G4: A Christmas Carol

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This lesson contains 19 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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Slide 1 - Video

the Spirit of Christmas yet to Come shows Scrooge how everyone will be devastated the day Scrooge dies
A
true
B
false

Slide 2 - Quiz

Slide 3 - Slide

Slide 4 - Slide

who wrote
A Christmas Carol?

Slide 5 - Mind map

Charles Dickens                             1812-1870
  • Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. 
  • When he was twelve, his father was imprisoned because of personal debt. 
  • Charles was withdrawn from school and forced to work in a warehouse that handled shoe polish to support the family. 
  • This experience was of great impact on his life and career. 
  • After his father's prison release he returned to school.

Slide 6 - Slide

Charles Dickens
Today you are going to find out more about
 Charles Dickens 
and 
 A Christmas Carol. (1843)


Slide 7 - Slide

  • Beyond his personal reasons for writing "A Christmas Carol," Dickens felt a strong need to comment on the enormous gap between the rich and poor in Victorian Britain.
  • It touched many people and was very popular.
  • it helped Christmas become established as a major holiday in Victorian Britain

Slide 8 - Slide

video assignment
Watch the video, then answer questions.


Slide 9 - Slide

what is a novella?
A
a short story
B
a very long novel
C
just a story
D
a short novel

Slide 10 - Quiz

what did A Christmas Carol (1843) call attention to?
A
the spirit of Christmas
B
the poor and deprived
C
the reading of stories

Slide 11 - Quiz

what word did people use for "chapter" in the 19th century?
A
chapter
B
part
C
stave
D
number

Slide 12 - Quiz

What does Marley tell him to do?
A
change his mean and heartless life
B
continue to live as he lives now
C
Celebrate Christmas

Slide 13 - Quiz

Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by 4 spirits (ghosts). Who is the first to visit him?
A
Marley, his deceased business partner
B
Marley, his deceased boss
C
Marley, his deceased relative

Slide 14 - Quiz

the Spirit of Christmas Past makes Scrooge revisit
A
his childhood
B
his past Christmas years
C
his marriage
D
his student years

Slide 15 - Quiz

The Spirit of Chrishtmas Present shows Scrooge how his enormously underpaid employee celebrates Christmas
A
true
B
false

Slide 16 - Quiz

It is Christmas morning. What is the effect on Scrooge after having been visited by 4 spirits?

Slide 17 - Open question

Scrooge's employee has a son who
A
is singing Christmas carols
B
is going to take over the business
C
doesn't like Christmas
D
is very ill and will probably die

Slide 18 - Quiz

write down the title of your favourite Christmas carol (song)

Slide 19 - Mind map