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Vocabulary Builder: Sarah 1.Calamity: An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.- Losing the necklace was definitely a calamity, it threw her family into poverty 2.Delicacies: Something really unique and desired. 3.Privations:A state in which things essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking.- This word describes the life they had after making all of the deals. 4.Despairing: Lose or be without hope.-I am sure this is what they felt when they could not find the necklace. 5.Economical: (of a person or lifestyle) Careful not to waste money or resources.- The fact that her husband was economical made it difficult for her to get a dress or jewelry. 6.Hesitating: Be reluctant to do something.- They hesitated to buy the necklace because they would go into incredible debt. 7.Dismissed: Discharge from employment or office.- They were so desperate that they had to fire/ dismiss their maid. 8.Humiliating: Make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect, esp. publicly.-She was extremely humiliated that she had lost the necklace, and she feared she was going to be humiliated at the ball if she didn't have a dress. 9.Superb: Excellent.- The necklace probably made her feel superb because it was so beautiful. 10.Deserted: To abandon.- They had abandoned all hope of finding the necklace and all of their friends abandoned them by not helping take them in so they could have enough to eat.

Character tracker: Caitlin

Unhappy-She had really fallen from a higher status. She could not dress well. "What do you wish me to put on my back?" she asked her husband, depressed that she didn't have any nice clothes. Excited- Her heart throbbed with immoderate desire. She threw her arms around her friend and kissed her passionately. Beautiful-She was prettier than any other women present, elegant, graceful, and smiling widely with joy. She had a __cloud__ of happiness. Depressed- She uttered a cry. "I have...I have lost Madame Forestier's necklace," she cried. Apologetic- She washed dishes, washed soiled linens and she dressed like a woman of the people. She became the woman of impoverished housholds; strong, hard, and rough. She did this all to repay her debt to her friend.

Costa Q's 1. Describe Mathilde. 2. Compare Mathilde to Madame Forestier. 3. Imagine how you would feel if you went through all that work to pay someone back and the thing you lost was inexpensive.

Extender: Tina 1.The song Temporary Home by Carrie Underwood came to my mind when Mathilde went to the palace of ministry. This was the life she had always dreamed about and she had the chance to live in it temporary because it wasn't truly were she belonged. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LraOiHUltak&ob=av2n 2.This story relates to almost all Cinderella stories there are. When Mathilde husband brought her the invitation, she wasn't very excited about it because she didn't have anything that she could wear. This reminds me of the movie Cinderella Story, starring Lizzy McGuire. Even though she decided to go to ball before thinking about what she was going to wear, she realized a few second later she was wrong, she really can't go because she didn't have a costume. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bcZub9TWrI ( at 8:00, I couldn't find a clip with only that part) 3.When Mathilde went to her friend to borrow some sort of jewelry, it remind of what my friend and I do sometimes when there is dance coming up. There is at least on of us who usually doesn't know what to wear or doesn't like any of the dresses that they own, so we lead each other dresses if we are in that situation. 4.The Diamond Necklace reminded me of how it was along time ago when it came to marriage, how social __classes__ was a very important factor. Mathilde was a very attractive lady, when she went to the dinner at the palace all the men were all over her, but just because she was born in a family of clerks that meant she only had a chance to get married to a clerk.

Questions: What was Mathilde friend's name, that she borrowed the necklace from? Compare Mathilde life before she lost the necklace and after If you were in the same situation as Mathilde and her husband were in what would you have done differently? and why? .

image finder:robert [|Diamond Necklace] I chose a diamond necklace because the story revolved around a diamond necklace. [|Fake Diamond Necklace] I chose a fake diamond necklace because the necklaces turns out being fake at the end. [|Plain Black Gown] I chose a plain black gown because the boring gown is what made Mathilde sad. [|Fancy Black Gown] I chose this because i feel that a black gown is the most elagant, and that is the type of gown she got. [|Ballroom] That is where a lot of the story took place and the story is centered around a ballroom dance.

costa questions. What is the name of the husband? What made Mathilde so sad? How would you tell your friend you lost something of theirs, or, would you even tell them?