The gift of magi

Barney Levitt | OIL | The Gift Of The Magi

I had read this story before but reading it this time, on the spongy brown carpet of the piano teachers’ house, within sight of a woodstove and warm with both Phoebe and Josie in my lap, I still sniffled. You have probably heard this story, too. It is an old one, frequently adapted and retold, […]

The entire text of "Teaching The Gift of the Magi" with embedded questions aligned to Common Core and Depth of Knowledge (DOK) as well as scaffolding notes and media.

Settle in, pour a steaming cup of your favorite drink, and enjoy a bit of Story Time for the holidays as a little treat. You can read this to your kids, if you want, but consider this first a story for yourself. I’ve enjoyed reposting this the past few years around this part of the holidays—when we could all use a few-minute breather…. The Gift of the Magi is a short story published in a collection of works called The Four Million, by O. Henry (the pseudonym for William Sidney Porter). First…

O, Henry - The Gift of the Magi

With the last weekend before Christmas approaching... ...let's look at how True Love and Christmas shopping can go hand-in-hand! This straightforward adaptation of O Henry's Christmas classic appeared in Pendulm Press' Best of O Henry (1977) digest-sized comic. Written by John Fago (whose father, longtime comic artist/editor Vince Fago packaged the series) and illustrated by Anton Caravana, it was part of a series of Classics Illustrated-type publications released like the Scholastic Book…

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