A Christmas Carol: Stave 2 - Storyboard, Description and PEEL Paragraph

This GCSE, English Literature, A Christmas Carol resource focuses on Stave 2 of the novella. It includes a storyboard, model descriptive sentences, an essay task, model PEEL paragraph and a Gap Fill.

The Visual element of the pack helps students visualise a key moment from the Stave and helps them write descriptive sentences with flair. These sentences are shown how they can help introduce quotations.

There is a question about Scrooge’s emotional state during the stave, accompanied by a clear PEEL paragraph to show students how to structure their ideas.

The gap fill activity includes descriptive adjectives to describe Scrooge’s emotions and will provide them with the vocabulary needed to complete the essay.

This resource is an effective way to encourage students to write an extended response about the novella!