A Christmas Carol

1. A Christmas Carol Lesson 12: Stave Five

2. Lesson Objectives • At the end of this lesson we will have

3. Tiny Tim • Here’s a challenge: Try to describe Tiny Tim’s life in exactly 50 words!

4. Fate • How do you suppose Scrooge feels, after realising he is a dead man? • What can he do to change his life?

5. Stave Five • Follow along as the teacher reads Stave Five. • While listening, write down all the things that Scrooge does to redeem himself of his past mistakes.

6. Similes • Scrooge uses many similes to describe himself at the end of the novel. Try to find three, and copy them down into your workbooks. • Examples:

7. A New Man • In past lessons, we’ve compiled lists of adjectives to describe Scrooge. Let’s compile a new list of words, describing the new Scrooge: • Create a new acrostic poem about Scrooge, using some of these adjectives.

8. Plotting the Changes In Scrooge • How has Scrooge changed?? • For your assessment piece, you will be asked to discuss how the four ghosts help to change Scrooge. We will track his progress in point form, as a class. Please see Smart File, entitled ‘Plotting Changes in Scrooge’.

9. Finish watching the film version of the novel now

10. Questions to consider FILM NOVEL How does the ending of the film compare to the ending of the novel?