A Christmas Carol | Ignorance and Want Activities

A Christmas Carol | Stave 3 BUNDLE

Engaging lessons and a fun game are included in this bundle. Students will work independently and collaboratively as they journey through Stave 3 of 'A Christmas Carol.' ## **Ignorance and Want Activities:** This is an engaging resource exploring Dickens' concepts of Ignorance and Want as allegories of Victorian society. Students will look deeper into what society was like for the poor and incorporate the ideas into their own piece of writing to expand on the contextual background of 'A Christmas Carol.' By reading through extracts, highlighting activities, filling in the blanks, students will have a solid understanding of the characters of Ignorance and Want. They will use a modelled paragraph and label the evidence and inferences made. They will write and peer-assess independent writing throughout the lesson and build new vocabulary in their writing. Students will explore poverty in the Victorian age and the divide between the rich and the poor to better understand Ignorance and Want. An audio reading will engage students whilst they annotate their extracts to show how Scrooge portrays his ignorance through the characters of Ignorance and Want. Includes: * Animated PowerPoint presentation of 18 slides * Printable model paragraph for labeling activity * Printable extract for highlighting activity ## **Charles Dickens Activities:** This is an engaging introduction to who Charles Dickens was and how his background influenced his writing. Students will use information from a mind map and video to work in partners and create a picture collage on Dickens' life. Includes: * Animated PowerPoint presentation of 5 slides ## **Guess the Character Game:** A fun revision game to remember which character said which quote! The class can be split into two and each side can take turns to guess which character said the quote for a point. Includes: * Animated PowerPoint game of 20 slides >> ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ ✧ Kindly leave feedback for this product. We'd love to hear from you! ©The Nifty Ninja