1. A CHRISTMAS CAROL Lesson 10: Stave 3

2. Lesson Objectives  At the end of this lesson we will have considered how Dickens uses personification in the novel.

3. The Yes/No game  I am thinking of a famous person (or people). You are to take turns trying to guess who I am thinking of, by asking me questions. I can only reply with ‘Yes’ or ‘No.  Who was I thinking of?

4. Personification  Definition: when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person.  The term "personification" may apply to:  A description of an inanimate object as being a living person or animal.  An outstanding example of a quality or idea: "He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative" (Ralph Ellison).

5. Stave 3  What has Scrooge experienced so far, with the Ghost of Christmas Present?

6. Stave 3  Please follow along, as the teacher continues reading Stave 3, starting at the lines: ‘It was a great surprise to Scrooge...’ up to the end of the Stave.

7. Different kinds of Christmas... Cratchit family ChristmasFred’s Christmas

8. The end of Stave 3  Scrooge wishes to speak at the end of the Stave, but there is no time. What do you suppose he would have said?  At the end of Stave 3, the ghost describes Ignorance and Want. Sketch Ignorance and Want, as described by Dickens in the novel.  Why has Dickens used personification here? What do Ignorance and Want represent?

9. Plotting the Changes In Scrooge  How has Scrooge changed??  For your assessment piece, you will be asked to discuss how the four ghosts help to change Scrooge. We will track his progress in point form, as a class. Please see Smart File, entitled ‘Plotting Changes in Scrooge’.Plotting Changes in Scrooge

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