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Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen by O'Henry Short Story Unit

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Mysteries of Middle School
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6th - 12th
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This "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen" by O'Henry short story unit is the perfect resource to teach and use with your middle and high school students leading up to Thanksgiving break. O'Henry's classic touches upon the themes of "generosity" and "traditions" connect perfectly to the ideas centered around Thanksgiving.

Engage your students seamlessly with thoughtful pre-reading discussions and activities, as well as interactive post-reading activities, and discussion prompts. Assess their inferencing, and analysis skills surrounding summary, characterization, irony and theme using text evidence.

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Included in this resource you will find:
★ A teacher guide for each activity with instructions/suggestions as to how to use with your class

★ TWO Differentiated versions of O'Henrys "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen" text

★ Pre-Reading Discussion activities
★ Vocabulary activity

5 Post Reading Activities:
★ Inferences/Evidence - Text-Dependent Questions

★ Summarizing Plot Activity

★ Character Trait/Theories Evidence-Based Activity

★ Irony Analysis Activity

★ Theme Analysis Activity

★ Teacher Answer Keys

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Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

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