Use the following terms in an original sentence
COUNTERFEITING
WARRENS
TITANIC
TREMULOUS
PSYCHOPATHIC
Goals:
1. Students will read the introduction to "Gift of the Magi" in their text.
2. Students will comprehend and interpret a short story
3. Students will relate the story to personal experiences: A person may strive toward a goal with the best of intentions, only to find that his efforts were misdirected.
4. Students will analyze plot
5. Students will respond to the story through speaking and writing.
PROCEDURE:
1. Students will finish reading "Gift of the Magi"
2. Students will complete a plot structure
3. Students will complete questions 1-6 on page 464
4. Students will complete questions 1-6 on page 465
Assessment:
1. Teacher and students will orally review the completed questions
2. Graded written response (see below)
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Write a short essay - real or imaginary- in which someone tried to do something nice but had his/her plans go awry. Explain what, if anything the person did to fix the problems resulting from his/her actions.
materials: text, highlighter/ pen, paper
Terms: Plot structure - introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution; theme; situational irony, surprise ending and inference
Closure: Your journals will count as closure
Standards:
R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.
Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.
R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.
-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text
-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language
