply by how much we have or make.

Watch this scene

• As you watch, what details do you notice about where and when the scene takes place.

• Q: Where and when does this take place, and how do you know?

“The Rudy Elmenhurst Story”

• In addition to analyzing the story’s themes, we will focus on three central concepts:

1) Setting2) Plot3) Characterization

Setting can be defined as:

Where and when a story takes place.

• Authors sometimes focus the reader on large regions of space:

• A city • A country

Setting - Space

Authors sometimes focus on small regions of space:• A bedroom• A character’s mind

Setting - Time

• Similarly, setting can refer to large spans of time:

• Months• Years

Setting - Time

Or setting can refer to small sequences of time:• “Right Now”• Seconds or minutes passing by . . .

Setting in “The Necklace”

• Where and when does the story take place?

• A: It takes place in Paris around the end of the 19th century.

Setting in “The Necklace”

• Where and when does the story take place – this time, think “small” . . .

• A: The story mostly takes place in Mathilde’s apartment and at the Minister’s Ball.

• It shifts from the immediate present to ten years in the future.

Why is setting important?

• A: The setting helps bring the reader into the story; it helps them to become engaged.

• The setting can help contribute to the themes and conflicts of a story.

Whole Class Reading (pages 5-7)

• As you read, consider the following questions:

• Q: What is the setting (think big and small)?

• Q: How does Alvarez communicate the setting?

Silent Reading

• Read page 6 – “When I went away . . .”

• Q: What do we know about the setting thus far?

Q: What do we know about the setting thus far?

A: The story takes place in the 1960’s.

It also takes place at a college.

Perhaps the story will takes place in the immediate present for the narrator.

Finish reading page 7 (3 min)

Once you have completed reading, in your CN:

Write a one-two sentence response on the following question:

Make a hypothesis – how will the setting contribute to the story’s themes and conflicts?