Engaging Tuesday Classroom with A Christmas Carol
Welcome to the first Tuesday of 2016! Students will engage in PSSA practice and A Christmas Carol review. Explore character analysis of Scrooge, plot elements, vocabulary comprehension, and themes from the famous novel. Dive into thought-provoking riddles, enhance critical thinking, and enjoy educational activities.
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Tuesday, January 5th Welcome, class, to the first Tuesday of 2016! (Yes, you are getting new seats today.) Today s Learning Target(s): engagement in PSSA practice/ A Christmas Carol Review Today s riddle: The man who builds it doesn't want it. The man who buys it doesn't need it either. The man who uses it doesn't even know he is. What is it?
What does the following excerpt suggest about the character of Scrooge? Scrooge was my sole executor, my sole administrator, my sole assign, my sole residuary legatee, my sole friend and my sole mourner. Scrooge was not so cut up by the sad event of my death, but that he was an excellent man of business on the very day of my funeral, and solemnized it was with an undoubted bargain. A.Scrooge s friendship with Marley was important to him. B.Scrooge was not particularly unsettled by the death of his friend Marley. C.Scrooge was frugal. D.Scrooge never got over the death of his friend Marley. E.Both B and C
What element of a novels plot is represented in the following excerpt: I present him to you: Ebenezer Scrooge England s most tight fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him freezes his old features, nips his pointed nose, shrivels his cheek, stiffens his gait; makes his eyes red, his think lips blue; and speaks out shrewdly in his grating voice. Look at him. Look at him A.Rising Action B. Climax C.Exposition D.Resolution E. Falling Action
What is the best definition of the word implored in this passage? Nobody has ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me? No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children ever ask him what it is o clock, no man or woman now, or ever in his life, not once, inquire the way to such and such a place. A.To insist that one agrees with you B.To ask for something in a desperate manner C.To decline or refuse D.To inquire politely
Which of the following claims about the character of Scrooge is best supported by the beggars behavior toward him? A.Scrooge regularly gave to the needy B.Scrooge was not generous toward those in need C.Scrooge was known among the community to be miserly and unsympathetic D.Both B and C
What is one theme from A Christmas Carol? A.If at first you don t succeed, try and try again. B.Sometimes you have to go against the rules to do the right thing. C.Monetary gain is less important that being good to one another. D.Love can cause people to act in ways they would not otherwise.
Which of the following excerpts does not support your answer to the previous question? A. There are many things from which I have derived good, by which I have not profited. B. But I am sure that I always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round as a good time: the only time I know of, when men and women seem to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow- passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. C. What s Christmastime to you but a time of paying bills without any money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer. D. At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge, it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time.
Which sentence from Stave 2 supports the inference that Scrooge s character might be changing? A. No, said Scrooge, no. I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now. That s all. B. A small matter, said the Ghost, to make these sill folks so full of gratitude. C. Dick Wilkens, to be sure! said Scrooge to the Ghost. Bless me, yes. There is is. He was very much attached to me, was Dick. Poor Dick! D. Always a delicate creature, whom a breath might have withered, said the Ghost. But she had a large heart!
Read the following passage and answer the question that follows. This is an even-handed dealing of the world. There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth! What does the word condemn mean as used in the passage? A.Arrest B.Criticize C.Punish D.Highlight
Read the line from the novel. But if you were free to-day, to-morrow, yesterday, can even I believe that you would choose a dowerless girl you who, in your very confidence with her, weigh everything by Gain. What does the capitalization of the word Gain do in this passage? A.Introduces a new character to the novel. B.Emphasizes Scrooge s greedy nature. C.Illustrates Scrooge s girlfriend s emotional tenderness D.Illuminates how much money Scrooge has earned over the years.
In the novel, Fan is presented as being younger than Scrooge. True or False?
The ghost of Christmas yet to come could be considered a symbol for what?
Caroline and her husband were happy that Scrooge had died because A. They owed him money B.He left them all of his money C.They were looking forward to the lunch after his funeral D.He left him his business
What does the following excerpt suggest about the character of Scrooge? Scrooge was my sole executor, my sole administrator, my sole assign, my sole residuary legatee, my sole friend and my sole mourner. Scrooge was not so cut up by the sad event of my death, but that he was an excellent man of business on the very day of my funeral, and solemnized it was with an undoubted bargain. A.Scrooge s friendship with Marley was important to him. B.Scrooge was not particularly unsettled by the death of his friend Marley. C.Scrooge was frugal. D.Scrooge never got over the death of his friend Marley. E.Both B and C
What element of a novels plot is represented in the following excerpt: I present him to you: Ebenezer Scrooge England s most tight fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him freezes his old features, nips his pointed nose, shrivels his cheek, stiffens his gait; makes his eyes red, his think lips blue; and speaks out shrewdly in his grating voice. Look at him. Look at him A.Rising Action B. Climax C.Exposition D.Resolution E. Falling Action
What is the best definition of the word implored in this passage? Nobody has ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me? No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children ever ask him what it is o clock, no man or woman now, or ever in his life, not once, inquire the way to such and such a place. A.To insist that one agrees with you B.To ask for something in a desperate manner C.To decline or refuse D.To inquire politely
Which of the following claims about the character of Scrooge is best supported by the beggars behavior toward him? A.Scrooge regularly gave to the needy B.Scrooge was not generous toward those in need C.Scrooge was known among the community to be miserly and unsympathetic D.Both B and C
What is one theme from A Christmas Carol? A.If at first you don t succeed, try and try again. B.Sometimes you have to go against the rules to do the right thing. C.Monetary gain is less important that being good to one another. D.Love can cause people to act in ways they would not otherwise.
Which of the following excerpts does not support your answer to question 5? A. There are many things from which I have derived good, by which I have not profited. B. But I am sure that I always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round as a good time: the only time I know of, when men and women seem to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow- passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. C. What s Christmastime to you but a time of paying bills without any money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer. D. At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge, it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time.
Which sentence from Stave 2 supports the inference that Scrooge s character might be changing? A. No, said Scrooge, no. I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now. That s all. B. A small matter, said the Ghost, to make these sill folks so full of gratitude. C. Dick Wilkens, to be sure! said Scrooge to the Ghost. Bless me, yes. There is is. He was very much attached to me, was Dick. Poor Dick! D. Always a delicate creature, whom a breath might have withered, said the Ghost. But she had a large heart!
Read the following passage and answer the question that follows. This is an even-handed dealing of the world. There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth! What does the word condemn mean as used in the passage? A.Arrest B.Criticize C.Punish D.Highlight
Read the line from the novel. But if you were free to-day, to-morrow, yesterday, can even I believe that you would choose a dowerless girl you who, in your very confidence with her, weigh everything by Gain. What does the capitalization of the word Gain do in this passage? A.Introduces a new character to the novel. B.Emphasizes Scrooge s greedy nature. C.Illustrates Scrooge s girlfriend s emotional tenderness D.Illuminates how much money Scrooge has earned over the years.
The ghost of Christmas yet to come could be considered a symbol for what? DEATH
Caroline and her husband were happy that Scrooge had died because A. They owed him money B.He left them all of his money C.They were looking forward to the lunch after his funeral D.He left him his business
