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Worksheet
Curated OER

Jacob Marley's Ghost: Fun Trivia Quiz on Dickens' A Christmas Carol

For Students 8th - 10th
Questions about esoteric facts epitomize Fun Trivia quizzes. Still, this one provides opportunities to review content and focus on details about Jacob Marley's ghost and his early interactions with Scrooge in Dickens' A Christmas Carol....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Second Best Known Christmas Story: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
In addition to some reading comprehension questions, this online quiz also includes facts about the history of the novel and Charles Dickens. Content from this quiz may be covered as an introduction or pre-reading activity for the novel....
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Lesson Plan
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Christmas Carol Project

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a researched presentation comparing and contrasting holiday celebrations from the period surrounding Charles' Dickens 'A Christmas Carol.' For this Christmas celebrations lesson, 8th graders discuss differences...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing Applications

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and complete characterization activities. In this characterization lesson, 10th graders work in tiers to examine the text for evidence about the way Dickens uses the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Novels of Charles Dickens 1

For Students 8th - 12th
In this novels of Charles Dickens learning exercise, students record the names of 15 novels by the author. The first letter of each word in each of the titles is provided.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

A Christmas Carol Activity Worksheets

For Students 8th - 9th
In these A Christmas Carol worksheets, students complete a series of different activities over chapters one through five in order to advance their understanding of the plot.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Test Your Reading Skills-- The Novels of Charles Dickens

For Students 6th - 7th
For this reading worksheet, students analyze 15 titles of Charles Dickens' novels that are slightly mixed up and incorrect. Students fix the titles and write them correctly on the lines.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teaching A Tale of Two Cities

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders read "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. In groups, they analyze the opinions of various philosophers on the French Revoluion. To end the lesson, they take all the information gathered during their readings and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Great Expectations - 1st Stage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students read and examine the novel Great Expectations. They work on receiving a certain grade in class and complete only those assignments underneath that grade. No objectives are listed for this lesson.
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Lesson Plan
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Tracking Down Meaning in Great Expectations

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are assigned an unique theme, symbol, or character in Great Expectations. They becomes the class expert on that facet of the novel while learning the basic skills needed to write a research paper.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Beyond the Story: A Dickens of a Party

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders collaboratively research the life and times of Charles Dickens as it relates to a character from the story, and write and present a first-person character analysis.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Makes the Writer Write?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study Charles Dickens's Great Expectations to gain insight into a classical piece of fiction and to explain how writers respond to social conditions. They also consider how that response is important today.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why do we Dream of a White Christmas?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine a reading selection on how the idea of a white Christmas was developed. In this ESL lesson, students share a class discussion about the article then complete several assignments to reinforce what they learned, including...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Novels of Charles Dickens

For Students 8th - 9th
In this Charles Dickens worksheet, students complete the titles of the novels by Charles Dickens. Students complete 15 exercises.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Great Expectations 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students comprehend how Dicken's set piece on snobbery. They discuss how Lean uses costume, actors' non-verbal communcication and props to convey Victorian class customs, distinctions, and snobbery. Students are shown "The Jolly Bargee"...
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Lesson Plan
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A Christmas Carol Reaction

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore writing in voice. They read and discuss A Christmas Carol and the trait of voice in writing. They write a bio poem about one of the characters and his traits, feelings, attitudes and reactions. They write their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Longfellow and Dickens: The Story of a Trans-Atlantic Friendship

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the relationship between Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Charles Dickens. They read and analyze a manuscript, answer discussion questions, conduct Internet research, and discuss societal and historical context of the...
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eBook
Nagoya University (Japan)

Nagoya University: The Life of Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
An electronic version of John Forster's biography of Charles Dickens, this site has an abundance of information about the writer, including a transcript of his will.
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Great Expectations (Full Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents the full text of the Dickens' novel "Great Expectations". A brief summary supplements the content.
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: A Christmas Carol (Full Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania presents the full text version of Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol". A brief summary of the novel is also included. A great site to check out on the subject.
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oliver Twist (Full Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania provides the full text of Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist." A brief summary of the novel is also included. This is a good site to get the full text of his work.
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eBook
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Barnaby Rudge (Full Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the full text to Dickens' novel "Barnaby Rudge." A brief summary is also included.
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Bleak House (Full Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the full text of Dickens' "Bleak House." A brief summary is also included.
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Dombey and Son (Full Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the full text of Dickens' novel "Dombey and Son." A brief summary is also included.