Theme & Plot Twist
This is the central message or lesson of a story.
What is theme?
These are quotes or details from a text used to support an answer.
What is textual evidence?
This character trait describes Scrooge at the beginning of the story.
What is selfishness or greed?
This skill involves putting events in the correct order.
What is sequencing?
This explains why something happens.
What is a cause?
This part of speech shows action.
What is a verb?
This process involves correcting grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.
“What is editing?
This plot element introduces the characters, setting, and background information.
What is exposition?
This quote BEST shows that Scrooge has changed: “I will honor Christmas in my heart.”
What is evidence of Scrooge’s changes?
This character continues inviting Scrooge to Christmas dinner despite being rejected.
Who is Fred?
This transition word signals the final event in a sequence.
What is Finally?
This is what happens because of a cause.
What is an effect?
This part of speech is a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
This process improves sentence fluency, organization, and clarity.
What is revising?
The plot element is the turning point or most exciting moment in a story.
What is the climax?
This character helps represent innocence, hope, and compassion in the story.
Who is Tiny Tim?
This is the reason behind a character's actions or decisions.
What is character motivation?
This ghost visits Scrooge first.
Who is the ghost of Jacob Marley?
This causes Scrooge to fear changing his future.
What are the visions shown by the spirits?
This part of speech tells us how, when, where and how often. "He spoke softly."
What is an adverb?
This sentence type is incomplete: “Because Scrooge feared the future.”
What is a fragment?
This is the major lesson Scrooge learns by the end of the story.
What is kindness and generosity are more important than wealth?
These heavy chains worn by Marley symbolize the consequences of greed and selfishness.
What are Marley's chains?
This character experiences the greatest transformation throughout the story.
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
These plot elements occur in this order: exposition, rising action, climax, and this final stage.
What is resolution?
This is one major effect of Scrooge becoming generous.
What is improving relationships/helping the Cratchit family?
This part of speech describes a noun. "The boy sat in the blue chair."
What is an adjective?
This revised sentence improves fluency: “Scrooge, who was once selfish, eventually became generous and compassionate.”
What is an improved revision?
This theme is developed through Scrooge's transformation from selfish to compassionate.
What is redemption or personal change?
These supernatural visitors help Scroo understand the consequences of his choices.
Who are the three spirits?
This internal conflict drives Scrooge’s transformation throughout the story.
What is Scrooge struggling with his selfishness and fear of the future?
This is the reason sequencing is important in storytelling.
What is helping readers understand the order of events?
This cause leads to the following effect: Scrooge becomes compassionate and generous.
What is Scrooge seeing the consequences of his actions?
This pronoun shows ownership and stand alone. "The backpack is mine"
What is a possessive pronoun?
This is the reason revising is important in writing.
What is improving clarity and effectiveness?