PPT-Stave What Happens? 1 Marley’s ghost appears to Scrooge to tell him he will be visited

2 The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to see himself as a lonely child in school to see his old boss Fezziwig and to see his former fiancée breaking off their engagement 3 The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to see the Cratchit family and his nephew Fred at Christmas He also shows Scrooge the children Ignorance and Want. 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. . .”. Grammar: 4 types of sentences. Literary devices: . similes. , characterization. Reading skill: summarizing. Stave 1. Read for:. Tone – sarcasm. Images – fun ways of describing things. Stereotypes (broad, predictable characters). . Although . A Christmas Carol . uses a chronological structure Dickens also uses . flashback. . techniques.. . The first ‘. flashback. ’ comes in the form of the Ghost of Christmas Past. The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge back through time to when Ebenezer was a boy. Unhallowed (1)- adj., not regarded as holy or sacred . Entreaty (2)- n., a serious and passionate request. Impropriety (4)- n., conduct that is not considered correct, moral, or appropriate in a given context. Mind! I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the Country's done for. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail.. Recall one simile used to describe Scrooge.. What do animals do when they see Scrooge?. What is the defining feature of Bob . Cratchit’s. cell?. Why does Scrooge sneer at his nephew?. What does ‘humbug’ mean?. Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Present. He symbolises __________________________. He sits on a throne of food and wear a __________ with no sword (which symbolises peace). The ghost shows Scrooge the Christmas of other people: he waves his torch to spread the Christmas Spirit, focusing on poor people as they “______________”.. . Marley's ghost warns Scrooge that .... Marley's ghost informs Scrooge that he will be visited by .... Marley's ghost shows Scrooge a terrible vision of .... Objective: . To read and understand Stave 2. Scrooge turns down Fred’s invitation, scorns the charity collectors and reluctantly gives Bob Christmas Day off.. Scrooge slowly makes his way home and sees Marley’s face in his door knocker.. Later that evening, Marley’s ghost appears.. Stave Three: The Ghost of Christmas Present. LESSON OBJECTIVE:. To understand how the ghost of Christmas Present is presented to us in a positive way. .. LESSON OUTCOME:. To explain your impressions of this ghost. Chapter 1. Marley’s Ghost. Marley, was dead. There was no doubt. He was Scrooge’s business partner and his only friend.. Scrooge was a greedy man, cold inside and out. No one ever stopped him to stay hello. He wasn’t even happy on Christmas.. “. Dickens manipulates the readers through religious sensibilities, real life examples of Victorian attitudes to poverty and using a Christian time of celebration to create a long-standing and relevant message about humanity. Stave One. The novella begins on Christmas Eve with Scrooge, a mean and miserly man working in his counting-house. His clerk, Bob . Cratchit. , is working hard and trying to warm himself over a candle as Scrooge refuses to give him more coal.. Written in 1843. 6,000 copies were sold between . D. ec 19. th. and Dec 24. th. 1843. 30 million copies were sold by 2014 – showing the universal popularity of a story about . change and redemption.