A Christmas Carol - developing A03 analysis worksheet

A worksheet that encourages students to develop their A03 analysis in A Christmas Carol.

Students are provided with partially completed high grade analysis of 14 key quotations from the text. The A02 analysis of methods is already present. Students must then complete the table by adding in the A03 analysis.

The following prompts are provided to help students come out of the text to explore A03.

A03 – Zoom out of the text. What is Dickens’ authorial message/big idea for his 19th century reader? What are the relevant 19th century contextual factors?

A03+ What makes the ideas in this text relevant to human beings NOW? What key concepts or universal truths about being human, or part of society, or a part of a relationship, or alive in the world, are being presented in this text?

Also contains a revision sheet on the 12 moral lessons in the book. Answer sheet included.

Also includes:
A timeline revision activity for A Christmas Carol that asks students to offer 3 layers of analysis for 13 key Scrooge quotations to help track his transformation in the novel from a solitary miser to a redeemed philanthropist.

A01: What is the meaning of the quotation?
A02: What is the impact of words/methods?
A03: What is Dickens’ message in this quotation?

Comprehensive answer sheet is included. I give this out at the end of the lesson so students can compare their answers to it.

Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May examinations.