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1. Type up the practice question at the top of the box (i.e. here)

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1. Type up the practice question at the top of the box (i.e. here)

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2. Note the extract that is used (briefly describe)

3. Write down the plan (3-4 key points to be made in relation to the question)

4. Add in supporting quotes

5. Add in helpful context here (use your booklet if you're stuck)

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Ioan and Josh - How does Dickens present the atmosphere at Christmas Time?, 

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Ioan and Josh - How does Dickens present the atmosphere at Christmas Time?, 

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“Nor was it that the figs were moist and pulpy... smoked as if it’s stones were cooking too”
Stave 3, when Scrooge and the ghost of present are standing in the city streets on Christmas morning.

Point 1: bustling / chaotic. Alienation of Scrooge = slight atmosphere of sadness for the reader
Setting: streets

Extract:
“flowing through the streets”

Rest of book:
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Point 2: Jolly / cheerful
Setting: Cratchits
Exctract:
“Everything was good to eat and in its Christmas dress”

Rest of book:
"Wonderful party, wonderful games, wonderful unamity, won-der-ful happinesss!”
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Point 3: luxurious
Setting: party

Extract:

Rest of book:
"Golden sunlight; heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells. Oh glorious. Glorious!”

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Explore how Dickens presents attitudes towards Christmas in a Christmas Carol.
In this extract Scrooge and the ghost of Christmas past are watching the events at Fezziwig's warehouse on Christmas eve.
PLAN
1)Fezziwigs positive, joyous and energetic attitude towards Christmas

"Yo ho, my boys!"
Repetition of "Hilli-ho!". The exclamation marks.

Getting everyone involved by addressing them, he keeps saying their names." Christmas eve Dick. Christmas, Ebeneezer."

2)Ebeneezer and Dick are excited and enthusiastic about getting the Christmas celebrations ready

"There was nothing wouldn't have cleared away,"

3)Scrooge is dismissive of the idea of Christmas and doesn't embrace it like other characters.

Scrooges repetition of Christmas being a "humbug" with no significance or importance.

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‘How does Dickens present the importance of generosity in A Christmas Carol’

The extract: Stave Two when the ghost of Christmas past takes Scrooge to watch the events at Fezziwig’s warehouse on Christmas Eve.

'During the whole of this time, Scrooge had acted like a man out of his wits...’

Plan:
1) The importance of generosity is shown through the comparison to money.
2) The importance of generosity is shown through how it affects happiness.
3) The importance of generosity is shown through family relationships.

1) ‘The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune’  this suggests that money is not needed to be generous and happiness can be spread without money.

2) ‘he has the power to render us happy or unhappy’.
Fezziwig’s generosity can affect the mood of others and how happy they feel.

“I’ll send it to Bob Cratchit’s” whispered Scrooge...splitting with a laugh’ Stave 5.
This shows that being generous yourself can make you happy as well as others around you.

3) ‘Solitary as an oyster’
Scrooge has so much that he could give, but he keeps himself isolated from his family and society as a whole, even when people try to be generous towards him, he never accepts it.

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Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present the atmosphere at Christmas time in a Christmas Carol?

In this extract, Scrooge and the Ghost of Present are standing in the city streets on Christmas morning (Stave 2)

"There was nothing very cheerful in the climate or the town..."

Plan:
1)Joy - "An air of cheerfulness abroad that the clearest summer air and the brightest summer sun"    "Exchanging a facetious snowball"

descriptions of people - "Shopkeepers' benevolence"

2) Hapiness - the Cratchits  at Christmas

3) the miners and the lighthouse- brings people together
" stone wall shed out a ray of brightness on the awful sea"
"a cheerful company assembled round a glowing fire"

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Question: How does Dickens present Scrooge’s relationships with others?

The extract is from chapter 1 of the story. The scene is at Scrooge’s counting house and Fred, Scrooge’s nephew, has just entered, wishing his uncle a merry Christmas and inviting him to dinner. Scrooge’s reaction explains his relationship with others, even his family.

Plan:

1) The importance of cherishing and making the most of relationships - with both family and romantic relationships

Scrooge’s learns this lesson, in particular in Stave 2 when he sees the scene with Belle, he regrets not holding on to her and not “worshipping another, golden idol”. He also remembers after seeing the scene with Fan, that Fred is his last remaining family and he must attempt to make the most of this and at the end of the novella, he attempts to redeem himself and goes to dinner at Fred’s and celebrates Christmas, a time for family.

2) Scrooge judges his family according to their wealth, judging family can cause very poor relationships

Scrooge explains to Fred that he is “poor enough” and judges him and his happiness by how much money he has. The quote “ What reason do you have to be merry” implies to the reader that Scrooge feels merriness goes hand in hand with wealth, and joy an only happen if you have money. The idea that because Scrooge has more money than Fred and many other people, and he can afford to feel happy, makes Scrooge superior to Fred, in his perspective, and this can affect how Scrooge talks to Fred, and this can alter their relationship.

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Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present Scrooge and his place in society.

Stave 1- in this extract Dickens is describing Scrooge.
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Para 1 winter imagery eg. “ he iced his office” connotations with isolation and Scrooge being cold hearted
Para 2 only cares about himself eg. “ as solitarty as an oyster” shows he does not give back to society even though he is wealthy
Para 3 change eg. “ jolly as a school boy”  after the ghosts visit he gives back to society e.g. the turkey.

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PARA1 “ he iced his office”~ shows he kills a happy atmosphere and is a bitter man “a frosty rhyme on his head” “he carried his own low temperature” ~highlights his coldness and how mean he is” “ no warmth could warm him”~ shows his stubbornness and inability to change, which is contradicted later on.  The winter imagery connotes with Scrooge being cold and heartless. It also shows his isolation and how he has shut himself out from society.

PARA 2 “solitarty as an oyster” oysters are never found in groups and are always alone. This simile reflects Scrooge and his place in society., “decrease th surplus population” , “are ther no workhouses... are there no prisons”, this shows he doesn’t care about what happens to other people less fortunate than him exaggerations his isolated place in society