Stave 5
Literary Devices: allusion, puns
Reading skills: assessing predictions
Allusions
• A reference to a movie or book
– Ex. “Inconceivable!” “I do not think you know
what that word means.”
– “To be or not to be. . .”
– In this story, of Hamlet’s ghost in the beginning.
Predictions
• You are familiar with this story, so most of
your predictions are correct.
– What about the ghosts, Scrooge, or the other
minor characters did you predict that was
correct?
– Incorrect?
Journal Questions
• At the beginning of Stave Five, Scrooge is happy that
the "time" before him is his own. Why is “time”
important to Scrooge? Explain and provide at least 3
pieces of text evidence to support your thoughts.
“Yes! and the bedpost was his own. The bed was his own,
the room was his own. Best and happiest of all, the Time
before him was his own, to make amends in” (Dickens
91).
Journal Questions
• Explain the lesson that Scrooge learns from each spirit.
Include text evidence to support each lesson.
• How would you characterize Bob Cratchit’s attitude toward
Scrooge? Scrooge’s attitude toward Cratchit? How do their
attitudes toward each other change throughout the book?
Explain and include at least 3 examples from the text.
Journal Questions
• How would you characterize Bob Cratchit’s
attitude toward Scrooge? Scrooge’s attitude
toward Cratchit? How do their attitudes toward
each other change throughout the book? Explain
and include at least 3 examples from the text.
Journal Questions
• In literature as in life, characters go through
transformations and learn from their
experiences. Explain how Ebenezer Scrooge
transformed his life and learned from his
experiences. Provide at least 3 pieces of
supporting evidence from the novel.
Stave 5 Vocabulary
p. 37 of ACC study guide
• Amends
• Dispelled
• Recompensed
• Blithe
• Unanimity
• Malady
• Illustrious
“Team Talk” Questions
(p. 38 of ACC study guide)
• #1-Why is Scrooge overcome with joy on
Christmas morning?
• #2-What does Scrooge have sent to Bob
Cratchit’s home/
• #3-Why does Scrooge wish to catch Bob
Cratchit coming into work late?
“Team Talk” Questions
(p. 39-40 of ACC study guide)
• #6-Why do you think everything Scrooge sees on his
walk gives him so much pleasure?
• #9-Scrooge’s neice an dnephew welcome him with
open arms. Read Rom. 12:13 and 1 Peter 4:9-10.
According to these verses, what qualities does true
hospitality demonstrate? Do Fred and his wife
demonstrate these qualities? Why or why not?
“Team Talk” Questions
(p. 40 of ACC study guide)
• #10-Read 2 Cor. 5:17-19. What makes
truly new life possible? In your opinion,
how well do these verses apply to
Ebenezer Scrooge?
Discuss:
• Life is a series of choices and consequences. Did
Scrooge actively or consciously choose to be the
way he was at the beginning of the novel?
• What types of decisions led him there?
• Did he truly have a choice in whether to change?
What consequences did his new choices result
in?
Plot Overview
p. 42 in ACC study guide
Theme? Message?
• What do you think is the central or dominant
idea presented in the novel?
Luke 19:1-10
Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
19 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of
Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus
was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and
climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
5 When Jesus reached
the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down
immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and
welcomed him gladly.
7 All the
people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
8 But Zacchaeus
stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of
my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay
back four times the amount.”
9 Jesus said
to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a
son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
• In what ways does A Christmas Carol echo this
story from Scripture?