This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 30 min
Items in this lesson
V4 - Week 5 - Lesson 2
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Lesson goals
- You will have read and analysed a short story
- You will have practised your team work skills
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Today's Lesson
Short Story: The Gift of the Magi
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The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry
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What are Magi? (in your own words)
Slide 5 - Open question
The Magi
The biblical Magi, also referred to as the Wise Men or Kings, were – in the Gospel of Matthew and Christian tradition – distinguished foreigners who visited Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
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Short Story: The Gift of the Magi
Sit in groups of 4 students
Read the story
Answer the questions in the reader in English
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Did the story end the way you expected?
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A
Yes
B
No
Slide 8 - Quiz
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Describe the apartment
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What can you tell about their relationship?
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Slide 10 - Open question
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What themes can you find in the story?
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Think of two comparable presents they might have given each other if the story had been set in today's time