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Short Story of the Month"After Twenty Years" by O. Henry

Table of Contents

Terms of Use 2

Table of Contents 3

List of Activities, Common Core Standards Alignment, & Difficulty Levels 4

Digital Components/Google Classroom Guide 5

Teaching Guide, Rationale, Lesson Plans, and Procedures: EVERYTHING 6-9

Activity 2: Story (Full Text Included) 10-12

Activity 3: Foreshadowing Analysis w/Key 13-14

Activity 4: Comprehension Quiz w/Key 15-16

Activity 5: Plot Diagram Analysis w/Key 17-18

Activity 6: Vocabulary Guide: Context Clues w/Key 19-22

Activity 7: Analyze Character Point of View w/Key 23-26

Activity 8: Annotation Guide: Characterization 27-29

Activity 9: Categorize Characterization Examples w/Key 30-33

Activity 10: Indirect Characterization Analysis 1 w/ Key 34-35

Activity 11: Indirect Characterization Analysis 2 w/Key 36-37

Activity 12: Analyze & Compare Short Movie w/Key 38-41

Activity 13: Essay Prompt, Outline, and Rubric 42-44

Activity 14: Comprehension Skills Test w/Key 45-50

Activity 15: Ransom of Red Chief Full Text Included 51-59

Activity 16: Final Cumulative Skills Exam PRACTICE w/Key 60-69

TEKS Alignment 70

List of Activities & Standards Difficulty Level: *Easy **Moderate ***Challenge

Activity 1: Journal Activity* SL.7.1

Activity 2: Story – Full Text Included RL.7.10

Activity 3: Foreshadowing Analysis** RL.7.1, RL.7.6

Activity 4: Comprehension Quiz** RL.7.1

Activity 5: Plot Diagram Analysis** RL.7.1, RL.7.3

Activity 6: Vocabulary Guide: Context Clues* RL.1, RL.4

Activity 7: Analyze Character Point of View*** RL.7.6, RL.7.1

Activity 8: Annotation Guide: Characterization** RL.7.3, RL.7.6, RL.7.1

Activity 9: Categorize Characterization Examples*** RL.7.3, RL.7.6, RL.7.1

Activity 10: Indirect Characterization Analysis 1*** RL.7.3, RL.7.6, RL.7.1

Activity 11: Indirect Characterization Analysis 2*** RL.7.3, RL.7.6, RL.7.1

Activity 12: Analyze & Compare Short Movie*** RL.7.7, RL.7.1

Activity 13: Essay Prompt, Outline, and Rubric*** RL.7.1, 4, 7; W.7.3, 7.4, 7.1B

Activity 14: Comprehension Skills Test** RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.6

Activity 15: Ransom of Red Chief Full Text Included RL.7.10

Activity 16: Final Exam SKILLS Practice RL.7.1-10



Teacher’s Guide

Common Core Standards Alignment

Google FormsI have made the assessments available in Google Forms. Here, they are self-grading, and I have set them all up with answer keys so they are ready to go for you. You’ll need to find these two files in your download folder to use Google Forms. The first file contains the links to the Forms, and the second file is explicit instructions for use.



Teacher’s Guide

Instructions for Google Classroom Digital Components

All student activities are available in digital format compatible with Google Classroom. They are available in two formats: Google Slides and Google Forms.

Google SlidesFirst, I have made all student pages (excluding assessments) in Google Slides format. Students can simply add text boxes to any area they wish to type on. To access the Google Slides for this story, copy and paste the link below into your browser:link only available in full resource



Teaching Guide, Rationale, Lesson Plans, and ProceduresI have also discussed here how I use each activity and included hints and links to help you, too. I went ahead and mapped out the days for you. Feel free to take or leave what you like. Even if you don’t plan to follow this schedule, I still recommend reading through this section to get the most out of these activities.

These lessons and activities were designed to meet the needs of seventh graders during the second half of the school year when students have already been introduced to most major concepts like plot, conflict, character traits and characterization, theme, mood, tone, etc.

Teacher’s Guide

Day 11. Activity 1: 10 minutesJournal Activity – Discuss if desiredFind PPT file in download folder. 2. Activity 2: 20 minutesRead “After Twenty Years”(Full text included.)3. Activity 3: 30 minutesForeshadowing Analysis – afterany fun surprise ending, I love to go back and see what clues I missed. I teach my students thisas well, and this activity guidesstudents to do just that, recordingtheir justification in the bubble.

Day 21. Activity 4: 25 minutesComprehension Quiz– Basic Comprehension (Recall Facts) This quiz checks for basic comprehension and recall of the story. There are no higher order thinking questions on this quiz, no inferring, no analyzing, no drawing conclusions, etc. so I do not recommend that students use a copy of the story for this quiz unless they need that as a testing accommodation. Key included (not shown)2. Activity 5: 30 minutesPlot Diagram Graphic Organizer – Finally, here’s a no-frills run-of-the-mill plot diagram for your students to complete. It’s been a while since we had a straight-forward one.

Activity 1

Activity 2

Activity 3

Activity 4

Activity 5



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Day 31. Activity 6: 30 minutesVocabulary Guide – Context CluesHere, students have to use only clues from the sentence to choose a synonym for the way a word is used in the sentence; some wrong answer choices are close but not precise so it’s definitely more of an advanced context clues practice. There are also some harder challenge questions at the end.2. Activity 7: 30 minutesPoint of View Analysis – These questions are specifically created for hitting RL.7.6 HARD. Take a look at them and you might even consider skipping this activity until after the characterization activities have been finished (activities 8-11) if your students may struggle with these questions.

Day 41. Activity 8: 30 minutesAnnotation Guide: CharacterizationStudents start this heavy 2-day character analysis by underlining or highlighting anything that reveals information about the two main characters in this story. Notice that Jimmy is blue and Bob is orange in my annotations. See how much your students can find on their own or let them work with partners if necessary to complete this part, then review before moving onto the next activity.2. Activity 9: 30 minutesOrganize Characterization Examples – Here students must really dig deep and figure out where the annotated information from Activity 8 fits in here. Students decide which information falls under traditional indirect characterization like words, feelings, actions, choices, etc., plus what is revealed by the narrator and what is revealed by the reactions from other characters. This is another prepper activity for the next two.

Activity 6

Activity 7

Activity 8



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Day 51. Activity 10: 30 minutesIndirect Characterization Analysis of Jimmy/Patrolman Wells – Hopefully your students have experienced this activity before with a previous story unit, so I really really really want to encourage you to let students do the whole thing alone (without giving them the second step) which is why I didn’t make a scaffolded version. The hard work is done and they have the chart they made in the last activity to fall back on, so let them grapple. They need to grapple. It’s hard. Struggle is good.2. Activity 11: 30 minutesIndirect Characterization Analysis of ‘Silky’ BobSoo just in case you helped too much with Activity 11, I’m giving you 12 now. It’s your opportunity to really step away and let your students show you what they can do!

Day 611. Activity 12: 35 minutesMovie Comparison activity. Oh my, let me tell you that there are several awful movie versions of this story available and I watched them all to find the best one. Yes, this was the best. It’s lame, but it makes for a good opportunity for your students to compare. Students are asked to dig deep on this one, as they’ll be writing an essay in the next activity. Watch movie, complete analysis, then watch movie again so that they can fill in details wherever else is needed and be completely ready to write that detailed paper.Youtube: https://youtu.be/9A3DBlpPMioBackup: https://goo.gl/aT5G9B

Activity 10

Activity 11

https://youtu.be/9A3DBlpPMio

Activity 12

https://youtu.be/9A3DBlpPMio

https://goo.gl/aT5G9B



Teacher’s Guide

Day 71. Activity 13: 60-90 minutesMovie Comparison Essay Prompt, Organizer, and Rubric. Everything you need is included in these pages of information, including an optional essay-paragraph formula and detailed rubric. You can also edit the rubric and guide in the Editable folder.

Day 81. Activity 14: 40-50 minutesComprehension Skills Test. Meant to be given along with a copy of the selection, though I wouldn’t allow students to use annotated selection unless it was a test modification. Keys included as always (not shown).

Final Assessment PRACTICE Read “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry (full text included) and answer final practice questions. On the answer key, I’ve included the specific common core skills tested by each question.I also broke the story and test down into Part 1 and Part 2, just in case you want to stop and discuss or want to break up the student work load into two days. The first part is about 2/3 of the story and second part includes the remaining. Once students answer the questions, I recommend going over them and discussing the why behind the answers to make sure that when students see these same question types again on the final or a standardized test they can answer them correctly. Answer key included as always but not shown here.Scenes: https://goo.gl/838Vzr

Activity 13

Activity 14

Days 9-10

Activity 15

Activity 16

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we might have to come. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our destiny worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be."

"It sounds pretty interesting," said the policeman. "Rather a long time between meets, though, it seems to me. Haven't you heard from your friend since you left?”

"Well, yes, for a time we corresponded," said the other. "But after a year or two we lost track of each other. You see, the West is a pretty big proposition, and I kept hustling around over it pretty lively. But I know Jimmy will meet me here if he's alive, for he always was the truest, staunchest old chap in the world. He'll never forget. I came a thousand miles to stand in this door to-night, and it's worth it if my old partner turns up."

The waiting man pulled out a handsome watch, the lids of it set with small diamonds. "Three minutes to ten," he announced. "It was exactly ten o'clock when we parted here at

the restaurant door." "Did pretty well out West, didn't you?" asked the policeman. "You bet! I hope Jimmy has done half as well. He was a kind of plodder, though, good

fellow as he was. I've had to compete with some of the sharpest wits going to get my pile. A man gets in a groove in New York. It takes the West to put a razor-edge on him."

The policeman twirled his club and took a step or two. "I'll be on my way. Hope your friend comes around all right. Going to call time on him

sharp?" "I should say not!" said the other. "I'll give him half an hour at least. If Jimmy is alive on

earth he'll be here by that time. So long, officer." "Good-night, sir," said the policeman, passing on along his beat, trying doors as he went. There was now a fine, cold drizzle falling, and the wind had risen from its uncertain puffs

into a steady blow. The few foot passengers astir in that quarter hurried dismally and silently along with coat collars turned high and pocketed hands. And in the door of the hardware store the man who had come a thousand miles to fill an appointment, uncertain almost to absurdity, with the friend of his youth, smoked his cigar and waited.

About twenty minutes he waited, and then a tall man in a long overcoat, with collar turned up to his ears, hurried across from the opposite side of the street. He went directly to the waiting man.

"Is that you, Bob?" he asked, doubtfully."Is that you, Jimmy Wells?" cried the man in the door. "Bless my heart!" exclaimed the new

arrival, grasping both the other's hands with his own. "It's Bob, sure as fate. I was certain I'd find you here if you were still in existence. Well, well, well!--twenty years is a long time. The

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old restaurant’s gone, Bob; I wish it had lasted, so we could have had another dinner there. How has the West treated you, old man?"

"Bully; it has given me everything I asked it for. You've changed lots, Jimmy. I never thought you were so tall by two or three inches."

"Oh, I grew a bit after I was twenty." "Doing well in New York, Jimmy?" "Moderately. I have a position in one of the city departments. Come on, Bob; we'll go

around to a place I know of, and have a good long talk about old times." The two men started up the street, arm in arm. The man from the West, his egotism

enlarged by success, was beginning to outline the history of his career. The other, submerged in his overcoat, listened with interest.

At the corner stood a drug store, brilliant with electric lights. When they came into this glare each of them turned simultaneously to gaze upon the other's face.

The man from the West stopped suddenly and released his arm. "You're not Jimmy Wells," he snapped. "Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough

to change a man's nose from a Roman to a pug." "It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one," said the tall man. "You've been under

arrest for ten minutes, 'Silky' Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and wires us she wants to have a chat with you. Going quietly, are you? That's sensible. Now, before we go on to the station here's a note I was asked to hand you. You may read it here at the window. It's from Patrolman Wells."

The man from the West unfolded the little piece of paper handed him. His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a little by the time he had finished. The note was rather short.

"Bob: I was at the appointed place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face of the man wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldn't do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job. JIMMY."


"After Twenty Years" by O. HenryShort Story of the Month Reading Literature

Skill: Recall Details

Comprehension QuizChoose the best answer.

Activity 4

1. When the story begins, the policeman is moving along the street…

a. trying doors as he went.b. looking for a wanted man.c. trying to avoid the rain.d. walking his dog.

2. The cop approaches a man standing outside of what used to be _____________.

a. Pete’s Pizzeria b. the Detroit Dinerc. Big Joe’ Brady’s restaurantd. the Coffee Shop

3. The policeman finally got a look at the man’s face when…

a. he struck a match to light a cigar.b. headlights illuminated his face.c. the street lamp suddenly flickered on.d. he shone his flashlight.

4. The man says that he traveled ________ miles to stand here tonight.

a. 10b. 100c. 1,000d. 10,000

5. When the waiting man pulled out his watch, it is set with ____________.

a. small diamonds.b. different colored jewel stones.c. golden beads.d. shiny emeralds.

6. Where does Jimmy tell Bob that he works?a. at the school where they both attendedb. in the hardware storec. in one of the city departmentsd. driving a bus

7. While Bob went to the West to make his fortune, Jimmy stayed back in __________.

a. Bostonb. Philadelphiac. New Yorkd. Chicago

8. Bob exclaims, “Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man’s _____________ from a Roman to a pug.”

a. hairb. lipsc. earsd. nose

9. The man from the West was wanted in ___________.

a. Bostonb. Philadelphiac. New Yorkd. Chicago

10. The plain clothes officer hands Bob a note from _________________.

a. Jimmyb. Patrolman Wellsc. both of thesed. neither of these

____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________



VocabularyFocus: Context Clues

Activity 6

11. “It's an appointment made twenty years ago. Sounds a little funny to you, doesn't it? Well, I'll explain if you'd like to make certain it's all straight. About that long ago there used to be a restaurant where this store stands—’Big Joe’ Brady’s restaurant.”

a. After having twelve toddlers attend a birthday party in her small apartment, it took Sandy a while to get the place straight.

b. ”I want the truth,” Dad sternly declared. ”Tell me everything that happened, straight, and from the beginning.”

c. Jamal was already tired, and the road was long and straight, worsening his fatigue. He caught himself nodding off before pulling over and calling for help.

12. Choose either of the sentences from the wrong answer choices above. Write a new sentence that uses the word straight in the same way and with the same meaning as that sentence. Be sure you identify which wrong answer choice you are writing a sentence for.

Read the sentence from the story below, paying careful attention to the boldface word. Then, choose the sentence in which the boldface word has the same meaning and is used in the same way as in the original sentence.

8. ”Doing well in New York, Jimmy?”“Moderately. I have a position in one of the city departments.

a. fairly c. gentlyb. unlimited d. lawfully

9. The man from the West, his egotism enlarged by success, was beginning to outline the history of his career. The other, submerged in his overcoat, listened with interest.

a. underwater c. wrappedb. overwhelmed d. captured

10. “You’ve been under arrest for ten minutes, ‘Silky’ Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and wires us she wants to have a chat with you.”

a. cables c. connectionsb. handcuffs d. messages



Reading LiteratureFocus: Characterization

Activity 8



Reading LiteratureFocus: Characterization

Activity 10

Indirect Characterization Analysisof Jimmy/Patrolman Wells in ”After Twenty Years”

Actions

Choices

Words

Find three examples of indirect characterization of the man in the story. Write an example of his words in the speech bubble, choices in the hand, and actions in the shoe. Then, answer each question in the box next to the shape.

What do these words tell youabout his character?

What does this choice tell youabout his character?

What do these actions tell you about his character?

“I’ll be on my way. I hope your friend comes around all right. Going to call time on him sharp?“

the policeman moved impressively, trying doors, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements

These words show

us that Jimmy is

careful and

thoughtful in what

he does – he thinks

before he acts. He is

considering the best

way to bring down

‘Silky’ Bob without

raising suspicion and

does a good job of

that here.

The narrator tells us that Jimmy

made a “fine picture of a guardian of

the peace,” but these detailed actions

also show us that Jimmy is a

confident and competent police

officer as well.

Instead of arresting his old friend, Jimmy decides to get a plain clothes officer

to do the job.

Jimmy is still a true

and loyal friend even

though now he’s a

faithful ”guardian of

the peace.” He wants

to do what’s right

but can’t bring

himself to arrest

‘Silky’ Bob himself, so

he has another

officer do it.


"After Twenty Years" by O. HenryShort Story of the Month Reading Literature

Cumulative Assessment PRACTICE

11. Read the text evidence below. Select multiple pieces of text evidence that strongly support your answers to questions 9 and 10.

a. That boy put up a fight like a welter-weight cinnamon bear; but, at last, we got him down in the bottom of the buggy and drove away.

b. There was a fire burning behind the big rock at the entrance of the cave, and the boy was watching a pot of boiling coffee, with two buzzard tail feathers stuck in his red hair.

c. “You’re afraid. You was to be burned at sunrise, and you was afraid he’d do it. And he would, too, if he could find a match. Ain’t it awful, Sam?”

d. That boy had Bill terrorized from the start.e. Red Chief was sitting on Bill’s chest, with one hand twined in Bill’s hair. In the other he

had the sharp case-knife we used for slicing bacon; f. But I saw what was a peaceful landscape dotted with one man ploughing with a dun

mule.

12. Which excerpt below best shows how the kid, Johnny, reacts to the kidnappers choice of location?

a. “Sure,” said I. “A rowdy kid like that is just the kid that parents dote on.b. I went up on the peak of the little mountain and ran my eye over the contiguous

vicinity. c. “What’s he up to now?” says Bill, anxiously. “You don’t think he’ll run away, do you

Sam?d. Yes, sir, that boy seemed to be having the time of his life. The fun of camping out in a

cave had made him forget that he was a captive himself.

13. Read the paragraph below. Then, answer the question that follows.We selected for our victim the only child of a prominent citizen named Ebenezer Dorset. The father was respectable and tight, a mortgage fancier and a stern, upright collection-plate passer and forecloser. The kid was a boy of ten, with bas-relief freckles, and hair the colour of the cover of the magazine you buy at the news-stand when you want to catch a train. Bill and me figured that Ebenezer would melt down for a ransom of two thousand dollars to a cent. But wait till I tell you.

Which words does the author use in the excerpt above to suggest how easy the kidnappers think it will be to collect the ransom?

a. “the father was respectable and tight”b. “hair the color of the cover of the magazine you buy at the news-stand”c. “figured that Ebenezer would melt down”d. “but wait I tell you”

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Activity 15

List of Activities & Standards Difficulty Level: *Easy **Moderate ***Challenge

Activity 1: Journal Activity* ELAR.26, 27

Activity 2: Story – Full Text Included

Activity 3: Foreshadowing Analysis** ELAR.6(A,B), 8(A)

Activity 4: Comprehension Quiz** ELAR.3(A)

Activity 5: Plot Diagram Analysis** ELAR.6(A,B)

Activity 6: Vocabulary Guide: Context Clues* ELAR.2(B,E)

Activity 7: Analyze Character Point of View*** ELAR.6(B, C)

Activity 8: Annotation Guide: Characterization** ELAR.6(B, C)

Activity 9: Categorize Characterization Examples*** ELAR.6(B, C)

Activity 10: Indirect Characterization Analysis 1*** ELAR.6(B, C)

Activity 11: Indirect Characterization Analysis 2*** ELAR.6(B, C)

Activity 12: Analyze & Compare Short Movie*** ELAR.6(A,B), 8(A), 17(C)

Activity 13: Essay Prompt, Outline, and Rubric*** ELAR.6(A,B), 8(A), 17(C

Activity 14: Comprehension Skills Test** ELAR.3(A), 6(C)

Activity 15: Ransom of Red Chief Full Text Included

Activity 16: Final Exam SKILLS Practice



Teacher’s Guide

TEKS Alignment

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