Today in class we read "Gift of the Magi," and then started working on the story handout. We established that a good claim inferred from the theme would be "There is no greater gift than love." Students started finding textual evidence from the story to support this theme. Since I provided a handout of the story, this assignment will not be homework, and we will finish up the work tomorrow in class.
The Author We Learned About Today:
William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was
an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay,
warm characterization and clever twist endings.
What is a claim?
See this link for more information: http://www.flocabulary.com/thesis/
What is textual evidence?
See this link for more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFkdLQunJEM
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