A Christmas Carol - Caroline's Family - teaching resource

A Christmas Carol – Caroline’s Family

(14-slide PowerPoint teaching resource with 2 worksheets)

This engaging GCSE English Literature lesson focuses on Dickens’ presentation of Caroline and her husband’s response to Scrooge’s death in Stave Four of A Christmas Carol. The resource includes a 14-slide fully editable PowerPoint and two supporting worksheets, designed to develop close reading and analytical skills.

Resource highlights:

• A differentiated retrieval starter task encouraging learners to use prior knowledge and logical thinking to identify the odd image out

• Guided close reading of the extract from “The Phantom spread its dark robe before him for a moment” to “...will be for ever present to me.”

• A comprehension worksheet matching 10 questions to the correct answers to consolidate understanding

• Stretch and challenge activities to deepen analysis and extend higher-level thinking

• Suggested answers included for all tasks to support teacher assessment and feedback

Ideal for classroom teaching, exam preparation, intervention sessions, or revision lessons, this resource helps learners explore Dickens’ presentation of Caroline’s family and its thematic significance in A Christmas Carol.

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