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Page 1: Name Teacher RELA/Period - Humble Independent … _____ Teacher _____ RELA/Period _____ Seventh Grade RELA Kingwood Middle School Fall 2007 Synopsis Ebenezer Scrooge is a hard-hearted,

A novel by Charles Dickens First published in 1843

Name _______________________

Teacher ____________________

RELA/Period __________

Seventh Grade RELA Kingwood Middle School

Fall 2007

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Synopsis Ebenezer Scrooge is a hard-hearted, stingy, grouchy old man. He is unfriendly to his nephew, cruel to his employee, and verbally abusive to charity collectors. On Christmas Eve, the ghost of his old partner, Jacob Marley, appears to Scrooge to warn him to change his ways. Bound in chains and tormented by his mistakes, Marley tells Scrooge that he will be visited by three Spirits. These Spirits offer Scrooge a chance to escape the same fate as Marley. The Spirits take Scrooge on a journey through his past, his present, and his possible future. Scrooge suddenly sees what he is—and even more importantly, what he is not. As Scrooge learns, our lives are guided by what we deem important, and all we choose to do affect those around us. We must choose with wisdom and love.

Preface

I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Their faithful Friend and Servant, C. D. December, 1843.

What does this quote from the book mean to you?

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A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol CharactersCharactersCharactersCharacters

Ebenezer ScroogeEbenezer ScroogeEbenezer ScroogeEbenezer Scrooge - The miserly owner of a London counting-house, a nineteenth century term for an accountant's office. The three spirits of Christmas visit the stodgy bean-counter in hopes of reversing Scrooge's greedy, cold-hearted approach to life. Bob CratchitBob CratchitBob CratchitBob Cratchit - Scrooge's clerk, a kind, mild, and very poor man with a large family. Though treated harshly by his boss, Cratchit remains a humble and dedicated employee. Tiny TimTiny TimTiny TimTiny Tim - Bob Cratchit's young son, crippled from birth. Tiny Tim is a highly sentimentalized character who Dickens uses to highlight the tribulations of England's poor and to elicit sympathy from his middle and upper class readership. Jacob MarleyJacob MarleyJacob MarleyJacob Marley - In the living world, Ebenezer Scrooge's equally greedy partner. Marley died seven years before the narrative opens. He appears to Scrooge as a ghost condemned to wander the world bound in heavy chains. Marley hopes to save his old partner from suff ering a similar fate. The Ghost of Christmas PastThe Ghost of Christmas PastThe Ghost of Christmas PastThe Ghost of Christmas Past - The first spirit to visit Scrooge, a curiously childlike apparition with a glowing head. He takes Scrooge on a tour of Christmases in his past. The spirit uses a cap to dampen the light emanating from his head. The Ghost of Christmas PresentThe Ghost of Christmas PresentThe Ghost of Christmas PresentThe Ghost of Christmas Present - The second spirit to visit Scrooge, a majestic giant clad in a green robe. His lifespan is restricted to Christmas Day. He escorts Scrooge on a tour of his contemporaries' Holiday celebrations. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to ComeThe Ghost of Christmas Yet to ComeThe Ghost of Christmas Yet to ComeThe Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come - The third and final spirit to visit Scrooge, a silent phantom clad in a hooded black robe. He presents Scrooge with an ominous view of his lonely death. FredFredFredFred - Scrooge's nephew, a genial man who loves Christmas. He invites Scrooge to his Christmas party each and every year, only to be refused by his grumpy uncle. FezziwigFezziwigFezziwigFezziwig - The jovial merchant with whom the young Scrooge apprenticed. Fezziwig was renowned for his wonderful Christmas parties. BelBelBelBellelelele - A beautiful woman who Scrooge loved deeply when he was a young man. Belle broke off their engagement after Scrooge became consumed with greed and the lust for wealth. She later married another man. Peter CratchitPeter CratchitPeter CratchitPeter Cratchit - Bob's oldest son, who inherits his father's stiff-collared shirt for Christmas. Martha CratchitMartha CratchitMartha CratchitMartha Cratchit - Bob's oldest daughter, who works in a milliner's shop. (A milliner is a person who designs, produces, and sells hats.) FanFanFanFan - Scrooge's sister; Fred's mother. In Scrooge's vision of Christmases past, he remembers Fan picking him up from school and walking him home. The Portly GentlemenThe Portly GentlemenThe Portly GentlemenThe Portly Gentlemen - Two gentlemen who visit Scrooge at the beginning of the tale seeking charitable contributions. Scrooge promptly throws them out of his office. Upon meeting one of them on the street after his visitations, he promises to make lavish donations to help the poor. Mrs. CratchitMrs. CratchitMrs. CratchitMrs. Cratchit - Bob's wife, a kind and loving woman.

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A Christmas Carol Literary Elements Guide allusion: a reference to one literary or historical person or event to explain another comic relief: a humorous scene or speech in a drama that alleviates the intensity of a situation, and, by contrast, heightens its seriousness conflict: the struggle between two opposing forces that lies at the center of a plot in a story or drama foreshadowing: a hint or clue an author gives to suggest something that may happen later in the story irony: a contrast between reality and what seems to be real metaphor: a figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things, without using the words like or as mood: the emotional quality or atmosphere of a story personification: figurative language in which human qualities is given to a non-human thing plot: the sequence of events in a story, beginning with the exposition, leads to the rising actions, followed by the climax, and finally the falling actions and resolution repetition: the repeating of a word or phrase to make a point simile: a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using the words “like” or “as” symbol: any object, person, place, or experience that means more than what it is theme: the main idea of story, poem, novel, or play usually expressed as a general statement; the author’s statement about life tone: the author’s attitude towards the subject he/she is writing about

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Stave OneStave OneStave OneStave One Part 1: Vocabulary Match the following vocabulary words to the correct meaning. ____ 1. emphatically ____ 2. covetous ____ 3. palpable ____ 4. veneration ____ 5. impropriety ____ 6. liberality ____ 7. destitute ____ 8. facetious ____ 9. tacitly ____ 10. impenetrable ____ 11. inexplicable ____ 12. incredulous ____ 13. incessant

a. profound respect or reverence

b. playful; humorous

c. impossible to enter

d. acting or speaking forcefully

e. skeptical; disbelieving

f. by implication, without

speaking

g. easily perceived

h. continuing without

interruption

i. desiring possessions of another

j. difficult or impossible to

explain

k. generosity

l. poor; in need

Part 2: Similes Find the following passages from Stave One and complete them by adding the similes used in the novel. 1. Old Marley was as dead as ________________________________________. 2. Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, gasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as _______________________________ ________________________________, secret, and self-contained, and solitary.

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Part 3: Comprehension Questions 1. Scrooge scorns humans to the point of stating that the poor should die and “decrease the surplus population.” What does this statement reveal about Scrooge’s character?

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2. Who is Jacob Marley? When did he die?

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3. Comic relief is a humorous scene or speech in a drama that alleviates the intensity of a situation, and, by contrast, heightens its seriousness. When Scrooge is speaking to Marley, how does Dickens use comic relief to show us Scrooge’s fear?

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4. How does Marley convince Scrooge that he is real?

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5. Marley tells Scrooge he has “a chance and a hope” of escaping Marley’s fate. What is this chance and hope?

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6. An allusion is a reference to one literary or historical person or event to explain another. How does Charles Dickens use allusion to explain how dead Marley is and what does it imply?

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Stave Stave Stave Stave TwoTwoTwoTwo

Part 1: Vocabulary Each underlined word below is shown in the context of the passage in which is appears in the book. Determine from the context what the word means and define it in your own words. Then compare your definition with that found in a dictionary. 1. He rose; but finding that the Spirit made toward the window, clasped its robe in

supplication.

Your definition: ____________________________________________________

Dictionary definition: ________________________________________________

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2. The city had entirely vanished. Not a vestige of it was to be seen.

Your definition: ____________________________________________________

Dictionary definition: ________________________________________________

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3. “Remember it!” cried Scrooge with fervor, “I could walk it blindfold.”

Your definition: ____________________________________________________

Dictionary definition: ________________________________________________

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4. A terrible voice in the hall cried, “Bring down Master Scrooge’s box, there!” and in the hall appeared the schoolmaster himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious condescension and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him. Your definition: ____________________________________________________

Dictionary definition: ________________________________________________

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5. “I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engross you.” Your definition: ____________________________________________________

Dictionary definition: ________________________________________________

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6. But the relentless Ghost pinioned him in both his arms and forced him to observe what happened next. Your definition: ____________________________________________________

Dictionary definition: ________________________________________________

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7. The noise in this room was perfectly tumultuous, for there were more children there than Scrooge in his agitated state of mind could count. (tumultuous)Your definition: __________________________________________

Dictionary definition: ________________________________________________

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(agitated)Your definition: ____________________________________________

Dictionary definition: ________________________________________________

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Part 2: Comprehension Questions 1. Describe the first ghost.

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2. The Spirit of Christmas Past shows the young Scrooge spending his time with people such as “Ali Baba,” “Robin Crusoe,” and “Friday” during the holidays. Who are these people? What does this scene tell us about the young Scrooge?

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3. Scrooge’s first regret about his behavior on Christmas Eve is that he would have liked to have given something to the small boy who came caroling. What is his second regret about Christmas Eve? What prompts this regret?

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4. An author will use repetition—the repeating of a word or phrase—to add emphasis. How does Dickens use repetition when the Ghost first appears? What is the effect of the repetition?

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5. Why do you think the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge the holidays he spent as a child at boarding school? How does Scrooge react?

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6. Why does Scrooge’s fiancée, Belle, release him from their engagement?

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7. What does Scrooge realize when he sees Belle, her husband, and their daughter by the fire?

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Part 3: Quote from the Text

Scrooge in Stage Two

Use the table below to explain how Scrooge looks and reacts in Stave Two.

Try to explain what effect this has on the reader in the opposite box.

Quote What this tells me about Scrooge “he was conscious of a thousand

odours floating in the air, each one

connected with a thousand thoughts,

and hopes, and joys, and cares, long,

long, forgotten”

“Scrooge muttered, with an unusual

catching in his voice”

“Scrooge…sobbed”

He had “pity for his former self”

Scrooge cried in great excitement,

“Why it’s old Fezziwig! Bless his heart.”

He tells the Spirit to “Haunt me no

longer.”

Now use this information to write about Scrooge using the following:

In State One, Scrooge was ___________________________________________________.

The way he treated his clerk tells that __________________________________________

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In Stave Two he returns to his old school and is affected by _____________________

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Stave Stave Stave Stave ThreeThreeThreeThree Part 1: VocabularyPart 1: VocabularyPart 1: VocabularyPart 1: Vocabulary Each of the words list below, find the page number in which the word is used. Copy the entire sentence where the word is found. Then explain, in your own words, what that sentence is saying. 1. officious: overly obliging, insisting on providing a service not requested

Page # _______ Sentence from text: _________________________________________

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The sentence in your words: ________________________________________________

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2. livid: extreme anger

Page # _______ Sentence from text: _________________________________________

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The sentence in your words: ________________________________________________

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3. heresy: belief that differs from the established view

Page # _______ Sentence from text: _________________________________________

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The sentence in your words: ________________________________________________

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4. adamant: inflexible, immovable, stubborn

Page # _______ Sentence from text: _________________________________________

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The sentence in your words: ________________________________________________

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5. odious: disgusting, offensive

Page # _______ Sentence from text: _________________________________________

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The sentence in your words: ________________________________________________

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6. ubiquitous: seeming to be everywhere

Page # _______ Sentence from text: _________________________________________

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The sentence in your words: ________________________________________________

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Part 2: Comprehension QuestionsPart 2: Comprehension QuestionsPart 2: Comprehension QuestionsPart 2: Comprehension Questions 1. The Spirit reveals that Tiny Time will die “if these shadows remain unaltered by the Future.” Why is Scrooge “overcome with penitence and grief”?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What does the incense from the Spirit’s torch seem to symbolize, or represent?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Foreshadowing is a hint or clue an author gives to suggest something that may happen later in the story. What might Dickens be foreshadowing in this passage: “Bob’s voice…trembled more when he said that Tiny Tim was growing strong and hearty”?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. The Ghost of Christmas Present states that he lives only until Twelfth-Night. What is Twelfth-Night? Why does the Ghost only live that long?

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5. Personification gives human form to abstractions. How does Dickens personify ignorance and want (poverty) in Stave Three? Why do you think he chooses to personify these abstractions, or ideas as he does?

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Part 3: Quick Write Based on the last three staves, how has Scrooge changed? Explain how his character has evolved and predict what will happen to Scrooge’s attitudes, beliefs, and actions in the two remaining staves.

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Part 4: Quotes from the TextPart 4: Quotes from the TextPart 4: Quotes from the TextPart 4: Quotes from the Text

The Cratchits Use the table below to list the opinions the different members of the Cratchit family have about Scrooge.

Member of family Opinion of Scrooge What this tells me about Scrooge

“I give you Mr.

Scrooge, the founder of

the feast!

Mrs. Cratchit

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Stave Stave Stave Stave FourFourFourFour Part 1: Vocabulary In the blank after each sentence below, write a synonym that could replace the underlined word in each sentence. 1. The scarcely seemed to enter the City, for the City rather seemed to spring up about them and encompass them of its own act. ____________________ 2. He had made a point always of standing well in their esteem in a business point of view, that is; strictly in a business point of view. ____________________ 3. They left the busy scene, and went into an obscure part of town, where Scrooge had never penetrated before, although he recognized its situations and its bad repute. ____________________ 4. “If there is any person in the town who feels emotion caused by this man’s death,” said Scrooge, quite agonized, “show that person to me, Spirit, I beseech you!” ____________________ 5. Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God! ___________________ 6. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come conveyed him, as before—though at a different time, he thought: indeed, there seemed no order in these later visions, save that they were in the Future… ____________________ 7. The inexorable finger underwent no change. ____________________ 8. In his agony he caught the spectral hand. ____________________ 9. It sought to free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty and detained it. ____________________

10. The Spirit, stronger yet, repulsed him. ____________________

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Part 2: Comprehension Questions 1. The final Spirit takes Scrooge into the streets of the city where Scrooge overhears businessmen discussing someone’s death. What is their general attitude towards this person’s death?

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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why do you think Dickens never has the third Spirit speak? What effect does the Spirit’s silence have?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What point does Scrooge keep making as he clutches the Spirit’s robe in the graveyard? How does the Spirit react? How do you interpret this reaction?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. By the end of the last Spirit’s visit, how has Scrooge changed from his “old self”?

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Part 3: Quotes from the Text

Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Use the language from Stave Four to note down what Scrooge says and what

this tells you about him.

Quote about Scrooge What this tells me about his character.

“Ghost of the future!...I fear you more

than any spectre I have seen. But I

hope to live to be another man.”

*Scrooge know his future is bad

*He realizes he must change

Now use this information to write a main points about Scrooge. Add a

quote and explain it for each point.

Example:

(Point) Scrooge knows the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is going to teach

him a lesson. He is frightened and says: (Quote) “Ghost of the future!...I fear

you more than any spectre I have seen. But I hope to live to be another man.”

(Explain) This shows that Scrooge is scared and that he realizes he must

change.

(Point)

(Quote)

(Explain)

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Stave Stave Stave Stave FiveFiveFiveFive Part 1: Vocabulary Choose the appropriate word from the word box to finish the sentences below. Then define the word used.

Word Box

amends recompensed malady dispelled

blithe illustrious unanimity

1. The little girl was ______________________ and happy at her birthday

party.

Definition: _____________________________________________________________

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2. The football team showed complete ______________________ in their

defensive tactics, pressing down the field as one man.

Definition: _____________________________________________________________

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3. Meeting his new neighbors ______________________ any doubts Jack

had about the movie.

Definition: _____________________________________________________________

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4. The elderly lady died of a lingering ______________________.

Definition: _____________________________________________________________

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5. The student was ______________________ by the other student who had

stolen his coat.

Definition: _____________________________________________________________

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6. Susan decided to make ______________________ for picking up her

sister late from school, and so she drove her to the ice cream parlor.

Definition: _____________________________________________________________

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7. Sir Lawrence Olivier was one of the most ______________________ actors

to play Hamlet in years.

Definition: _____________________________________________________________

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Part 2: Comprehension Questions

1. Why is Scrooge overcome with joy on Christmas morning?

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__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Explain the allusion in the following sentence: “I don’t know what to do!” cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in

the same breath, and making a perfect Laocoon of himself with his stockings.

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4. Why do you think everything Scrooge sees on his walk gives him so much pleasure?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Explain Dickens’ use of humor and wordplay in the last paragraph of the book when discussing the Spirits and “abstinence.”

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On the lines provided, evaluate Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. What did you liked and disliked about the book? Did Dickens effectively communicate a message? ________________________________________________________________

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Part 3: Quote from the Text

Examine the way Scrooge has changed in the final part of the story. Use the conversation between Scrooge and Bob Cratchit to write down all the things Scrooge says he will do which show he has changed.

Quote How Scrooge is different to before “I’ll raise your salary”

*Scrooge didn’t even want Bob to have Christmas day off *He was mean with money

Prove Your Point!

Use the information from the chart to make two main points about Scrooge’s change.

(Point)(Point)(Point)(Point) Scrooge is different in this Stave than at the beginning because he wants to give Bob Cratchit more money and says: (Quote)(Quote)(Quote)(Quote) “I’ll raise your salary” (Explanation)(Explanation)(Explanation)(Explanation) He used to be a mean person with his money and he didn’t even want Bob to have Christmas day off, but now he is generous and makes Bob’s Christmas the best ever.

(Point)(Point)(Point)(Point) (Quote)(Quote)(Quote)(Quote) (Explanation)(Explanation)(Explanation)(Explanation)

(Point)(Point)(Point)(Point) (Quote)(Quote)(Quote)(Quote) (Explanation)(Explanation)(Explanation)(Explanation)

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Mood and Setting: The mood of a story is the feeling or atmosphere an author creates for the reader. An author will set the mood through the use of specific words, phrases, or descriptions that have feeling connected to theme. The setting of A Christmas Carol changes regularly as the different Spirits escort Scrooge to different places and times. With each change in the setting, the mood also changes. List three settings found in A Christmas Carol and describe the mood present in each setting. Then list words or phrases Dickens uses to set that mood.

Setting:_____________________________________________________

Mood:______________________________________________________

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Mood-setting words or phrases:__________________________________

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Mood:______________________________________________________

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Mood:______________________________________________________

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Man vs. Man: One character struggles against another character or group of characters. Man vs. Nature: A character struggles against the forces of nature, his surrounding, or elements out of his control. Man vs. Himself: A character struggles against his own nature.

Which form of conflict best describes the conflict found in A Christmas Carol? Explain your answer. ________________________________________________________________

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The theme of a novel is the central or dominant idea presented in the novel. What do you think is the main theme of A Christmas Carol? Support your response with examples from the novel. ________________________________________________________________

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Across

1 How is old Saint

Nicholas's mood? (5)

5 What is the only thing I

want for Christmas?

(3,5,5)

7 How many days of

Christmas are there? (6)

10 What kind of rock? (6,4)

11 What kind of reindeer

was Rudolph? (3,5)

12 What should we do to the

halls? (4)

Across Continued…

13 What do the herald angels do? (4)

14 What color are the bells? (6)

15 What do we wish you? (5,9)

18 What color was Christmas? (5)

19 What did Grandma get run over by? (8)

20 How was the night? (6)

Down

2 What kind of town was Bethlehem?

(6)

3 Where is Santa Claus coming to? (4)

4 Who should come? (8)

6 How many kings were there? (5)

8 What did we hear on high? (6)

9 Oh what tree? (9)

12 What was the little boy's job? (7)

16 What three things did I see? (5)

17 What was Frosty? (7)

18 Joy to who? (5)

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Just For Fun How many words can you make with the letters in…

A C h r I s t m a s C a r o l

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How many words can you make with the letters in…

C h a r l e s D I c k e n s

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A Christmas Carol Puzzle Based on the story by Charles Dickens

ACROSS DOWN

4. Final words of tale 1. Young Scrooge's employer

6. Aka chapters 2. Second spirit Christmas...

10. Day most of the story takes place 3. Scrooge tells ghost, "There's more of

_____than of grave about you"

12. Number who signed Marley's burial

register 5. Scrooge's first name

13. Hour of the first spirit 7. Spirit and ghost synonym

15. Sick child's name 8. This was Marley's business per his ghost

17. Holiday bird 9. Object where Marley made his first

appeareance

19. Nephew name 11. Scrooge interjection

20. Why Scrooge likes the dark. It is ... 14. Years that Scrooge's partner had been dead

21. Scrooge's relative 16. Number of Miss Fezziwigs

25. Last name of clerk 18. Game played

22. Number of Cratchits

23. Stuck in pudding

24. First spirit Christmas ....

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J X P X M G K Y Z B P X V L U R Y D V K

L B Z F K I D H U F J E C U S V C A B X

Z M Q I G J H Y F H J D O L O S S O D U

J D X D T B O G D B E T N I N H W O S D

C U Q Z B M L Y F W A C G N C Y S N W B

O Q S B I M P R O P R I E T Y B X E H U

R B C N F I Z L O E R T A I J D Q C Q Y

D M O L E S L V D L D S L M N H T C T L

B U X M V A O E K X W U W A D K I A Y S

S R B L H N N L G N N A T T P N E R E S

D F S N S T P A I A Q C C I I R K T J X

S Z U D I H R F T T T S U O T E V O C C

D H O A N R L I R Z A E H N A L Q G F L

A F L C E O C J F N C R E S O L U T E Q

T S U T L P V E T L L O Y X S X X M Y Q

I H M B P I U Q P S E L F O K Y Y D I H

V B E X E C U T O R A P T U R E H P O C

R H R H R A W T Z V A M D Q S A F E A W

R W T U C N C B O S E I A K H L R L J R

Q Q U V G T R U Y N L O P U A S R E H Y

Word List: CAUSTIC

CONGEAL

COVETOUS

CREDENTIALS

ENTREATY

EXECUTOR

GARRET

IMPLORE

IMPROPRIETY

INTIMATION

LEGATEE

LUNATIC

MISANTHROPIC

MULTITUDE

OMINOUS

RAPTURE

REPLENISH

RESOLUTE

SOLITARY

TREMULOUS

TRIFLE

UNHALLOWED

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F O B J N P A G X Z S Y X X D V C A C I

T X C N D M U W F P L F K M E S S K B F

W F W O B O B M I T E B Y Y N J M T D M

I Z J I M F I F N I N O B Z Y J K U T I

H U Y T K P Q E O W M B U P N I C N I I

B W Y A X I U E A A A Y Y V A Y S J E K

I T C L R Q I L E H Z E H N N P Q H C Q

L I Y O E E T G S K F F T A H V X J W E

I P J S G R O G P I D P R Z D O I X A Y

O L B N K L U G N R O N A E M E D B A M

U U S O B F S T O I T N W B K F U O S C

S U W C I C R R A S H F S D Y M W Q T K

B M D U V I L I B M O T Z L B S A J T K

H W H L C V W I T H E R E D F U S V Q S

U N M A Q X U E H L X R U E Y W E L B G

A J T M G D A L B Y U M P J S T K E A X

Z E N S U E D O P M L R H V C D E Q V U

A B W I F M G R E H T I L B L M A E P E

L Q C D A C J D I R E R M R P D K E O A

Y J W S D F K I B N D K M Z P Z T S Y H

Word List: ABYSS

BILIOUS

BLITHE

COMPULSION

CONSOLATION

DEMEANOR

DEMURELY

DISMAL

ENSUED

EXULTED

GLEE

GOBLETS

GROG

INTRICATE

PREMATURELY

SEETHING

SHABBY

SUBSEQUENTLY

SWARTHY

UBIQUITOUS

WITHERED