a christmas carol: reading activities
DESCRIPTION
Our E' Class students (B1+ level) read Charles Dickens' story 'A Christmas Carol' and prepared their own post-reading activities about it in groups in order to take part in the reading competition organized by their French online friends and their teacher, Aniella Lebeau.TRANSCRIPT
‘A Ch!"mas Carol ’ by Charles Dickens:
Po"- rea$ng activities prepared by
E’ Class "udents (B1+ level)
in Ma!a Markaki Langua& School
Activity 1: QuizWhich character are you? Scrooge
or Scrooge's nephew?
1) Are you interested only in money?• Yes• No
2) Do you like the spirit of Christmas?• Yes• No
3) Do you care for other people?• Yes• No
4) Do you believe that Christmas is only about money?
• Yes• No
5) Do you like the Christmas carols?• A little bit• Yes
Results:
If you have more As: You are like Scooge's, you are interested in money. Nothing that has to do with Christmas fascinates you.
If you have more Bs: You love Christmas and you think that it is a very interesting spirit. You are like Scrooge's nephew.
Read more about the project here: CHRISTMAS READING COMPETITION 1
Activity 2: Matching
Read more about the project here: CHRISTMAS READING COMPETITION 2
Activity 3: Sequencing pictures
Read more about the project here: CHRISTMAS READING COMPETITION 3
Activities 4 and 5: Gap filling
Read more about the project here: CHRISTMAS READING COMPETITION 4
Activity 6: Multiple Choice
Read more about the project here: CHRISTMAS READING COMPETITION 5
Activity 7: True or False
Web resources:
1) Read the story online
2) Some pictures illustrating the story:
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/carol/gallery.html http://charlesdickenspage.com/illustrations-carol.html http://www.printspast.com/christmas-carol-prints-rackham.htm
3) Listen to the story here (the podcast page of the school).
4) More information on wikipedia.
5) YouTube video: The producers of the film present the story
6) YouTube video: The trailer of the film
Read more about the project here: CHRISTMAS READING COMPETITION 6