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EnglishYears 8, 9About 8 sessions (estimate, no timer)A parent checks the finished piece
A Christmas Carol: The Character Transformation File
Scrooge begins cold and ends transformed. Build the evidence trail and explain how Dickens shows the change.
What you'll make
A before/during/after evidence trail, an analytical response and a short creative scene or letter.
What you'll learn
- Word choice and connotation
- Contrast and structure across five staves
- Integrating short quotations
- Using Victorian context carefully — a novel is not a neutral historical record
You'll need
A complete edition of A Christmas Carol · Paper or the on-screen table
Curriculum links
- Read and appreciate the depth and power of the English literary heritage through the study of Shakespeare, seminal world literature and poetry since 1789
- Study setting, plot and characterisation, and the effects of these on the reader
- Draw on knowledge of the purpose, audience for and context of the writing, including its social, historical and cultural context and the literary tradition to which it belongs
- Write accurately, fluently, effectively and at length for pleasure and information, including well-structured formal expository and narrative essays
- Write formal and academic essays as well as personal and creative writing, summarising and organising material, and supporting ideas and arguments with any necessary factual detail
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