A Christmas Carol: a Christian parable
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowedge of 'A Christmas Carol' from their first reading of the text and their first deep dive. Pupils use their knowledge of the characters, themes and Dicken's methods to think deeply about a key question within the novel. This helps them to be more tentative and nuanced, and develop more critical ideas about the text. This unit builds towards pupils' final deep dive, 'A critique of Victorian values', where pupils develop their ideas from this unit and think even more critically about Dickens' intentions with the novella.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the plot of the novella.
- Pupils know the main characters in the novella and their role in the plot.
- Pupils have a detailed understanding of how societal status is presented in the novella.
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines.
- Pupils have memorised numerous quotations from the novella and can select them judiciously for evidence.
- Pupils can identify the main motifs of the novella: light and dark and silence.
- Pupils use the historical and social context of the novella to support their analysis.
- Pupils can use tentative langauge to explore alternative interpretations.
- Pupils can use superlatives to evaluate an author's choice of langauge or structure.
- Pupils can draw clear conclusions to their arguments.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowedge of 'A Christmas Carol' from their first reading of the text and their first deep dive. Pupils use their knowledge of the characters, themes and Dicken's methods to think deeply about a key question within the novel. This helps them to be more tentative and nuanced, and develop more critical ideas about the text. This unit builds towards pupils' final deep dive, 'A critique of Victorian values', where pupils develop their ideas from this unit and think even more critically about Dickens' intentions with the novella.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know the plot of the novella.
- Pupils know the main characters in the novella and their role in the plot.
- Pupils have a detailed understanding of how societal status is presented in the novella.
- Pupils can structure arguments clearly, using thesis statements, topic sentences and single paragraph outlines.
- Pupils have memorised numerous quotations from the novella and can select them judiciously for evidence.
- Pupils can identify the main motifs of the novella: light and dark and silence.
- Pupils use the historical and social context of the novella to support their analysis.
- Pupils can use tentative langauge to explore alternative interpretations.
- Pupils can use superlatives to evaluate an author's choice of langauge or structure.
- Pupils can draw clear conclusions to their arguments.
Literature
A Christmas Carol: a Christian parable
In this unit, pupils consider whether Dickens presents 'A Christmas Carol' as a Christian parable. They look at Dickens as a Christian writer, Marley's ghost, Tiny Tim and Dickens' use of allusion. They think about charity in the novella and write an essay about whether the novella is hopeful.
7 lessons in unit
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