This 100+ page “Present of the Magi” lesson and activity strategy package has actually taken me years to put together! I’m quite pleased with it!

” The Present of the Magi” by O. Henry lacks a doubt among my preferred narratives, specifically for the Christmas season. I have actually been teaching it to my trainees for several years, and now I have actually put together 15 various “The Present of the Magi” lesson strategies, activities, and resources for you. It’s 108 pages of activities, handouts and worksheets that cover vocabulary, paradox, the ethical of the story, character analysis, close reading, crucial reading abilities, and a lot more. Lots of activities are separated so you can utilize them with various classes or multi-level classes!

The package even consists of evaluation products. Each resource includes detailed instructor notes and address secrets.

Isn’t “The Present of the Magi” Too Tough for ESL Trainees?

Now when I inform instructors I enjoy to teach “The Present of the Magi” to my ESL trainees, I hear something over and over. Isn’t that story truly difficult?

No, in fact! The story itself is quite easy:

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A couple are quite in love with each other. The partner has extremely gorgeous hair that she enjoys quite. The spouse has a watch that he enjoys quite. They wish to purchase extremely good Christmas presents for each other, however they do not have much cash. So, the partner offers her hair to get cash. and purchases a chain for the watch. Regrettably, the spouse offers his watch to purchase the female gorgeous combs for her hair. Every one quits the important things they enjoy for the other one. While awful, the story shows that the couple love each more than anything.

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It’s a lovely and touching story, a best example of how situational paradox can work. However we do not frequently do it in class, due to the fact that it’s a challenging story. However it’s hard for just 2 factors, both of which I have actually dealt with in my packet.:

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1. The recommendations: There are recommendations to things that might be unknown to a modern-day trainee, specifically one from another nation. There are likewise allusions to the Bible and other sources in the story that trainees might not recognize with. That’s why I have actually offered a gently graded text with footnotes to describe the more odd recommendations and early 20th century products. This lesson pack likewise consists of warm-up activities to get at the primary style and describe the recommendations to the magi.
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2. The vocabulary: (* )Let’s face it. O. Henry was a wordsmith and this story has a great deal of words that are off the 200 most often utilized lists and the AWL. That’s why I have actually consisted of: .
.(* )A master list of those difficult words for your referral.

, unblemished and unabridged. (From the Gutenberg Project-text in the general public domain)

.(* )The graded variation
1. , with a few of the harder vocabulary and turns of expression streamlined along with explanatory footnotes for the more old-fashioned or odd recommendations. .
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2. quick one-paragraph summary and
a scene-by-scene guide to the text
3. that trainees might check out as a streamlined easy-to-read variation. . A word association warm-up where trainees conceptualize on the word “Present”
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4. A fast vocab pre-teach activity to teach
present
5. , watch, watch chain, and hair comb. If trainees do not imagine the best sort of comb, the story can fail. . Anticipating vocabulary words significance from context lesson strategy. .
A comprehensive set of v
6. ocabulary activities to pre-teach 24 keywords from the text.
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7. A thematic heat up on the ethical of the story and the significance of the magi. Trainees checked out the last paragraph carefully and talk about the ethical of the story. I enjoy to begin the lesson by doing this so that trainees can see the more comprehensive photo as they check out.
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8. An alternate warm-up where trainees discuss what a smart present is and compare smart things to important things This gets at the heart of the style of the story.
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9. A lesson on designing crucial reading abilities, consisting of methods of
getting the essence of a story
10. without understanding every word, lessons on forming concerns and anticipating as you check out, and an unidentified vocabulary forecast worksheet. . Comprehensive understanding concerns to direct reading. There’s likewise a “Discover the Expression” activity to assist trainees discover examples of typical styles in the story. .
Worksheet on the Scene
11. to highlight the method the author sets the scene and develops that Jim and Della are bad, however enjoy each other quite. .
Character Research Study Sheets for Jim and Della
12. , plus an enjoyable innovative activity to retell the story through another character’s eyes. .
13. A total lesson on situational paradox including what it is, how it works, and how it varies from coincidence or misfortune.
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14. Conversation Concerns for trainees to dig much deeper into the significance of the text. .
Practice doing
15. exegesis or deep passage analysis on chosen quotes from the story.
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16. A set of(* )essay and Innovative Composing Subjects . Evaluation tools in the type of different tests and tests
, all in open-answer and numerous option type.
17. . This package is created for optimum versatility and flexibility. Go through the entire package and invest a week on this text alone. Or decide on the activities you like finest. Follow the order of the package for a terrific system on this traditional story. Or created your own The Present of the Magi lesson strategy from the range of activities consisted of.
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