A Christmas Carol, Stave 1

A Christmas Carol, Stave 1

Open Ended

What does "sole friend and sole mourner" suggest about Marley?

Word Cloud

Choose words with negative connotation that describe Scrooge in Stave 1.

Open Ended

Dickens describes how the people of Victorian London react to Scrooge. Find two good examples.

Multiple Select

Select all that apply to the setting of the story. Consider where, what time, and the mood, (things that create the overall feeling).

• Christmas Eve

• 3:00 p.m.

• cold and foggy

• in Scrooge's counting house

Categorize

Options (12)

"a cheerful voice"

"ruddy and handsome"

"his eye sparkled"

felt Christmas was "a good time: a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time."

"I fell in love."

treats the clerk kindly

"Bah! Humbug!"

"frozen" emotions

"pointed nose"

doesn't like spending money on others

feels love is ridiculous

shows unpleasantness a lack of confidence in clerk

Organize the characteristics whether they apply to Scrooge or his nephew.

Fred

Scrooge

Match

Match the following statements about suspense to the word list.

• Suspense is a build up of __________.

• It is the feeling you get when you are __________ to know what is going to happen next.

• Two ways to create suspense are __________ and ___________ sentences.

tension

anxious

repetition, simple

• tension

• anxious

• repetition, simple

Open Ended

As you read the description of Scrooge's walk through London and his home, find examples of repetition and/or simple sentences that create suspense.

Open Ended

Marley wears chains of cash boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, etc. and says "I wear the chain I forged in life... I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will." What are some metaphorical chains that weigh people down in life? Why would Marley want to help Scrooge change his life aside from him being his friend?