Year 10 - English
'A Christmas Carol': planning an essay on Scrooge
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge's redemption
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils read and explore 'A Christmas Carol'. They start by reading the novella in full, pausing during each stave to analyse key scenes, characters, themes and methods. After reading the novella, pupils chart Scrooge's redemptive journey and craft an essay on the presentation of fear.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to plan a sophisticated response to an essay question on Scrooge.
Key Notes
- Single paragraph outlines are useful for organising your ideas into a coherent structure
- Single paragraph outlines contain a topic sentence, supporting detail and a closing sentence
- The supporting details should contain quotations you will use, along with methods, key vocabulary and context
- A single paragraph outline should be planned for each section of your response (it might be more than one paragraph)
- Context should be used as evidence for your argument and not as an afterthought
Vocabulary To Learn
- Dire: If a dire warning is delivered, it is incredibly serious and urgent.
- Indifferent: Someone indifferent to other people would show little concern or interest in them.
- Harbinger: A harbinger is a person or thing that signals the arrival of something.
- Meagre: A meagre meal would contain very little food.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Students do not take the time to plan properly before writing.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Single paragraph outlines are useful for organising your ideas into a coherent structure. Single paragraph outlines contain a topic sentence, supporting detail and a closing sentence.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'Dire'
If a dire warning is delivered, it is incredibly serious and urgent.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Students do not take the time to plan properly before writing. Correction: Not taking the time to plan a response properly makes your argument less concise and less coherent.
More Lessons In This Unit
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 1: Meeting Marley's ghost Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 1: Scrooge the Miser Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 1: The Characterisation of Scrooge Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 2: Belle Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 2: Scrooge's childhood and Fezziwig Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 2: the first of the three spirits Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 3: Christmas around the world Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 3: Ignorance and Want Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 3: Scrooge and Fred as opposite characters Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 3: the Cratchits' Christmas Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 3: the second of the three spirits Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 4: a significant death Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 4: death in the novella Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 4: Scrooge's fears Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 4: the last of the three spirits Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol' Stave 5: the change in Scrooge Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol': improving analytical writing Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol': planning an extended argument Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol': Scrooge as a very Victorian character Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol': Scrooge's redemptive journey Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol': symbolism in the novella Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol': writing about Stave 1 Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol': writing about Stave 2 Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol': writing about the presentation of children Study Guide
- 'A Christmas Carol': writing an extended argument Study Guide
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