Christmas+Carol

=**Background**= There are a few seconds that talk about his "Mistress" so you can blip that if you think you need to. media type="file" key="The Life of Charles Dickens BBC.mp4" width="300" height="300" Research activity: put students in groups. Each person receives a topic to research. They meet with the people who have the same topic and work together. They make a presentation of some sort and meet back with their original groups to present. =**Mind Map**= I got a huge piece of butcher paper that I used for mine (I taped it up front every time we read it). Students had their own large piece of art paper for theirs. Things you could map: = = =**YouTube Clips**= Marley in the door knocker page 14media type="file" key="Jacob Marley In The Door Knob - A Christmas Carol (2009) - HD.mp4" = = = = =**Reader's Theater**= Stave 1--I made this one and we had a lot of fun with it Entire Story Condensed
 * Sign posts
 * Figurative language
 * Writer's craft (point of view, flash back, imagery, dialogue, sentence structure, text structure, word choice, style, tone, voice, etc)
 * How Scrooge changes over time (character development). Students could collect evidence while reading and have to write about it.
 * Vocabulary: after you discuss words along the way students can add the words to the border of their map so it's framed in Dicken's vocabulary.

=**Plot Structure Sheet**= =Articles= Why did Dickens name him Ebenezer Scrooge? = = =**Essay Ideas**= =**Packets, assignments, worksheets, ideas**= A lot of pages but some great Grammar Practice and Vocabulary: [|Christmas Carol Quiz]
 * In the opening chapter, the reader is introduced to Bob Crachit and his relationship with Ebenezer Scrooge.
 * Part 1: Compare/contrast the two men as they are presented in the beginning of the novel.
 * Part 2: Explain the working relationship between the two men.
 * Part 3: Briefly describe why Bob Crachit chose to continue working in this environment. Use the text to justify your response.
 * The symbolism of the chains that Jacob Marley is forced to carry around with him is particularly significant. Describe the physical description of the chains, and explain why the items that Jacob Marley must carry with him are significant to his life. Finally, explain why these items were used as a warning to Ebenezer Scrooge.
 * Which spirit's message had the greatest impact on Scrooge? Student respond using textual evidence to support their claim.
 * Have students write obituaries for Jacob Marley and Ebenezer Scrooge.
 * Encourage students to write an obituary for Scrooge before they read the story and //after// they read it.
 * Invite students to write a diary entry about the Christmas Eve events from the point of view of Scrooge's nephew Fred.
 * Ask students to make a Christmas card that Scrooge might have sent at the beginning of the story and one he might send at the end of the story.
 * Encourage students to write a newspaper article explaining what happened between Marley and Scrooge.
 * Have students draw each of the three ghosts, based on the descriptions in the story with written evidence from the story supporting their depiction.
 * Compare/Contrast Scrooge and the Grinch
 * Have students summarize the story in a powerpoint. Organize by S.P.A.C.E (setting, people, action, climax, ending)
 * Watch the movie at the end (like the day before Xmas break). Amren has the movie if you need it. I made my class French Toast with homemade syrup during the movie. I'd love to help if this is something you want to do!
 * Compare contrast scenes from the movie with the muppets Christmas Carol.