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Teaching A Visit from Saint Nicholas

A Visit from Saint Nicholas

"A Visit from St. Nicholas", more commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore.

Clement Clarke Moore
Project Gutenberg

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How does this poem reflect your own feeling about Christmas?
STANDARDS:
RL.2 - Main Ideas, RL.3 - Characters & Plot, RL.5 - Text Structure

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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