An Introduction to A Christmas Carol for GCSE - teaching resource

An Introduction to A Christmas Carol for GCSE - 45 slide PowerPoint based teaching resource with 11 accompanying worksheets  

This resource provides an introduction to the plot of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ for GCSE. It includes:

A differentiated 'Do Now Task' in which learners link illustrations of key moments in the novella to relevant quotations. At higher levels, learners will think about the order in which the illustrations could be placed and which is the most important and why.   

The resource also includes a detailed plot summary of A Christmas Carol broken up into five sections corresponding with each stave in the novella. 

There are eleven worksheets, one for each section, to promote understanding, inference-making and analysis of the novella’s main ideas. The tasks on many of the worksheets contain opportunities for further challenge to stretch more able learners. Click on the images opposite for more details. 

If necessary, this resource can be split over two 50-60 minute lessons.

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