The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry Short Story Slides, Assignments, and Activities

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry Short Story Slides, Assignments, and Activities: Introduce your students to the timeless classic The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry with this comprehensive short story unit. These ready-to-use resources are perfect for a Christmas short story analysis, although they can be used at any point throughout the year. Included is a presentation to guide the lesson, analysis questions, a pre-reading vocabulary game, a budgeting interview assignment, creative writing assignments, and much more!

Included In This The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry Short Story Resource:

➡️ The Gift of the Magi Presentation: Use this comprehensive 48-slide presentation to guide the entire lesson. Explore the author's biography, engage in discussion questions, delve into analysis notes, expand vocabulary, embark on writing assignments, and more.

➡️ The Gift of the Magi Analysis Reading Questions: Stimulate critical thinking with these insightful questions designed to deepen understanding of the story. A teacher answer key is included for easy assessment.

➡️ The Gift of the Magi Pre-Reading Vocabulary Game: Set the stage with an engaging vocabulary activity, preparing students for the narrative to come.

➡️ The Gift of the Magi Budgeting Interview Assignment: Explore the changing value of currency through a thought-provoking budgeting interview task, encouraging students to reflect on economic themes within the story.

➡️ The Gift of the Magi Creative Writing Assignments: Encourage creativity with two dynamic writing prompts. Students can reimagine the story from Jim's perspective or transport the narrative into a modern-day setting.

➡️ The Gift of the Magi Guided Analysis: Navigate various literary elements within the text through guided analysis exercises. An answer key is included.

➡️ The Gift of the Magi Finding Evidence Assignments: Develop textual analysis skills as students locate evidence to support claims, craft paragraphs, and integrate evidence effectively. Instructional handouts facilitate the process of paragraph writing.

What Teachers Are Saying About This The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry Short Story Resource:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This works great! I love sharing this story before Christmas every year. We are able to have some great conversations that might not otherwise happen.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I am a new middle school teacher after teaching high school for over 18 years. This resource was wonderful in helping me teach a sweet story to my kids with depth and it is also standards-based. I enjoyed the ease of everything being mapped out.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This unit was the perfect way to break down the short story! Great activities that allowed for so much more than surface-level thinking.

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