A Christmas Carol - Ghost of Christmas Present - teaching resource

A Christmas Carol – Ghost of Christmas Present

(15-slide PowerPoint presentation with 3 worksheets)

This engaging GCSE English Literature lesson focuses on the introduction of the Ghost of Christmas Present at the beginning of Stave Three of A Christmas Carol. The resource includes a 15-slide fully editable PowerPoint and three accompanying worksheets designed to develop students’ close reading and analytical skills.

The lesson explores the passage from “Awaking in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore…” down to “…as he came peeping around the door.”

Resource highlights:

• A differentiated ‘Do Now’ starter inviting learners to consider key characters encountered so far from a Christian perspective

• Guided close reading of the extract, focusing on:

  • How Dickens presents Scrooge in this passage

  • How Dickens describes Scrooge’s home

  • Our first impression of the Ghost of Christmas Present and how Dickens achieves this

• Analysis of Scrooge’s transformed room, using an illustration as the basis for differentiated questioning

• A learning review plenary where students identify five key insights gained from the lesson

Perfect for classroom teaching, exam preparation, intervention sessions, or revision lessons, this resource develops learners’ understanding of Dickens’ characterisation and themes in A Christmas Carol, while building skills needed for the GCSE English Literature exam.

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