A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Reading Guide and Activities
Day 1: ___/___/___
8th Grade LAL
Ms. Castellano
Victorian Christmas Traditions
Introductory research project
Receive Reading Guide/Comprehension HW
Day 2: ___/___/___
DUE TODAY: Read stave 1 and complete
comprehension choice activity for the stave
1. Post-it Blog Activity
2. Marley’s Ghost
Day 3: ___/___/___
1. The First of Three Spirits
DUE TODAY: Read stave 2 and complete
comprehension choice activity for the stave,
look up definition and part of speech for the two
vocabulary words for your EXPERT group
2. Vocabulary Activity
My VOCABULARY Expert Group # is: _______
Day 4: ___/___/___
DUE TODAY: Read stave 3 and complete
comprehension choice activity for the stave
Day 5: ___/___/___
DUE TODAY: Read stave 4 and complete
comprehension choice activity for the stave
Day 6: ___/___/___
DUE TODAY: Read stave 5 and complete
comprehension choice activity for the stave,
look up definition and part of speech for the
three vocabulary words for your EXPERT group
1. Reading Quiz Staves 1-3
2. The Second of Three Spirits
1. The Last of Three Spirits
2. Vocabulary Activity
1. Diary Entry- Teenager in
Victorian Times
2. Answering an Open-EndedQuestion Review
Day 7: ___/___/___
DUE TODAY: Open-Ended Response, typed
Day 8: ___/___/___
Day 9: ___/___/___
WINTER
Day 10: ___/___/___
Day 11: ___/___/___
Day 12: ___/___/___
DUE: Rough draft of paper
Day 13: ___/___/___
DUE: Final Assessment Paper
1. What is an Opinion Essay?
2. Begin Movie: Scrooge (1970)
1. Movie: Scrooge (1970)
-Fill in notes on the four
ghosts
1. Movie: A Christmas Carol
-Fill in notes on the four
ghosts
BREAK
1. Review the plot- timeline
activity
2. MLA Citations
1. Final Assessment Paper- Using a
graphic organizer to plan
1. Peer Edit