[LM_NET] The Gift of the Magi

["Kloefkorn, Mary" <mkloefkorn@GODDARDUSD.COM>]

My English teacher and I are preparing to read Dicken's A Christmas Carol, and she 
would like me to read The Gift of the Magi  to the class and have some activities 
before beginning the novel.  The problem was that when we tried this last year, the 
language in The Gift of the Magi is so archaic that the students have trouble 
grasping the beauty and meaning.  My question is this - does anyone know of a story 
that is an "updated" version, or the same storyline in a more modern setting?

Thanks,

Mary Kloefkorn, Librarian
D. D. Eisenhower Middle School
2700 S. 199th St. W.
Goddard, KS  67052
316-794-4117
mkloefkorn@goddardusd.com

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