THE NECKLACE - STORY COMPREHENSION - TASKS AND EXERCISES

A set of 27 task cards and exercises on prose comprehension of a fictional story, "The Necklace" by Guy De Maupassant.

After working with these worksheets students will be able to:

• Spot the setting elements and describe the setting.
• Name the characters and make a character sketch.
• Discover the plot elements and develop the plot.
• Analyse the text to make a critical appreciation.
• Examine the lines from the text with reference to context.

This resource includes:

• (EXERCISE 1) Vocabulary check
• (EXERCISE 2) Identifying setting elements of the given story
• (EXERCISE 3) Describing the setting of the story
• (EXERCISE 4) Creating story setting
• (EXERCISE 5) Selecting best option to answer setting questions
• (EXERCISE 6) Spotting the traits of the characters in the story
• (EXERCISE 7) Identifying one of the main character’s elements in the story
• (EXERCISE 8) Making a character sketch
• (EXERCISE 9) Creating characters for the story
• (EXERCISE 10) Selecting best option to answer characterization questions
• (EXERCISE 11) Identifying plot elements of the story
• (EXERCISE 12) Identifying plot description elements in the story
• (EXERCISE 13) Developing the plot of the story
• (EXERCISE 14) Making a story plot
• (EXERCISE 15) Selecting the best option to answer plot questions
• (EXERCISE 16) Identifying story elements by answering questions
• (EXERCISE 17) Identifying story elements of the story
• (EXERCISE 18) Making a critical appreciation of the story
• (EXERCISE 19) Writing a story
• (EXERCISE 20) Selecting the best option to answer story components questions
• (EXERCISE 21) Identifying summary elements
• (EXERCISE 22) Writing a summary using the template
• (EXERCISE 23) Identifying RTC elements for the given lines
• (EXERCISE 24) Explaining the line with reference to context
• (EXERCISE 25) Finding the context of the famous quotes
• (EXERCISE 26) Selecting the best option to answer inferential questions
• (EXERCISE 27) Reading the story to answer comprehension questions

Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:

• To challenge early finishers
• For effective tutoring
• As ESL stations and sub tubs
• As holiday work and homework
• For small group collaborations
• For an end of unit assessments 
• For reinforcement and enrichment

This is what teachers say about these resources:

• WRITING BUNDLE-LESSON PLANS: Great resource to always have! Really helped to raise the rigor of my lessons! – Cheri Reynolds
• DIALOGUE WRITING: This was easy to use. It helped my students to review and fix the errors they were making in their writing. –Beth G.
• CAPITALIZATION RULES: The perfect visual to help students remember to use capitalization while writing. – Mary Z.
• ACTIVE VERBS: This is a great resource to include in the binders for future resources. - Patricia O.
• FICTIONAL STORY WRITING: A great resource for students to practice writing during center. - Jamie S.
• NOUN PHRASES: This product was helpful for my ELD students! – Rae E.
• PLAY-SCRIPT WRITING: Can't wait to use this when I get back. Just love the approach to learning script writing skills. – Kathryn A.
• HOMOPHONES-HOMONYMS-HOMOGRAPHS: Very excited about using this in my intensive reading classes. – Tammye G.
• FIRST-AID: Great resource for first aid presentations. I'll be using this with my class. - Jackie Malley
• COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCES: These task cards were perfect test practice! - Michelle P.
• PUNCTUATION WORKSHEETS: I found the variety of options to be useful,… I have used it to complement the areas of focus in my lessons. - Dianne P.
• SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT: I have used this resource several times already. –Jean C.
• OXYMORON: This is great. I can't wait to use it with my ESOL students. - Rebecca D.
• SEVEN AGES OF MAN: This was perfect use of imagery and words. It helped even my weaker 6th graders understand the message of the poem and complete an activity on their own. - Amy B.
• PREPOSITION TYPES HANDOUT: My students loved this poster. - Patricia O.
• PLAY-SCRIPT PRESENTATION: This looks awesome! I am excited to use it with my advanced theater class this year! - Kimberly R.
• THE HIGHWAYMAN POEM ANALYSIS: AWESOME resource! I highly recommend this product! – Samantha L.
• STORY ANALYSIS HANDOUTS BUNDLE: Looking forward to using this extensively in all levels of my classes. - Olivia Fulmer.
• STORY ANALYSIS LESSONS AND RESOURCES BUNDLE: I'm using this for the English II short story unit. - Olivia Fulmer
• SENTENCES LESSONS AND RESOURCES BUNDLE: Very thorough. These cover all the areas of need for sentence types and structures. - Steelers Fan
• READING COMPREHENSION LESSON PRESENTATION: I love it and can't wait to use it. - Vivian W.
• ADJECTIVE PHRASES WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS: Perfect for what I needed. - Laura T.
• DIARY ENTRY FORMAT: Just what I was looking for! - Louisaratcliffe
• HOMOPHONES-HOMONYMS-HOMOGRAPHS BUNDLE: A great resource for my kids to practice!!! - Rebecca Thorman
• PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES BUNDLE: This is a superb resource for review. - Kay Crawford
• COMPARE AND CONTRAST INFORMATION TEXT LESSON: This is a superb resource for review. - Kay Crawford
• TYGER TYGER - POEM LESSONS AND RESOURCES: This is fantastic! I bought it for the Tyger aspect but there is so much more to it than that. I love that it includes clear grading rubrics and so many additional resources - I will be using this for the rest of the year! - Michelle Beauchamp
• THE NECKLACE - PROSE COMPREHENSION: LESSONS & RESOURCES: This is a good resource for this story. I like the way characterization is explained. -Tiffany Beausoleil
• COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCES BUNDLE: It's hard to find a good compound-complex sentence resource. - Carrie Taylor
• SKIMMING SCANNING READING BUNDLE: Good for higher level classes that run as more discovery learning. - Jamie B.
• AUTOBIOGRAPHY WRITING BUNDLE: A very strategic resource! - A Buyer
• PUNCTUATION WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS: The content was great, and I appreciate that all of the advanced punctuation marks were assessed in one place. - Tiffani Rooney
• POSTER DESIGN BUNDLE: It was nice to find a resource that shows students basic guidelines for any poster. - Amber Finch

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