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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.

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Takeaways

  1. ELA Common Core Lesson PlansSurprisingly, there’s not a whole lot of Christmas short stories.
  2. If you’re going to teach irony in literature, there are very few better authors to teach than O’Henry and this is his most well known.
  3. Life is full of the unexpected. 

Links

  1. “Gift of the Magi” Lesson Ideas
  2. Irony in Short Stories Lesson Plans

Last Updated on November 15, 2021 by Trenton Lorcher

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