English Year 8 Homework A Christmas Carol

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List five
differences
between a modern
and a Victorian
childhood.
Create a factfile
about a famous
boarding school.
Find five Victorian Make a list of
words that are not famous people who
used today.
have been to
boarding school.
What is Scrooge’s
catchphrase?
What does it
mean?
Write an essay
discussing the
arguments for and
against corporal
punishment
Compare your
Christmas list to a
Victorian child’s
Christmas list.
Create a factfile
about Christmas
trees and draw
and label one.
List five different
corporal
punishments used
in Victorian
schools.
Make a list of five
Victorian toys.
Write about one in
more detail.
Draw and label a
traditional
Victorian
Christmas tree.
Draw and label
three Victorian
toys.
Design your own
Christmas tree.
What is a boarding What is corporal
school?
punishment?
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