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A Christmas Carol Lesson Plans | Entire Novel Study

Included is a PDF of the  novella  A Christmas Carol  by Charles Dickens  published December 19, 1843.

This resource makes it easy to upload the book to your teacher webpage so your students have easy access to the story! You could also print the text (or specific parts of it) for students to annotate and analyze.

This resource includes an  ANTICIPATION GUIDE (pre-reading activity) for the novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

An anticipation guide is a comprehension strategy that is used BEFORE reading to activate students’ prior knowledge and build curiosity about a new topic.

In this lesson, students will respond to several claims by indicating if they agree or disagree with that said statement. Next, students will work collaboratively in groups to answer related discussion questions to further build anticipation about the novel before reading.

Before reading  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens , you will want to familiarize your students with important concepts from the novella including  author background information and historical context.

In this pre-reading activity, teachers will use the Powerpoint presentation to teach students about numerous topics related to the novella and students will use a  guided notes worksheet  to copy necessary notes as well as participate in important discussions about the lesson.

This lesson includes background info on the following:

• Charles Dickens
• Setting 1840s
• Industrial Revolution
• Queen Victoria and Victorian Era
• Debtor’s Prison
• 19th Century London
• Christmas Traditions of the 19th Century
• Author’s Inspiration
• Upcoming Themes

If you are working on a  novel study for  A Christmas Carol  by Charles Dickens, these Vocabulary Lists, Practice Activities, and Quizzes  will work perfectly for you!

There are 5 sets of vocabulary words, divided by staves (Stave 1 Part 1, Stave 1 Part 2, Stave 2, Stave 3, Stave 4+5). There are 95 vocabulary words in total.

Included in this resource:

• Vocabulary Lists for teacher with answers
• Powerpoint presentation with words and definitions for teaching purposes
• Graphic organizers for students for every section of words to fill in, which entails the definition, part of speech, and a synonym
• Corresponding practice activities for every section
• Quizzes (or additional practice) divided by sections
• ANSWER KEYS for all

Make sure your students are completing their independent reading for the novel  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens  with these quick  Reading Checks or Chapter Quizzes ! This product works well if your students are reading independently or if you are reading as a class and you want to ensure students are paying attention! 🙂

These questions require brief responses; they are recall questions that are meant to be simple to remember for anyone who has completed the reading. This is a tool used simply to check that students are completing the independent reading, comprehending the basic information, and/or are engaged during class.

The reading checks are divided by every individual stave (5). There are three different versions of every set of questions (a, b, and c). This is so you can use different quizzes for different classes and avoid cheating (students talk and share answers).

This product includes a Powerpoint presentation as well as printable worksheets (PDF).

To administer quizzes:

• project the questions on your board for students to see
• have students use scrap paper or lined paper to write their answers down (or print the worksheets included)
• when everyone is done, have students grade each other’s answers by switching papers in class
• review the correct answers out loud and project them on the board
• collect graded quizzes

Teacher answer keys included!

While completing a novel study for the novella  A Christmas Carol  by Charles Dickens  have your students answer reading comprehension questions for every chapter   (staves)   using this organized packet.

Included are 5 sets of questions (one for every stave) which analyze character motives, themes, symbols, irony, dialogue, and basic comprehension of the plot.  Detailed answer keys  are provided for all questions. There are also  after reading discussion questions  included in the Stave 5 section. You can print this resource as one all-encompassing packet or you can provide students worksheets one stave at a time.

Included in this resource are 5 individual  journal prompts  based on each chapter of the  novella  A Christmas Carol  by Charles Dickens.  These journal prompts are meant to be used at the end of every chapter or can be used as one final packet after the novella is completed.

Students will reflect on their personal feelings and connections associated with the major conflicts of each specific stave. This is a great tool for writing practice, journaling, and checking in during a novel study.

In this resource, your students will identify and analyze different types of  figurative language  in the novella  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

There are three parts to this activity:

Multiple Choice (12 questions)

Matching (14 questions)

Open-Ended (6 questions)

Students will cover the following literary devices:  parallelism, symbolism, metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia.

Throughout this lesson, students will determine the type of figurative language used, its literal meaning, and explain the significance and impact of Dickens’s words. Students can work in pairs, groups, or independently on this activity.

After reading  A Christmas Carol  by Charles Dickens,  have your students write a  persuasive essay  based on the prompt provided. This resource includes a short lesson on persuasive writing, the essay prompt, essay rubric, and brainstorming graphic organizer ( persuasion map )!

The writing rubric focuses on: content, style, conventions, focus, organization, and format.

The graphic organizer is designed to match the prompt and will guide students to write a cohesive five paragraph essay. The persuasion map is ready-to-print (PDF).

Included in this product you will get a printable copy of the prompt/rubric (PDF) as well as a copy that is editable for teachers (Word Document) that way teachers can adjust the point values, expectations, etc.

The Persuasive Writing Lesson  is in Powerpoint format. This lesson will teach students about what is included in persuasive writing and how to organizer their ideas, including a  thesis  statement.

In this resource, your students will review and analyze several essential conflicts that develop the plot and themes of the novella  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Included in this lesson:

• Character vs Self
• Character vs Character
• Character vs Nature
• Character vs Society
• Character vs Supernatural
• Character vs Fate
• Character vs Technology
• 9 Examples of Conflict from the novella  A Christmas Carol  where students will answer a series of questions using textual evidence for EACH conflict. Students will work in groups to complete the graphic organizers. They will analyze how the conflicts impact the story and become resolved. For Example: Scrooge vs Christmas (PDF and Word document available for teachers to edit)
• Teacher Answer Key

Have your students share their understanding of the novel  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens  by imaginatively blending their written ideas with colorful images based on information from the text. With this  one-pager reading comprehension project,  students will analyze the literature by determining theme, symbolism, characterization, and more. Students’ artwork make for unique and creative analyses of the literature and also make great bulletin boards!

Included in this purchase is:

• Student directions for the one pager project (PDF)
• Rubric for the one pager project (PDF)
• Example one pager based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (PDF)
• 13 BLANK TEMPLATES (printable—optional) (PDF)
• EDITABLE Copy of student directions in case teachers would like to make modifications (word document)

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A Christmas Carol Digital Escape Room

Are you READY to unlock your  Christmas  Spirit!!!? Bah, Humbug no more…

Your students are going to love deciphering and solving puzzles in this festive and spooky  360° digital escape room  themed activity! Students must unlock a chest that holds their Christmas spirit. In order to do so, they will travel through the past, the present, and the future… meeting three ghosts along the way! There are FIVE awesome escape room scenes in this one activity, so students really get the feel that they are traveling through time! This activity is designed to work for a laptop, tablet, or smart phone. Students will solve a series of clues based on the novel  A Christmas Carol  by Charles Dickens  in order to crack the master lock and release their Christmas spirit. This game requires reading comprehension skills; students must find textual evidence to solve the puzzles. Watch the video preview to get a closer look at the clues and the rooms!

This activity is created for after reading the novel  A Christmas Carol , and is best utilized near the end of a unit as a review or just for fun!

Included in this download are teacher instructions, student instructions, clue graphic organizer, answer keys, and a reflection sheet.

This resource includes:  A Christmas Carol Final Test with Answer Key!

This test, based on  Charles Dickens’  A Christmas Carol , requires students to establish what they learned from the novella and their overall comprehension of the book. This assessment requires students’ knowledge about: setting, symbolism, figurative language, characterization, theme, and more.

The exam consists of 55 questions and offers students an opportunity to demonstrate knowledge, skills, and abilities in a variety of ways:

• 25 multiple choice questions
• 12 character identification questions
• 9 true or false questions
• 9 short answer questions (2-5 sentences)

This resource includes the following file types:

• READY TO PRINT Test Student Copy (PDF)
• EDITABLE Test Student Copy (Word document)
• READY TO PRINT Test Teacher Copy with Answers (PDF)

Your students will enjoy searching for different words from the novella  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens  in this activity. This resource includes  FIVE different Word Search worksheets  with different puzzles correlating to each Stave (chapter). The words are hidden in all directions making these the perfect challenge!  ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED!

This is an awesome activity for early finishers! You could also assign these as extra credit or just something fun to enjoy in class/at home.

The words in each puzzle are pulled directly from each Stave in the novella. Some words highlight mood and tone, some feature aspects of theme and plot, and some words highlight characters and academic vocabulary.

(A few example words: Marley, Nephew, Humbug, Workhouse, Scrooge, Donate, Knocker, Children, Ignorance, Want, Business, Christmas, Party, Greedy, Cold, Blithe, Solemn, Ghost, Liberality, Turkey)

This resource includes A Christmas Carol Movie Guide and Film Analysis.

This is based off of the film A Christmas Carol (2009), directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, and Colin Firth. Based on the novella  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens,  the film is 96 minutes in length.

This activity is available as PDF (ready to print) and Word Document (for editing purposes). An answer key is also provided.

This works perfectly at the end of a novel study for the novella A Christmas Carol! Students can appreciate the film and analyze the extent to which the film stays faithful to or departs from the text, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.

Charles Dickens Author Study — Literary Legends Collaborative Poster

Have your students create a collaborative poster and learn about  Charles Dickens  in a new and engaging way!

Your students will create an author biography by researching Charles Dickens and establishing his profile on a poster.

Students will learn about Charles Dickens’s life and his body of work as a legendary author.

This is perfect for any unit on Dickens’ novels, to include:

A Christmas Carol

A Tale of Two Cities

Great Expectations

Oliver Twist

David Copperfield

Additionally, your students will discover the importance of collaboration and effective communication.

This resource includes  FIVE FULL WEEKS of content for the novella  A Christmas Carol  by Charles Dickens.

Additionally, in this  UNIT PLAN BUNDLE , you will receive a teacher guide that encompasses an example Unit Schedule/ Pacing Guide!

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Reading and writing tasks

Based on Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol , this resource includes a number of reading and writing activities to develop students' understanding of Scrooge and Marley's Ghost, and Dickens' descriptions of settings.

Tasks include text analysis, quotation selection, vocabulary study, story planning and descriptive writing. They would work well alongside reading parts of Stave 1 and some would be appropriate to set for a cover teacher.

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Enhance your A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens lesson plans with these highly engaging and thought-provoking creative writing prompts. Perfect for a range of class activities, including bell ringers, homework assignments, writing assessments, and sub lessons, these prompts will help your students deepen their understanding and analysis of the novel. With a focus on characters, themes, and concepts such as forgiveness and greed, these writing prompts encourage critical thinking and imaginative writing.

The download includes the following:

★ A list of all 10 prompts for Stave 2

★ Individual handouts for each prompt on which students can write their creative pieces.

Some examples of the prompts include:

➤ Write a letter from Scrooge to his younger self, reflecting on the memories and scenes shown to him by the Ghost of Christmas Past.

➤ Create a short story from the perspective of Scrooge's sister, Fan, recounting the moment when she brought young Scrooge home for good.

Due to the range of prompts, students can pick their own challenge or you can select it for them so you can differentiate for students of different levels. Don't miss out on this valuable resource for teaching Dicken's A Christmas Carol in your English language arts or literature classroom. These writing prompts are sure to be a hit with your students and help them get the most out of their reading of Stave 2!

If you are looking for more A Christmas Carol resources, then check out:

★ A Christmas Carol Post-Reading Stave Creative Writing Prompts Bundle

★ A Christmas Carol Post-Reading Creative Tasks

★ A Christmas Carol Roll the Dice Discussion Boards

★ A Christmas Carol Crossword

★ A Christmas Carol Stave Review Word Searches

★ A Christmas Carol Bingo

★ A Christmas Carol Word Search

If you are looking for more resources for the texts you teach, check out:

★ Macbeth Creative Writing Bundle

★ The Crucible Creative Writing Bundle

★ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Creative Writing Bundle

★ The Raven Post-Reading Creative Writing Prompts

★ Famous First Lines Writing Prompts - YA Edition

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A Christmas Carol Worksheets and Printables

Published: December 18, 2018

Contributor: Sarah Shelton

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We love doing unit studies during the Christmas holiday break. These A Christmas Carol worksheets and unit studies will make the very best out of this amazing Christmas classic.

A Christmas Carol Worksheets

Unit studies are a fun way to take a break from academics and lesson plans. Children learn about something we may not normally fit into our daily homeschool schedule. Our children may have seen plenty of Christmas time movies. However, a deep dive into the classic movie is a great way for our students to learn during the holidays.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a wonderful, classic story to read out loud and learn about during Christmas time.

Is A Christmas Carol good for kids?

Children from the ages of 7 to 18 can totally read the classic A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens in 1843 on their own. They can learn lots from it. You can read simple versions to your children younger than that in an easy-to-read version – Christmas Carol .

What is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens about?

The story’s main character is Ebenezer Scrooge who truly is a miser (wealth hoarder/a cheapskate). He is also NOT fond of Christmas at all. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by four ghosts. They are the ghost of Christmas past, the ghost of Christmas future, present, and his former partner Jacob Marley.

Their visit is all in hopes that Scrooge will change his ways. Otherwise, he will face the negative consequences of staying the same. Our children can learn about helping others, thinking of others, and the importance of love and compassion. Students also can learn about greed and its impacts.

Where can we access A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens?

Your students can read this book for free on the Project Gutenberg public domain.

They can also listen to it being read aloud from LibriVox .

If your family prefers the physical copy, you can purchase it on Amazon .

A Christmas Carol Worksheets PDF

After reading this story, there are lots of free printables to create your own unit study on this classic. Check all you need for your own unit study on this Christmas classic below.

A Christmas Carol Worksheets & Printables

Enhance your student’s learning experience by incorporating fun unit studies into the holiday season. These A Christmas Carol worksheets and unit studies help make connections to the classic movie. 

Unit Studies for A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol Printable Unit Study and Activity Pages – From Ebenezer Scrooge to Tiny Tim, your elementary students will enjoy this classic tale. The fun A Christmas Carol unit study is perfect for kicking off the holiday lessons in your home.

Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol Unit Study – This is a great source to explain the details of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol . It has information about Dickens, explains the impact of the book on our holiday season, and more.

5 Fun Ways to Turn the Muppets Christmas Carol into a Homeschool Unit Study – Ever think your kids can learn from the Muppets, Christmas Carol ? They totally can with this homeschool unit study for Christmas time.

A Christmas Carol Mini Unit

Christmas Carol Mini Unit – This mini-unit for A Christmas Carol comes with 6-pages that include a Kwanzaa guide, viewing guides, homework assignments, a short quiz, and a final book project.

A Christmas Carol Complete Teaching Unit – Are you teaching a unit on A Christmas Carol for middle school students or high school students? This teaching unit includes comprehensive questions for studying. Your students can also use background notes, vocabulary lists, allegory work, a final exam, and more.

60 Page Christmas Carol Workbook – You will not want to miss this 60-page workbook to add your A Christmas Carol unit study for your homeschool. It features the Victorian classic and is appropriate for grade levels 5 and above.

A Christmas Carol Lesson Plans

A Christmas Carol Lesson Plan – To make sure your students are comprehending the classic novel, this lesson plan is a great addition to your unit. The only active link is the Ghost of Christmas Present lesson plan exploring the topic of characters and choices.

A Christmas Carol Notebooking Pages

A Christmas Carol Printable Notebooking Page – This free notebooking page features images from three different scenes in the novel. It is a simple downloadable PDF.

Free PowerPoint Presentations for A Christmas Carol – Check out this awesome list of free presentations in PowerPoint format for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. You will also find kids’ games, and resources for homeschool parents as well to help with teaching.

A Christmas Carol Writing Activity

A Christmas Carol Christmas Reflection Writing Activity – Your middle school students  (7th – 9th) grade can use this as a simple Christmas reflection prompt for discussion. It includes a cool activity and a reflective essay prompt.

A Christmas Carol Victorian Christmas Worksheet – This is a super cool activity. It allows your students to explore and write a diary entry as if they were a child living in 1880 in Victorian England as part of their A Christmas Carol unit.

A Christmas Carol Folder Project – Following your students’ read of  A Christmas Carol and your unit study this great folder project will wrap everything up. This is a great way to know that your student has gotten the most of this beautiful Christmas classic.

Merry Christmas to you and your family! Don’t forget to keep counting your blessings through the holiday season.

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A Christmas Carol and Creative writing SOW- 26 lessons

Subject: English

Age range: 14-16

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SOW for ‘A Christmas Carol’ and Creative Writng. 26 lessons all containing the key skills for preparing classes for the AQA GCSE English Literature and the writing part of the English Language exam. Can be used for Y9-11 as has differentiated task for each lesson linked to assessment objectives and success criteria. The SOW is planned to link knowledge of Dickens’ methods with students’ own creative writing (you can skip the writing lessons if you want to).

Students will develop their skills and confidence in responding to a novel and develop skills towards the GCSE English Literature- AO1, AO2, AO3 and GCSE English Language- AO5, AO6 Paper 1- Section B GCSE English Literature Paper 1- Section B GCSE English Language

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