May 13, 2025 - LESSON 4: The Gift of the Magi
Specific Expectations:
- use appropriate strategies to monitor comprehension when reading informational and narrative texts
- use appropriate strategies to discover the meaning of unfamiliar and technical words encountered in their reading
- use appropriate strategies to make inferences about and interpret different types of texts
- use appropriate strategies to edit written work
Learning Goals:
Today you will:
- Use context clues to find the meanings of new words
- Understand how to use the reading strategy and visualization to understand a narrative text
- Read and respond to the narrative text "The Gift of the Magi."
- Make inferences about the text
- Write a summary of the text
Watch the video explaining how to use visualization to help you better understand what you read. Do you think that this strategy will work for you?
As you read the short story "The Gift of the Magi", try to visualize the characters, setting, and events. Take notes, or even sketch what you imagine. You may be asked to share the results of this process with the class.
Part 1 Summarize the text. List five to seven key events from the story in the order in which they happen. Your summary should include the main points from the beginning, middle, and end of the story. It shouldn't be longer than 3 paragraphs. (HOMEWORK)
Part 2 Once you have finished your summary, compare your work to your partner. If you believe that your summary can be improved, edit your work and submit both versions. (Wednesday, in class).