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Complete the following activity :
Map the problems and solutions in “The Gift of the Magi” on the diagram below. Two problems have already been filled in.
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‘Gifts’ need not be material gifts. They can be abstract and yet priceless. For example, favours, kindness, help in times of need, etc.
Think of and enlist such unforgettable gifts given to you by :
Siblings/ relatives : ________________.
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Why and how did Della sell her hair? Do you think she did well?
Answer the following question:
Why did Jim sell his gold watch? Do you think he did well?
Answer the following question:
How did the Magi want to celebrate their Christmas (OR) Who were the first people to give Christmas gifts?
Answer the following question:
What is the moral of the story?
Complete: Use the chart below to explain the situational irony in ‘The Gift of the Magi’. For each character, identify what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
| SITUATIONAL IRONY | |
| What Della plans : | What actually happens |
| What Jim plans : | What actually happens : |
Complete the following basic plot diagram :
Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
What would you do if you ran short of money, to buy a birthday gift for one of your parents/ siblings?
Think and answer on your own in a few sentences, in your notebook.
If you share this story with some friends in a junior class, how would they react in the end?
Read the following and answer.
Say WHAT
______ troubled Della on Christmas Eve?
