The Gift of the Magi PowerPoint with Easel Assessment

The Gift of the Magi Figurative Language, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. Animated PowerPoint on the short story by O. Henry. A good digital resource for the holidays to go with this classic Christmas story. Includes a self-grading Easel Assessment. Focus on figurative language. Complete lesson with before, during, and after reading activities. Has background information about the author, twelve critical vocabulary words, review of foreshadowing and suspense, and a link to read the story online. Students close read to find foreshadowing and suspense and focus rereading on discovering figurative language. Includes definitions and examples of figurative language in the story (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and idiom). Discussion questions, explanations with examples of irony and allusion, and concludes with a short story writing activity with a 100-point grading checklist (includes a printable copy at the end). Includes a quick interactive comprehension check. Use this digital resource in video conferencing or Zoom for remote learning. Share with students in OneDrive and Microsoft Teams. Upload to Google Drive and save as Google Slides, and it will automatically convert for use in Google Classroom. It is editable and easy to make adjustments if necessary. View in Slideshow mode. See full preview. Note: animations do not show in the preview.

You might also like this vocabulary test for the story:

The Gift of the Magi Vocabulary TEST

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