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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "Great Expectations" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Great study guide for Charles Dickens's novel, "Great Expectations." Before reading the book, check out an author biography, vocabulary, and pre-reading activities and questions. Also, use the guide's brainstorming activities to help you...
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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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British Library

British Library: Great Expectations: Discovering Literature Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore resources related to Great Expectations that include videos and articles on themes such as class mobility, poverty, crime and punishment.[PDF]
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Stanford University

Stanford: Great Expectations Biographical Context

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of the author Charles Dickens, particularly in reference to his writing the novel Great Expectations. Includes brief but helpful information concerning his birth, early life, and career until the publication of Great...
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Stanford University

Stanford: Great Expectations Historical Context

For Students 9th - 10th
A helpful resource concerning the historical and cultural context of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, both within the setting of the novel itself (1812-1840), and the novel's publication (1860-1861).
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eBook
Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: Great Expectations [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens is available here in PDF format. Great Expectations, which was first released in 1860, is 685 pages pages long.
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: C. Dickens: Great Expectations

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "Great Expectations," by Charles Dickens. The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which focuses on various...
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British Library

British Library: Dickens's Great Expectations: The Gothic, the Uncanny

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will introduce the idea of the uncanny and explore its expression within the narrative form of Charles Dickens's novel "Great Expectations".
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Website
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: "Great Expectations" by C. Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Victorian Web allows one to access a variety of essays addressing the political and historical context of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations." Includes essays about literary form, themes, characterization, and more.
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Great Expectations (Study Guide)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a workable study guide to Charles Dickens' novel, "Great Expectations." Content includes a synopsis; relevant themes; use of language, imagery, and symbolism; and narrative and structure. Access is restricted to...
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the English novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens; this classic tale tells of an orphan, Pip, who through a series of strange circumstances first finds a trade as a blacksmith's apprentice and then learns...
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British Library

British Library: Dickens's Great Expectations: Social Mobility

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will explore this theme of social mobility through a reading of extracts from Samuel Smiles's Self-Help (1859), the handbook that many young men in 19th-century Britain turned to in seeking advice as to how to better...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: A Teacher's Guide to "Great Expectations" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Incredibly detailed teacher guide includes vocabulary words, themes, specific student activities, critical thinking ideas, chapter-by-chapter questions and reading notes, and more. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Great Expectations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discovery Channel School offers a lesson plan regarding the study of Charles Dickens novel, "Great Expectations." Students are asked to note that a writer considers theme, plot, characters, setting, and point of view when writing a...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Not So Great Expectations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson exposes students to the concept of expected values (or expected outcomes). The method for computing the expectation is explained, and then many examples are given for students to...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Great Expectations

For Students 9th - 10th
Great Expectations was originally serilaized over a period of one and a half years. This informative site analyses the characters, themes and quotations from the novel.
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City University of New York

Cuny: Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
Professor Melani offers commentary and notes on Charles Dickens' life and on Great Expectations in particular. Site includes links to other Dickens resources.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Great Expectations

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Adapting Dickens: From Page to Screen

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students focus on the opening scene of the Great Expectations film to examine the process of adapting the novel by Charles Dickens for the screen. Students compare and contrast the film and the original text to consider the strengths of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Charles Dickens Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
From comedy to characterization, setting to symbolism, discover the genius of Charles Dickens as storyteller, social reformer, satirist, and literary celebrity. Click on each title for media-rich resources. This collection includes...
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Character Lab

Character Lab: Great Expectations: Ask for What You Want

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This author cites an example from her own life that proves why communicating exactly what you want is so important in all aspects of life.
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Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto Mississauga: Papers: Expectations, Advice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site, which provides the expectations and grading criteria for students at the University of Puget Sound, also contains a great deal of helpful advice for student writers in general. The site walks students through the process of...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the life and work of Charles Dickens through this educational resource.

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