One of the worst movies ever created is based on one of my favorite short stories, “The Most Dangerous Game.” And when I say one of the worst movies, I mean one of the best movies. It’s so bad it’s good. Today’s literary quote comes from this story. Sanger Rainsford thinks he’s pretty cool as […]
Teaching “The Gift of the Magi” by O’Henry
November 15, 2021 By
In today’s Teaching ELA podcast episode, we discuss a classic Christmas story, which still finds its way in many a literature anthology. Takeaways ELA Common Core Lesson PlansSurprisingly, there’s not a whole lot of Christmas short stories. If you’re going to teach irony in literature, there are very few better authors to teach than O’Henry […]