1. The Gift of Magi, page 151 Orange literature book
Use THIEVES to predict what story is about
Title, headings, intro, visuals, end of story, skim
audio

2. Make prediction chart will help number 5 on page 159
What Della plans
What actually happens:
What Jim plans
What actually happens:
Explain this is called irony…expecting one thing to happen but something entirely different happens.

3. Luxury poem Use THIEVES to predict what story is about
Title, headings, intro, visuals, end of story, skim

4. Luxury poem
voice=
List literal meaning for luxury (dictionary meaning).
List non-literal meaning or connotative, meaning the emotional meaning of luxury is______ what is meant by the poem.
Theme of poem and why
Tone= romantic
voice=informal by use of lower case is and fragments
literal = luxury of society making things easier
Non literal means love is the most important thing
Theme love is the real luxury. Being rich doesn’t necessarily mean you are happy or have luxury. All you need is love to be happy. Love is the real luxury.
Tone=romantic

5. Vocab in action, page 160 Write the meaning of the word that is most different from the others2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1=a
2=d
3=a culvert (drain covered channel carries water), vestible (porch, entrance), foyer, anteroom (hall, lobby, waiting room
4=d
5=d (cascade) flow, force, falls, gush downward flow of something), flow, hang or lie, move on to next thing
6=c
7=d; coveted=yearn to have
8=a; prudence=caution think of prude or good sense
9=c
10=a; inconsequential=unimpotant or minor, petty

6. Compare and contrast couples in stories “The Necklace and Gift of the Magi”. To answer ? p 159 number 7
Between movie and texts, compare/contrast:
Necklace, page 26 and Gift of Magi page 151.