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The Gift of the Magi By O. Henry Directions: Read the short story and answer the questions that follow. Refer to the text to check your answers when appropriate. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the
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A collection of downloadable worksheets, exercises and activities to teach The Gift of the Magi, shared by English language teachers. Welcome to ESL Printables , the website where English Language teachers exchange resources: worksheets, lesson plans, activities, etc.
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One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty- seven cents....
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by negotiating with the men at the market who sold vegetables and meat. Negotiating until one’s face burned with the silent knowledge of being poor. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next ...
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PRE-READING ACTIVITY 1: GIFTS IN YOUR LIFE. “The Gift of the Magi” is a story about a young married couple, Jim and Della, who are very poor. This story tells how they buy Christmas gifts for each other when they have saved very little money. Before you read, think about how you give and receive gifts in your own life and why these gifts ...
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Gift of the Magi, O. Henry. This site provides free vocabulary and reading comprehension worksheets. Each worksheet, suitable for middle school, high school and college level students, includes a short reading, five vocabulary words to define, sentence completion exercises, and two questions to answer.
Extended Reading Comprehension: The Gift of the Magi. In Extended Reading Comprehension: The Gift of the Magi, students will read a three-page adaptation of O. Henry’s short story and answer two pages of comprehension questions targeting a variety of seventh- and eighth-grade literacy skills. Designed for a middle school literacy curriculum ...
