The Gift of Magi

The Gift of Magi

GROUP 5

Member:

Cabugsan, Leonard

Ranain, Nurjalyn

Leparto, Ben

Fiel, Lyndie Amivil

Dela Cruz, Ivy Gay

Tabanyag, Kristine Jade

Submitted to:

Mr. Arnold Duping

 Illustration

I choose to draw a wrist and a comb because this thing is the reason why Della and Jim sold the greatest treasure of their life.

Della sold her beautiful hair to buy the wrist for the watch of Jim and Jim sold his watch to get money to buy the comb for Della.

And I draw a heart at the center to symbolize love, because they show love to each other through sacrificing the valuable things in their life

Kristine Jade J. Tabanyag

Illustrator

The summary

The mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the stage to the second; take a look at the home. A furnish flat at $8 per week, it did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad. Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he has called “Jim” and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young also called “Della”.

These were two possessions of the James Dillingham Young’s in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim’s watch that had been his father’s and his grandfather’s the other was Della’s hair , it reached below her knee and made itself almost a garment for her.

The Dillingham had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20 Mrs. James Dillingham Young had a hard time, in saving a penny because $20 a week doesn’t go so far.

Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only one dollar and eighty-seven cents with which to buy Jim a present. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something, fine,  rare and sterling something- just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor if being owned by Jim.

Della cut and sold her long hair for $20 and rush to the store for Jim’s present. It was a platinum fob chain and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation. It was even worthy of the watch. $21 they took from her for it, and she hurried home with 87 cents.

Della sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered. Then she heard his step. The door opened and Jim steppe in the closed in. His eyes were fixed upon Della and there was an expression in them that she could not read.

Jim noticed about the hair of Della and asks what happen to her hair. Della gives an explanation to him why she cut and sold her hair.

Jim drew a package from his overcoat pocket and threw it upon the table. “I don’t think there’s anything in the way of a haircut or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like a girl any less”. Jim said to Della. White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper, for there lay the combs- the set of combs, side and back, that Della had worshipped long in a Broadway window. Beautiful combs, pure tortoise shell, with jeweled rims-just the shade to wear in the beautiful vanished hair. Jim sold his watch to get the money to buy a comb for Della.

Della held his beautiful present to Jim. But instead of using it Jim had decided to put their Christmas present away and keep them for a while for it’s too nice to use just a present.

Ivy Gay A. Dela Cruz

Summarizer

Discussion

1.    Did Della play a great role in Jim’s life?

Ans. Della plays a great role in Jim’s life because, Della is the housewife of Jim in the first place and also Jim loves Della.

2.    What is the main concept of the story?

Ans. The main concept of the story is we have to love one another, celebrate Christmas even though we have no gift. Because, the important thing in Christmas is that we are complete in the family and we have strong relationship to each other with our almighty God.

3.    Why does Della want to sell her hair?

Ans. Della wants to sell her hair because he wants to buy Christmas gift to Jim.

4.    Do we need to have Christmas present?

Ans. We don’t need to have a Christmas present because, we have already received our gifts in our everyday given life by God. And the true essence of Christmas is giving thanks to god for everything. Our family, and all the things that he gave to us.

5.    What is the reaction of Jim when he saw the hair of Della?

Ans. The reaction of Jim when he saw the hair of Della is not  really good to see because, at first he get mad to Della of what she did. But when he knew the reason of Della why she cut her hair he was overwhelm and he knew from Della that they love very much each other.

Leonard A. Cabugsan

Discussion

Passage Picker

“I don’t think there’s anything in the way of a haircut or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl less”

     I choose this line because the husband didn’t care of what happened to the hair of his wife. For him, his love for his wife is everlasting and no one can ruin that everlasting love. No matter what happened, the love is still there and no one can defeat it.

Lyndie Amyvil M. Fiel

Passage Picker

Connection to life

The Gift of Magi

“The Magi, as you know, were wise men- wonderfully wise men- who brought to the babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas present”.

December is the most awaited month of the year. It is the time to celebrate Christmas. One way of celebrating it, is to give present/gifts to each other. As the magi did at the time of Jesus birth, we, at the present time gave gifts to our love ones as assign that we love them and they are special to us. We see to it that we give a thing that they liked most.

We are practicing exchanging gifts at Noche Buena because we believed that the spirit of Christmas is about giving, about sharing and about loving each other. The tradition that we adapted from the Magi, two thousand years ago makes our Christmas more wonderful and memorable.

Ben R. Leparto

Connector

Vocabulary list

The Gift of Magi

·         Instigate – get something started; to cause a process to start

1.)  When Jim and Della fight, it usually money that instigates the argument.

·         It used as a transitive verb which means “reason”

2.)  The illegal logging that instigates the flood becomes more prohibited by the government.

·         Agile – able to move ease

1.)  Della’s movements were graceful and agile, like a cat’s.

·         It is used as an adjective modifying the subject “movements”

2.)  Marie’s walking style is agile.

·         Depreciate – lessen the value of something.

1.)  Will the value of the jewels depreciate, or will their worth increase?

·         It is used as transitive verb lose value.

2.)  The value of silver depreciate due to gold’s presence.

·         Cascade – a fast downward flow of liquid.

1.)  Like a cascade, tears ran down Della’s cheeks.

·         It used as transitive verb flow.

2.)  The gun on our tank caused cascade.

·         Ransacking – searching thoroughly but handling things carelessly.

1.)  Della was ransacking her pulse. Looking in every pocket for a coin.

·         It is used as transitive verb looking or searching.

2.)  She was ransacking her friend’s assignment for an answer.

·         Discreet – good at keeping secrets.

1.)  To Jim, the discreet thing to do was not to mention the gift.

·         It is used as adjective modifying the subject on the sentence.

2.)  George’s discreet attitude eared the  trusts of his friends.

·         Scrutiny – careful assessment

1.)  Carefully scrutiny of the jacket showed many wom spots.

-       It is used as noun, carefully scrutiny.

2.)  Jay reviewed his answers with scrutiny.

·         Nimble – light in movement.

1.)  With nimble hands she untied the carefully wrapped package.

-       It is an adjective modifying “hands.”

2.)  Jaya danced with nimble feet.

·         Coveted – ever longed for.

1.)  She received the coveted treasure.

-       Used an adjective modifying “treasure.”

2.)  Mrs. Santos gave the coveted grades by her students.

·         Singed a little destroyed by fire.

1.)  Della look at her singed hair, which she had burned while using the curling iron.

-       It is used as adjective modifying the “hair.”

2.)  Singed forest ruined the mountain’s beauty.

Nurjalyn Ranain

Vocabulary Enhancer