Tuesday Wed, Thursday, Friday - Dec 11-14 - Gift of the Magi

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze short fiction for figurative language in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW 

DEFINE:

1. Parsimony 
2. Hapless
3. Laboriuosly

An ALLUSION is a type of figurative language. It is an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Example - It's raining so hard we may need Noah's Ark to get home.
Example - He thinks he's a real Michael Jackson on the dance floor.


Direct Instruction

who were the MAGI?

Answer the 4 questions while watching the video.


Begin reading TOGETHER Gift of the Magi - keystone book - page - 118-119. 

Identify the following:
1. Example of alliteration
2. Example of a simile
3. Example of a metaphor
4.  Example of a hyperbole
5. Example of allusion (page 119) and explain it
6. Describe the exposition.
7. What is the narrative perspective of this story? How will this impact the story?
8. What is the conflict?

GUIDED

Finish reading Gift of the Magi - pages 120 - 121 - Keystone Finish Line book.

INDEPENDENT

Answer the following short answer questions. 

1. Explain the allusion on page 119.

2. What is the main narrative perspective of this story? Why is this important?

3. Name 2 things you learn about Jim through dialogue.

4. There is both situational and dramatic irony in this story. Explain.

5. Find the paragraph on page 120 that uses the most imagery and list 5 descriptive words used.

6. Why are the gifts that Della and Jim got for each other so special? 

7. What does the author mean when he says " Eight dollars a week or a million a year - what is the difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer."

8. In the last paragraph, the author changes to 1st person POV. He does this to deliver the MORAL or THEME of the story. What is the moral of the story?

9. Explain " ...let it be said that all who give gifts, these two were the wisest." Why were they the wisest?

10. How and why is it more valuable to give a gift that you think of yourself as opposed to choosing something off a gift request list that someone provided?  


11. Do you enjoy giving as much as receiving? Explain how you feel when you give. Explain how you feel when you receive.


12. Complete multiple choice questions 1-9 on pages 122-123.