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__Lesson for Day #1, Monday, July 11__ Look to the left hand side of the wiki for the heading "Writing with Literature." Read the story "The Necklace." Since we are working primarily on reading comprehension, let's begin with a summary of the story, LeesieLou. Write a summary of what you read, making sure you follow the rules for writing a good paragraph: topic sentence, supporting details and a conclusion. We will move to something more difficult from that point with the same story so if you want to take notes, feel free. IN fact, if you do annotate, send me a copy of what you note as important. Do this, though: focus some of your notes on the different settings of the story. Remember, setting is time and place and is always an important factor in literature. Think of where the main characters live and how they live in each place. Post this summary (and any notes you might take) to this page on Monday night by 9 p.m.

I've read the assignment, now it's time to write the summary...I'm so not in the school mode :) Oh, do I post the summary here or in the discussion tab...?

Hello. Leesie Lou! Yes, post all things here. I know you are not in school mode but the pace should help. Just push yourself a little for a few weeks and then you wil be free until 9th grade begins. I feel the same way at times but look forward to the benefits of working ahead. :)

“The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is about a poor woman named Mathilde and her husband named Monsieur Loisel, “a clerk in the Department of Education.” One night, they receive a letter inviting them to a palace for a formal evening but Mathilde had “no dresses, no jewelry, nothing.” He was excited about going, but she doesn’t want to go because she doesn’t have anything nice to wear. Her husband wanted her to be happy so he gave her money to buy “a pretty dress”. Mathilde also borrowed adiamond necklace from a friend. The night of the party, Mathilde was dressed in her formal dress and jewels she has borrowed from her friend. After the night of fun and they return home, she realizes that she is missing the diamond necklace. Days have gone by, and they still couldn’t find it. After 10 years of saving money, Mathilde ended up having to buy another one to replace it and confess to her friend that she had lost it on accident. Good work, AA. This is a very good summary, complete in thought with enough information to understand the story, but not so much that the reader gets bogged down in the details. Excellent! Next time, write your papers in a Word document and add as an attachment. To do this, choose "File" on the toolbar then "upload file." Find your file, upload, click on it, then save it. Great! Let's move on to the next assignment.

__ **Lesson for Tuesday, July 12** __ Read the attachment and resubmit Wednesday evening by 9 p.m. I will periodically check the wiki in case you have troubles. Good start, AA.

I've just finished...finally, I'm pretty sure I am...I've been procrastinating! (: HA

HA! NOW ADD THE ATTACHMENT... :)

Will do...here it is...I think...if it will work (: Okay, dear. We are oout of space so I created an AA2 Page-see left margin and follow the link. There you will see your commentary on "Thr Necklace" and what you will need to revise by Friday, 9 p.m. Good evening! :)