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Group 1: Why is Dickens famous? Virginia 1D - level 8th

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Group 1: Why is Dickens famous? Virginia 1D - level 8th

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Read the information about Charles Dickens and answer the question in no more than 10 lines.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/charles_dickens/

Charles Dickens is a famous English writer. People all over the world enjoy his stories. They’re always full of interesting 'characters' . Readers like a good story, with interesting characters. Dickens was very clever at making up characters. Many of Dickens's stories came out in weekly or monthly parts, as serials. Each month people could read a new chapter in the story. Perhaps this is why Dickens' s so famous and why his books make good films and TV serials too.

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Group 2: Early life Marta  1D - level 8th

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Group 2: Early life Marta  1D - level 8th

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Read the information about Charles Dickens's life and write a short paragraph containing the most relevant events of his life in no more than 10 lines.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/charles_dickens/

Charles Dickens, was born in 7 February 1812 in Portsmouth. The Dickens never had much money. His parents dreamed a better life for all the family. In 1816 they moved to Chatam. Charles went to school here. In 1822 Charles had to work in a factory to help his family. In 1824 Charles back to school. Then he got a job writing about Parliament, he wrote for a newspaper and wrote stories about the people he met.

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Read the information about Charles Dickens's production and write a short paragraph containing the most relevant information about his novels . Focus on 'A Christmas carol' (you have a brief summary of it). No more than 15 lines.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/charles_dickens/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19WIUe-HvnndUTGDfk1ij0i3ZxypKryHBx9uXXaLLbGQ/edit?usp=sharing

When Charles Dickens started to write novels he used the pen-name of 'Boz. He wrote a lot of novels such as 'Oliver Twist' and 'David Copperfield' but the story we are interested in is 'A Christmas Carol' written in 1844 . This book depicts the life of an old selfish man, Scrooge. At the beginning of the story, Scrooge is visited by Jacob Marley's ghost, his old partner of business who died many years before. He warned Scrooge he'll be visited by 3 ghosts: Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future. Each ghost will show Scrooge the mistakes he made in the past and the ones he will make in the future. So, in the end, Scrooge decides to be more kind and more generous.

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Group 4: 


 Dickens the celebrity Silvia 1D - level 8th

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Group 4: 


 Dickens the celebrity Silvia 1D - level 8th

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Read the information about Charles Dickens's celebrity and write a short paragraph about it.  No more than 10 lines.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/charles_dickens/

In 1846 Dickens became editor of the Daily News, a newspaper but soon after he started his own magazine Household Words. Dickens became so famous people knew him as he walked about London. He is also the most famous novelist in Britain . Of his many books, Dickens liked 'David Copperfield' best and one of the most famous story is 'A Christmas Carol'.

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Group 5: 


 What happened to Dickens?

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Group 5: 


 What happened to Dickens?

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Read the information about Charles Dickens and answer the question in no more than 5 lines.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/charles_dickens/

During his life, Dickens saw many changes caused by the Industrial Revolution and in his books he wrote about this theme. In 1864, Dickens and Ellen Ternan were in a train crash, Dickens never recovered after this accident.
Dickens died in 1870 at home while ne was writing a new book.

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Take the quiz on the left of the following page and have fun

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/charles_dickens/

Or http://www.charlesdickensinfo.com/games/christmas-carol-quiz/

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Activity to do during Christmas Holiday:

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Activity to do during Christmas Holiday:

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Now listen to the nine parts of the story at the following page

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/english/a_christmas_carol

You can do it while reading the book.

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1.  What was the strongest emotion that you felt when watching the film?

2.  What did you learn from this movie?

3.  Which character did you [admire, hate, love, pity] the most?

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A Christmas Carol 1971 ~ Animated ~ Alastair Sim ~ Full Length  ORIGINAL POST

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Make a list of questions that you would ask Charles Dickens if you could?

Can you think of reasons why Scrooge hates Christmas?

If you have the chance to interview Ebenezer Scrooge, what would you say to him?

Make a list of words that are used to describe Scrooge in the book.

Make a list of all of the characters in the story. How do they feel about Scrooge?

Make a list of words and phrases that are used to describe each ghost.

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use the old pictures to re-write your story

http://www.grandmasgraphics.com/christmascarol.php

Download the picture and create your story.

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This presentation contains all the information collected  by the five groups

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Another interview impossible to Charle Dickens by Martina and Michael class 1 F

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Another interview impossible to Charle Dickens by Martina and Michael class 1 F

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We recorded it in class and we are sorry if we have made some mistake but we were really excited.

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An Interview Impossible to Charled Dickens by Virginia and Luca class 1 D

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An Interview Impossible to Charled Dickens by Virginia and Luca class 1 D

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We recorded it in class and we are sorry for the sound...But we enjoyed it a lot!

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The video has been made by the leaders of all the groups