Classical Comics Study Guide: A Christmas Carol Making the Classics Accessible for Teachers and Students

by McNeilly, Ian; Collins, Mike; Roach, David; Offredi, James

• ISBN13: 9781906332570
• ISBN10: 1906332576
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Classical Comics

Summary

This resource book aids the teaching of this classic Christmas story in the classroom. It was written by the Director of the National Association for the Teaching of English in the UK. It is spiral bound for easy photocopying and contains activities and exercises to engage pupils at all levels. Although it was designed to be used alongside the Christmas Carol graphic novels, it can be used with any version of the story, included a traditional printed book. It includes a broad range of topics including: structure, listening, understanding, motivation and character as well as key words, themes and literary techniques. The exercises have been approached from a cross-curriculum perspective so that they cover not only literature and literacy, but also history, technology, drama, reading, speaking, writing and art. The age range is 10 to 17, but of course within that span exists a broad spectrum of skill levels. Therefore, this study guide includes activities for all, providing many opportunities for differentiated teaching and for the tailoring of lessons to meet individual needs. Examples of some of the activities are: Background . Charles Dickens - His Place in English . Famous Dickens Quotes . What the Victorians did for us . Dickens and Christmas Understanding the Novel . Stave Summaries with Questions . Put the events in order . Describe what is happening, and what happens next, from a page out of the graphic novel Character . Ebenezer Scrooge - from Ignorance to Enlightenment . Tiny Tim - explain his importance within the story . Matching quotes to their characters Language . Characters and Adjectives - Widening your Volcabulary . Missing Words . Imagery . Glossary Creative Writing . Design your own Christmas Card . Scrooge¿s Obituary . Write a modern version of A Christmas Carol . Write a Book Review Games, etc. . Wordsearch . Anagrams . Crossword . Coloring Pages and many more¿ A CD is included that contains the pages in PDF format so that they can be used on any whiteboard or local intranet system.