About Charles Dickens
This 19th-century author wrote A Christmas Carol to highlight the struggles of the poor.
Who is Charles Dickens?
A drama, or play, is written to be performed by who?
Who are actors?
What part of a script shows what the characters actually say?
What is dialogue?
A play is divided into big sections called what?
What are acts?
What is the big question we’re asking as we read A Christmas Carol?
“Can people really change?”
Dickens wanted people to care more about others who didn’t have much money. What big problem did he write about in his stories?
What is poverty?
These directions tell actors what to do and how to say their lines.
What are stage directions?
Stage directions are often written in brackets or this kind of text.
What are italics?
Each act is split into smaller parts called what?
What are scenes?
Scrooge changes from mean to kind. What word describes that kind of change?
What is personal change or redemption?
A Christmas Carol was written a long time ago — in the year 1843. What century is that?
What is the 1800s (the 19th century)?
What do we call the time and place where a play happens?
What is the setting?
What can dialogue show us about a character?
How a character feels or changes.
What do we call the events that make up the story?
What is the plot?
What does Scrooge care about the most at the start of the story?
What is money?
What is the name of the grumpy man who learns to change in A Christmas Carol?
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
When characters talk to each other in a play, it’s called what?
What is dialogue?
The directions in the sample play told us Kate was excited in one version and nervous in another. What caused the difference?
The stage directions changed.
The plot usually has a problem that needs to be solved. What do we call that problem?
What is the conflict?
Who helps Scrooge see his mistakes and learn to change?
Who are the ghosts?
What lesson does Dickens want people to learn from this story?
That kindness and generosity can change people’s hearts.
What things help bring a play to life — like the lights, costumes, and sets?
What are props and stage effects (production elements)?
The script is like a recipe. What does it tell the actors to do?
It tells them how to act, speak, and move.
Instead of paragraphs like a story, a play is written in this special form.
What is script form?
After learning about Scrooge, students will write their own stories about what?
A character who changes.