Brooklyn Comprehensive Night High School

“A Standards Based School”

Ms. Kavanaugh

 Homework Assignment Sheet # 1                                          “The Smell of Lemons” by Nina Miller

Write the following assignments:

A. Create several DIALOGUES (conversations) between Tommy’s mother and the minister. They met three times. Use  specific details from the story. Minimum 150 words.

B.  Create a poem in which you explain  (give reasons for) and respond (share your thoughts and feelings) to what Tommy did. Use specific details from the story. Minimum 15 lines.

Homework Assignment Sheet #2                                         “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant

Choose two of the following assignments to complete:

A.     Right after he got married  M. Loisel is asked to advise a beloved nephew about what to look for in a wife. Write the dialogue of that conversation. Shortly after he discovered that the necklace had been false, he is asked to advise a second beloved nephew about what to look for in a wife. Write the dialogue of that conversation. Minimum 150 words.

B.     Write the journal entry that Mathilde creates the evening after  her final conversation with Mme. Forestier.

Minimum 150 words.

C.  M. and Mme. Loisel and Mme. Forestier are invited as guests on Oprah. Create the dialogue that takes place between the four of them.