Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II- Cagayan Valley
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CAUAYAN CITY
CAUAYAN CITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
(formerly Villa Luna NHS)
VILLA LUNA, CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA
LESSON EXEMPLAR
NAME:____________________________________GRADE & SECTION :__________________
I.
OBJECTIVE/S
II.
SUBJECT
MATTER
III.
REFERENCES
IV.
MOTIVATION
At the end of the reading session the students are expected to:
a. Identify the elements of the story such as setting,
characters, conflict, and plot;
b. Enhance their comprehension skill by answering
processing questions after reading the text;
c. Appreciate the story by giving its theme and lesson;
d. Inculcate genuine love of reading by explaining how
this kind of text affects one’s perception of life; and
e. Motive learners to read books as well.
The Diamond Necklace by Guy De Maupassant
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TASK 1 “You are Invited!”
Directions: The students will be divided into three (3) groups. They
will analyze and complete a puzzle. Each puzzle is a picture
of circumstance and person found in the story “The Diamond
Necklace”. They will analyze what is the circumstance about,
who the characters are and what/who do they represent in real life
situations.
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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II- Cagayan Valley
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CAUAYAN CITY
CAUAYAN CITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
(formerly Villa Luna NHS)
VILLA LUNA, CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA
V.
Directions: The teacher helps the students to unlock unfamiliar terms
UNLOCKING
through a game and context clues. He/she will flash on the TV Screen
OF
DIFFICULTIES the vocabulary word with missing letters. The students will guess the
term by trying to think of the letters that should be fill out on the
blanks.
1. __lu__der Answer: blunder
Meaning: an embarrassing mistake
Context clue: She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as
though fate had blundered over her, into a family of artisans.
2. a__tis__n Answer: artisan
Meaning: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as though fate
had blundered over her, into a family of artisans.
3. distinction
a discrimination between things as different
She had no marriage portion, no expectations, no means of getting
known, understood, loved, and wedded by a man of wealth and
distinction; and she let herself be married off to a little clerk in the
Ministry of Education.
4. delicacy
the quality of being exquisitely fine in appearance
Her tastes were simple because she had never been able to afford any
other, but she was as unhappy as though she had married beneath her;
for women have no caste or class, their beauty, grace, and charm
serving them for birth or family, their natural delicacy, their
instinctive elegance, their nimbleness of wit, are their only mark of
rank, and put the slum girl on a level with the highest lady in the land.
5. instinctive
unthinking
Her tastes were simple because she had never been able to afford any
other, but she was as unhappy as though she had married beneath her;
for women have no caste or class, their beauty, grace, and charm
serving them for birth or family, their natural delicacy, their
instinctive elegance, their nimbleness of wit, are their only mark of
rank, and put the slum girl on a level with the highest lady in the land.
5. elegance
a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste
Her tastes were simple because she had never been able to afford any
other, but she was as unhappy as though she had married beneath her;
for women have no caste or class, their beauty, grace, and charm
serving them for birth or family, their natural delicacy, their
Address: Purok 11b, Villa Luna, Cauayan City, 3305, Isabela
Telephone No:+63 917 507 2085
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II- Cagayan Valley
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CAUAYAN CITY
CAUAYAN CITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
(formerly Villa Luna NHS)
VILLA LUNA, CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA
instinctive elegance, their nimbleness of wit, are their only mark of
rank, and put the slum girl on a level with the highest lady in the land.
6. wit
mental ability
Her tastes were simple because she had never been able to afford any
other, but she was as unhappy as though she had married beneath her;
for women have no caste or class, their beauty, grace, and charm
serving them for birth or family, their natural delicacy, their
instinctive elegance, their nimbleness of wit, are their only mark of
rank, and put the slum girl on a level with the highest lady in the land.
7. luxury
something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity.
She suffered endlessly, feeling herself born for every delicacy and
luxury.
8. torment
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
All these things, of which other women of her class would not even
have been aware, tormented and insulted her.
9. aroused
stimulated to action
The sight of the little Breton girl who came to do the work in her little
house aroused heart-broken regrets and hopeless dreams in her mind.
10. tapestry
a wall hanging of heavy fabric with pictorial designs
She imagined silent antechambers, heavy with Oriental tapestries, lit
by torches in lofty bronze sockets, with two tall footmen in kneebreeches sleeping in large arm-chairs, overcome by the heavy warmth
of the stove.
11. lofty
of imposing height; especially standing out above others
She imagined silent antechambers, heavy with Oriental tapestries, lit
by torches in lofty bronze sockets, with two tall footmen in kneebreeches sleeping in large arm-chairs, overcome by the heavy warmth
of the stove.
12. vast
unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
She imagined vast saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of
furniture supporting priceless ornaments, and small, charming,
perfumed rooms, created just for little parties of intimate friends, men
who were famous and sought after, whose homage roused every other
woman's envious longings.
Address: Purok 11b, Villa Luna, Cauayan City, 3305, Isabela
Telephone No:+63 917 507 2085
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II- Cagayan Valley
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CAUAYAN CITY
CAUAYAN CITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
(formerly Villa Luna NHS)
VILLA LUNA, CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA
13. exquisite
delicately beautiful
She imagined vast saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of
furniture supporting priceless ornaments, and small, charming,
perfumed rooms, created just for little parties of intimate friends, men
who were famous and sought after, whose homage roused every other
woman's envious longings.
14. ornament
something used to beautify
She imagined vast saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of
furniture supporting priceless ornaments, and small, charming,
perfumed rooms, created just for little parties of intimate friends, men
who were famous and sought after, whose homage roused every other
woman's envious longings.
14. intimate
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
She imagined vast saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of
furniture supporting priceless ornaments, and small, charming,
perfumed rooms, created just for little parties of intimate friends, men
who were famous and sought after, whose homage roused every other
woman's envious longings.
15. homage
respectful deference
She imagined vast saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of
furniture supporting priceless ornaments, and small, charming,
perfumed rooms, created just for little parties of intimate friends, men
who were famous and sought after, whose homage roused every other
woman's envious longings.
16. rouse
cause to become awake or conscious
She imagined vast saloons hung with antique silks, exquisite pieces of
furniture supporting priceless ornaments, and small, charming,
perfumed rooms, created just for little parties of intimate friends, men
who were famous and sought after, whose homage roused every other
woman's envious longings.
17. tureen
large deep serving dish with a cover
When she sat down for dinner at the round table covered with a threedays-old cloth, opposite her husband, who took the cover off the souptureen, exclaiming delightedly: "Aha!
Address: Purok 11b, Villa Luna, Cauayan City, 3305, Isabela
Telephone No:+63 917 507 2085
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II- Cagayan Valley
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CAUAYAN CITY
CAUAYAN CITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
(formerly Villa Luna NHS)
VILLA LUNA, CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA
18. gallantry
the qualities of a hero or heroine
What could be better?" she imagined delicate meals, gleaming silver,
tapestries peopling the walls with folk of a past age and strange birds
in faery forests; she imagined delicate food served in marvellous
dishes, murmured gallantries, listened to with an inscrutable smile as
one trifled with the rosy flesh of trout or wings of asparagus chicken.
19. anguish
extreme distress of body or mind
Then, with hesitation, she asked in anguish:
20. volition
the act of making a choice
She remained in her evening clothes, lacking strength to get into bed,
huddled on a chair, without volition or power of thought.
21. impel
urge or force to an action; constrain or motivate
He went to the police station, to the newspapers, to offer a reward, to
the cab companies, everywhere that a ray of hope impelled him.
22. bewilderment
confusion resulting from failure to understand
She waited all day long, in the same state of bewilderment at this
fearful catastrophe.
23. remorse
a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
Then they went from jeweller to jeweller, searching for another
necklace like the first, consulting their memories, both ill with
remorse and anguish of mind.
24. ghastly
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Madame Loisel came to know the ghastly life of abject poverty.
25 fickle
liable to sudden unpredictable change
How strange life is, how fickle!
VI.
DISCUSSION
Digest the narrative text by analyzing its story elements.
The Diamond Necklace by Guy De Maupassant
SUMMARY
Address: Purok 11b, Villa Luna, Cauayan City, 3305, Isabela
Telephone No:+63 917 507 2085
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II- Cagayan Valley
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CAUAYAN CITY
CAUAYAN CITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
(formerly Villa Luna NHS)
VILLA LUNA, CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA
A young and beautiful girl, Mathilde Loisel, is the wife of a
clerical worker. She is charming but feels as though she “married
beneath her.” She is poor and dreams of luxury. Her husband,
Monsieur Loisel, does all he can to please her, even giving up his
desire for a rifle to make her happy. Mathilde is envious of the
wealthy and feels “there is nothing more humiliating than looking
poor in the middle of a lot of rich women.” She feels “tormented and
insulted” by the “poorness of her house” and the worn-out, simple
appearance of the items within it. Mathilde is extremely jealous of
Madame Forestier, her wealthy friend from school, and even avoids
visiting her because she feels overcome with sadness and misery
after a visit.
Mathilde and her husband, a clerk in the Ministry of
Education, receive an invitation to the Ministry ball, hosted by
George Rampanneau, the Minister of Education, and his wife. The
event is reserved for a select few, and Mathilde's husband worked
hard to secure an invitation, hoping to make his wife happy.
However, she is upset, worrying about not having anything to wear
to a formal event. Although her husband reassures her that a dress,
she already owns is suitable, she convinces him to give her the
money he has been saving to purchase a rifle so she can buy a new
dress.
In an effort to feel as though she is as well-off as she dreams,
Mathilde borrows a necklace from one of her wealthy friends from
school to accent her outfit for the ball. The kind and generous
woman, Madame Forestier, happily obliges and lets Mathilde pick
the jewelry of her liking. Mathilde selects a diamond necklace.
Mathilde and her husband attend the Ministry ball. At the
affair, she is the most attractive woman present. Other women stare
at her with envy, and the men in attendance are eager to dance with
her as she waltzes the night away while her husband dozes off in a
small, deserted room with a few other husbands.
Mathilde considers the night a success, having garnered the
attention and admiration “so dear to her feminine heart.” As her
husband fetches a warm and humble coat for her to leave the ball
Address: Purok 11b, Villa Luna, Cauayan City, 3305, Isabela
Telephone No:+63 917 507 2085
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II- Cagayan Valley
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CAUAYAN CITY
CAUAYAN CITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
(formerly Villa Luna NHS)
VILLA LUNA, CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA
in, she flees in shame, hoping others don't recognize her as they
don their costly fur.
In her rush, she hurries down a staircase and frantically looks
for a carriage to ride home in. Back at their door in the Rue des
Martyrs, Mathilde feels hopeless as her night ends and as her
husband turns his attention to the day and his work. As Mathilde
undresses, she notices the necklace is no longer around her neck. Her
husband searches the folds of her dress, the streets, the police station,
and the cab companies while she sits in shock, huddled and worried.
Returning without finding the necklace, her husband suggestions she
writes to her friend, Madame Forestier, and tell her they are fixing
the clasp on the necklace.
A week passes. The couple loses hope, while the signs of
worry and stress visually age Mathilde. After visiting several
jewellers, they find a string of diamonds that resemble the lost
necklace. Negotiating for thirty-six thousand francs, they spend her
husband's inheritance and borrow the rest of the money to replace
the necklace. Mathilde's husband “mortgaged the whole remaining
years of his existence” to replace the necklace.
As Mathilde returns the necklace, Madame Forestier doesn't
even open the box to see its contents. Madame Loisel, along with
her husband, spends the rest of her days working, experiencing the
harsh reality of poverty. Both she and her husband work every day
to pay off everything, including interest. After ten years and a hard
life, they are successful. But during this time, Mathilde ages. Her
youth and femininity gone, she looks strong, hard, and weathered by
poverty and labor.
While wondering what her life would have been had she not
lost that necklace, Mathilde runs into her old friend, Madame
Forestier, who is still young, beautiful, and fresh. Hardly
recognizing her, Madame Forestier is shocked to see how Mathilde
aged. Mathilde explains how she lost the borrowed necklace and has
spent the past years paying off the replacement. Her friend clasps
Mathilde's hands and tells Mathilde the borrowed necklace was an
imitation, a fake, worth only a few hundred francs.
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Comprehension/Discussion
Address: Purok 11b, Villa Luna, Cauayan City, 3305, Isabela
Telephone No:+63 917 507 2085
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II- Cagayan Valley
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CAUAYAN CITY
CAUAYAN CITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
(formerly Villa Luna NHS)
VILLA LUNA, CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA
1.Who are the characters in the story?
2. Why do you think Mathilde Loisel acted and think the way
she did as far as her status in life was concerned?
3. Where does the conflict begin and where does it end?
4. What role does the diamond necklace play in the story?
5. If you were the husband, would you have done the same?
6. What is the message of the story?
7. Would you borrow something as well so you will be
recognized?
8. What are the circumstances in the story that will probably
happen in your life? (Abstraction)
9. (The teacher will ask the students to name the elements of
the plot including the part of the story which is depicted by it.)
(Generalization)
10. What is/are your treasure/s in life? Where is your
treasure? How are you going to value these treasures?
(Valuing)
VII. ACTIVITIES
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TASK 2 “Jewellery Box”
Directions: Directions: Pass around the Jewellery Box, when
the music stops, pick a jewel and analyze the
statement/situation written on it whether it is true (meaning it
has a value) or fake.
Statements/Situations/Questions:
The value of a person depends on how much his/her clothes are.
Why or Why not?
It is more important to play mobile legends than to spend time
with my family.
Do you agree that according to Johnny Depp “Not all treasures
are silver and gold”?
I’d rather have quality time with my friends than The true
meaning of treasure is ____________.
True friends are God’s gifts.
Having my family around makes me happy.
Why do you think Madame Forestier had a fake necklace?
What does it reveal about the character/personality?
Is being content with what you have made you a better person?
Why or why not?
Address: Purok 11b, Villa Luna, Cauayan City, 3305, Isabela
Telephone No:+63 917 507 2085
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II- Cagayan Valley
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CAUAYAN CITY
CAUAYAN CITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
(formerly Villa Luna NHS)
VILLA LUNA, CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA
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TASK 3 “Role Play”
Directions: The students will be grouped into four. Each
group will be given ten minutes to do a role play portraying
the right thing that should be done if they were Mathilde
Loisel. It means that they will be given a chance to change the
story based on what they think is the right thing to do.
(Application)
Prepared by:
GERALDINE F. SAGARIO
Subject Teacher
MAYLA G. CARDENAS
Secondary School Principal II
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Telephone No:+63 917 507 2085