Tis the season for A Christmas Carol!

Deck the halls! Hang up the stockings! Roast the chestnuts!

Most families supplement these well-known Christmas traditions with home-grown rituals whose origins have been lost in the family history annals. Ham sandwiches for breakfast; disguising presents in old food packets; a ‘bracing’ swim in the Atlantic Ocean – just some of the Christmas ‘essentials’ practised by team members at ZigZag.

Maybe not your average Christmas… but where did those original festive customs come from? Many people credit the works of Charles Dickens, particularly A Christmas Carol, with helping to shape our ideas of a traditional Christmas.

Classes will love Tiny Tim, jovial Fred and penny-pinching Scrooge’s transformation, and the heart-warming messages of generosity, charity and goodwill are fruitful for group discussion. Simplify your planning with the latest ZigZag Activity Pack:

A Christmas Carol Activity Pack

Available to pre-order (dispatch January) – visit http://zzed.uk/WU97 

Approach Dickens’ well-loved text from a fresh perspective with this comprehensive and highly visual bank of activities.

Carefully considered structure develops understanding:

  1. Build a foundation for learning and get students interested with introductory pre-reading exercises.
  2. Dig deeper with text-based activities. Every chapter is explored through a range of thought-provoking tasks. A focus on close reading, writing style and vocabulary develops essay skills throughout the pack.
  3. Consolidate knowledge with whole-text activities focusing on: Characterisation • Relationships • Setting • Themes • Ideas and Messages • Language • Form • Structure • Context

All activities are perfectly matched to the GCSE Assessment Objectives. Differentiated worksheets provide support for weaker learners and challenge high achievers, allowing your whole class to reach their potential.

Plus! Suggested answers for questions and activities included.

‘This resource is quite simply outstanding! It is clearly written by a talented professional with excellent subject knowledge and a fantastic understanding of the types of activity that engage students.’

L Deighton, HoD and Independent Reviewer

The A Christmas Carol Activity Pack is available to pre-order (dispatch January) as a photocopy master with site licence (£74). Also available in:

  1. Easy-printing PDF files (add 30%+VAT), or
  2. PDF with editable Word files (add 50%+VAT).

Preview and order now at http://zzed.uk/WU97

Preview and order more resources for GCSE Literature here: http://zzed.uk/WU97-2


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