A Christmas Carol teaching pack

Engage your students in this classic text and develop their critical reading skills with our teaching pack, A Christmas Carol.

The pack takes your students through the five staves of the text, providing social and historical context, discussion points, structured lesson ideas and supporting resources. Tasks include close-text analysis, comprehension, drama and exam-style questions – perfect for preparing your students for their GCSE.

What’s included?

• twenty-five lessons
• exam style questions for the relevant exam boards.

What’s inside?
Introduction (page 3)
Specification summaries (pages 4-6)

• AQA GCSE English Literature
• Edexcel GCSE English Literature
• WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature

Stave One (pages 7-46)
Lesson one – Understanding Dickens and Victorian London
Lesson two – The writer’s craft
Lesson three – Scrooge as an outsider
Lesson four – Contrasting characters and family feuds
Lesson five – Introducing the supernatural

Stave Two (pages 47-69)
Lesson one – Creating atmosphere
Lesson two – Ghostly visions
Lesson three – Memories and regrets
Lesson four – Mirth and merriment
Lesson five – Victorian family ideals

Stave Three (pages 70-95)
Lesson one – A sumptuous celebration
Lesson two – Larger than life
Lesson three – Community: the Christmas spirit
Lesson four – Family affairs

Stave Four (pages 96-123)
Lesson one – Gothic and ghostly
Lesson two – Life in the slums
Lesson three – Reactions to Scrooge’s Death
Lesson four – Intense emotions

Stave Five (pages 117-144)
Lesson one – A second chance
Lesson two – Changing relationships
Lesson three – Themes and characters: revision summaries
Lesson four – Exam skills and final practice