Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Post your objective summaries of the short story "The Gift of the Magi" in the comments below.


Remember, an objective summary includes all of the important information in the story without including your opinion or prejudices. 



21 comments:

  1. Mr. Ogilby great book for the class to read. I really liked it and I finished my plot diagram hopefully we can read more books like this in class:)

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    1. Thanks for your input, but remember-- an objective summary is one that does not give your opinion about the work!

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  2. Summary of The Gift Of Maggie is that she tries to save up to get a great gift for her grandma on Christmas Day.

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    1. Hmm. Who is she? I think you may have misread the story.

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  3. The Gift Of The Magi is About Jim and Della they are married and have little money. they get to get by and it is Christmas and they both ant to by each other a gift for Christmas.

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  4. Della didnt have enough money to buy Jim a Christmas Present so she cut her hair off and sold it for $20. But when Jim gave Della her gift they thought they should keep their gifts for a long time

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  5. Della didn't have enough money to buy Jim a present.To solve her problem she cut and sod her hair so she could get Jim a wonderful present for christmas

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  6. Della and Jim didn't have enough money to each other a Christmas present. So Della cut and sell her hair and jim sold his watch, and they took their belongings and get each other a christmas present.

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  7. This book is about a couple named Jim and Della.They both sell their most valuable things for a gift for each other.

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  8. The book is about a couple that is trying to get a gift for each other by selling items

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    1. What kind of items? How does it work out for them?

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  9. this book is about Jim and Della. both selling things to give gifts for eachother

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    1. Make sure you use complete sentences and you check your punctuation.

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  10. This book is about to people trying to give each other something for Christmas. Jim sold his watch to get Della a Christmas present. Della sold her hair to Jim a Christmas present.

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  11. This book is about people trying to give presents for Christmas. Jim and Della both sold something to give each other a present for Christmas. Della sold her hair and Jim sold his watch.

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  12. the gift of the magi is about a girl that is trying to get money to buy a gift for her grandma. but it is hard because she has little money.

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  13. the gift of the magi is about Della and Jim buying Christmas gifts for each other but jim bought her a hair dier and she sold her hair for his gift a clip for his watch but he sold his watch for her hair dier. And they decided to keep the gifts somewhere because they were too nice to wear them.

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