Theme for Today

Journal Prompt 1

Imagine writing is your profession. Now, imagine you also have a spouse and a family like Dickens did when writing A Christmas Carol. Would you rather have a few people purchase and read for your book or have it be widely popular and make no money from it? Remember, you have a family you need to support, but you also deeply care about your writing. Explain which option you would choose and justify your decision.

Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution Child Labor Industrial Revolution: ~1760-1840

Dickens’ Life: 1812-1870

Journal 2

We will soon learn in A Christmas Carol that the protagonist Scrooge is a Miser, a person who hoards wealth.

As a child, Dickens’ family struggled with finances in the midst of the Industrial Revolution and his family lived across the street from a Work House.

What connections do you see between Dickens’ life, A Christmas Carol, and the Industrial Revolution. Write as many connections as you can in the next 5 minutes. You may write this as a list or a paragraph.

Extension: How does Scrooge’s characterization relate to the political cartoon of the man eating children?

Journal 3

Idioms about Money: “Money makes the world go round.” “Show me the money.” “Time is money.” “Money can’t buy happiness.”In A Christmas Carol the main character’s opinion about what it means to be wealthy changes drastically by the end of play.Part 1: What does it mean to be wealthy? Does having money matter?Part 2: Choose one of the idioms above. Explain why it is an idiom. Is it true? Use logical deductions to construct your answer.Part 3: Write your own idiom about money. Remember, an idiom is a phrase that wouldn’t make sense to someone who doesn’t natively speak English.

Reading A Christmas Carol

Plays read differently the narrative writing or poetry. When an author writes a play, it is composed on dialogue and stage directions.The stage directions are as important as the dialogue….. Why?

Prologue

Open your textbook to Page 401

Mood: Emotional atmosphere provided in a text Pay close attention to the stage directions while

reading.

Characters:First BoySecond BoyThird BoyGirl

Journal Analysis

What did you learn about the setting of A Christmas Carol in the Prologue?

How did the setting contribute to the mood of the play? Cite specific evidence from the text and name the mood in your response.