1. Happy Wednesday. Have out a pen and a grading pen
Happy Wednesday! Have out a pen and a grading pen. Bring your literature book.
Miss Strangeworth’s Problem = ___________ of truth

2. Happy Tuesday! Have out a pen and a grading pen.

3. FRIDAY HOMEWORK IS…
CANCELLED!!!

4. “The Necklace”
by Guy de Maupassant

5. Author: Guy de Maupassant
One of the most famous French short story writers
Rejects the Christian ideal of hope
Focused on the middle classes in his writing
Themes speak against covetousness and lying

6. Plot Structure Exposition: meet Mathilde pretty, charming, discontent
born into a clerk’s family
daydreams constantly of being rich
Inciting moment: M. Loisel brings home the invitation to the ball.

8. Plot Structure
Rising Action: the events of the reception and the loss of the necklace
Crisis: The Loisels lie to Mme. Forestier.
Falling Action: The Loisels work to pay off their debts.
Mme. Loisel: cooks, washes, and shops
M. Loisel: balances accounts, copies documents, etc.

9. Plot Structure
Final moment of suspense: Mathilde finally talks to Mme. Forestier.
Denouement: “Why at most it was worth only five hundred francs!”

10. Conflicts Mathilde vs. Mme. Forestier
Loisels vs. themselves (decision to lie and the consequences that followed)

11. Theme
The honest course of action, even if it leads to uncomfortable consequences, is always the best.

12. Note of Gratitude
*Please write a simple, anonymous note of appreciation to another student by Thursday morning. I will just ask you if you have accomplished this task when we meet tomorrow.
Make a list.

13. THE POSSIBILITY OF EVIL
by Shirley Jackson
Miss Strangeworth’s Problem = ___________ of truth

14. Famous for gothic horror and psychological suspense
Shirley Jackson ( )
Famous for gothic horror and psychological suspense
Wrote “The Lottery” and other novels
Make a list.

15. Miss Strangeworth’s Two Main Ideas:
People are full of possible evil.
She has the responsibility to eradicate the evil of the people in her town.
Make a list.

16. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Verses that acknowledge the possibility of evil in everyone:
Romans 3:11–12

17. Miss Strangeworth’s Problem
= misapplication
of truth
Miss Strangeworth’s Problem = ___________ of truth

18. = Symbol of Miss Strangeworth’s position
Roses
= Symbol of Miss Strangeworth’s position
Unshared
Limited existence
Inherited
Lost
Roses = ________ of Miss Strangeworth’s ________
List . . .

19. Plot Twist
a plot development that violates the reader’s expectation (Miss Strangeworth is not a nice, little old lady.)

20. Plot Structure: Exposition: meet Miss S.
Inciting Moment: the first evil letter
Rising Action: many evil letters
Disturbing _______: Miss Strangeworth’s obsession with _________ perfection while she disregards her ________ _______.

21. Plot Structure: Crisis: drops the Crane letter
Falling Action: Dave will deliver the letter.
Moment of Final Suspense: Miss S. receives a green letter.
Denouement: Miss S’s flowers have been destroyed=revenge!
Disturbing _______: Miss Strangeworth’s obsession with _________ perfection while she disregards her ________ _______.

22. Disturbing Irony:
Miss Strangeworth is obsessed with outward perfection, while she disregards her own inward evil.
Disturbing _______: Miss Strangeworth’s obsession with _________ perfection while she disregards her ________ _______.

23. being respected for her family name.
Miss Strangeworth’s misconceptions are formed by . . .
being alone.
being idle.
being respected for her family name.

24. And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
Verse that instructs women to avoid Miss Strangeworth’s sins:
1 Timothy 5:13–14

25. Poetic Justice:
Destruction of roses in the same manner that Miss Strangeworth has destroyed with her letters
Poetic Justice: _________ of roses in the same matter that Miss Strangeworth has ________ with her letters.

26. Theme
Those who look for evil can always find it, though more often in others instead of in themselves.
Theme: Those who _______ for ______ can always _____ it, though more often in ________ instead of in __________.

27. Avoid Blindness: think biblically
Avoiding Blindness: _________ ___________

28. Note of Gratitude
*Please write a simple, anonymous note of appreciation to another student by Thursday morning. I will just ask you if you have accomplished this task when we meet tomorrow.
Make a list.

29. For who maketh thee to differ from another
For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Verses that teach me how to view others:
1 Corinthians 4:7

30. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Romans 12:3

31. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Verse that teaches the proper way to confront those who are sinning:
Galatians 6:1

32. “In the Ring with Jack Dempsey” by Paul Gallico

33. Author: Paul Gallico (1894-1976)
sports fan and gym instructor
sports editor for New York Daily News
fencing master for the French army
famous for his observance of minute detail and careful study of people
Skiied Olympic course, fast ball from Dizzy Dean of St. Louis, golf, etc.

34. Dempsey in training

35. Character: Jack Dempsey (1895-1983)
one of eleven children
learned to fight for survival
one of America’s first great sports heroes
heavyweight champion of the world from

36. With sparring partner

40. Dempsey with Babe Ruth

41. Terms cub sportswriter=beginning sudden checking=stopping
locomotor control=moving about independently
sag a spar boy=to sink
columbia eight-oared shell=racing rowboat
for tuition=instruction, teaching
those little lovetaps=hits!

42. Essay Notes: conflict: man vs. man theme: You learn by doing.
Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked in his shoes.
Two comparisons to boxing:
It is like being stalked by a professional destroyer.
It is like a soldier who never hears the bullet that kills him.
Main Conflict?
Theme?
Comparisons?

43. Plot Structure Exposition: Gallico’s view of fighting
Inciting moment: He asks Dempsey to box a round.
Rising action: Gallico’s impressions of the fight
Crisis: Dempsey’s manager gives him the ten count.
Falling Action: Clearing his head from the fight
Denouement: His attitude towards fighting has changed.
Determine structure?

44. Dempsey serving during WWI

45. Dempsey showing a boxing move during a speaking engagement
Dempsey showing a boxing move during a speaking engagement. Uses his former manager as his “punching bag”

46. Dempsey’s restaurant

47. Post cards