Holiday Short Story for 6-9: "A Child's Christmas in Wales" Dylan Thomas
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Engaging activities for before the Winter Break, with little prep! Guides for four short stories (two with full texts); winter poetry (poems included); step-by-step holiday celebrations around the world report; plus lots of holiday and winter decorated, lined papers for these activities or your owPrice $25.00Original Price $31.90Save $6.90
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Help students to better understand the lovely language of Dylan Thomas in this charming winter story. Two versions, one without decorative borders and clipart, possibly for older students. Story NOT included but see the link below for a copy.
What you get:
- Critical-thinking Questions include literary elements such as allusion, humor, symbol, theme, figures of speech, mood and more. Students make personal connections with the text.
- An Opinion Paragraph activity
- Vocabulary
- Detailed Answer Key
- Teacher Notes
- Visually-appealing format for middle school in black and white for easy photocopying.
What teachers say: "Fantastic! My students love this. I have used it for several years." "What a fabulous lesson right before winter break. We watched the video on Youtube." "Visually appealing and has a great variety of exercises."
The story is a nostalgic memoir of the author's Christmas traditions without any religious references. The setting is a small Welsh village in the 1920s. It is available free here: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701261h.html
Check out my other holiday short stories:
'A Christmas Memory' Fun Short Story by Truman Capote
Short Story for It's a Wonderful Life
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Complete Glossary of Literary Terms used in this product and more:
