1. EAL Nexus Resource A Christmas Carol character activity
Character cards
Subject:
English
Age group:
12-14, 15-16
Topic:
‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens
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This resource was originally developed by R. Wilson for EAL Nexus based on an idea by the Collaborative Learning Project by Claudine Field and Mary Ann Apcar.

2. Scrooge
Scrooge is a businessman and a miser. He lives on his own. He is unkind to everyone, including the people who work for him.
He hates Christmas, and tells his clerk, Bob Cratchit, that he must work on Christmas Day.

3. Scrooge
Scrooge is a businessman and a miser. He lives on his own. He is unkind to everyone, including the people who work for him.
He hates Christmas, and tells his clerk, Bob Cratchit, that he must work on Christmas Day.

4. Scrooge
Scrooge is a businessman and a miser. He lives on his own. He is unkind to everyone, including the people who work for him.
He hates Christmas, and tells his clerk, Bob Cratchit, that he must work on Christmas Day.

5. Scrooge
Scrooge is a businessman and a miser. He lives on his own. He is unkind to everyone, including the people who work for him.
He hates Christmas, and tells his clerk, Bob Cratchit, that he must work on Christmas Day.

6. Bob Cratchit
Bob Cratchit is Scrooge’s clerk. He is poor and has a large family.
Bob is a kind and cheerful man. Although Scrooge treats him badly he is grateful to his employer for giving him a job.

7. Bob Cratchit
Bob Cratchit is Scrooge’s clerk. He is poor and has a large family.
Bob is a kind and cheerful man. Although Scrooge treats him badly he is grateful to his employer for giving him a job.

8. Bob Cratchit
Bob Cratchit is Scrooge’s clerk. He is poor and has a large family.
Bob is a kind and cheerful man. Although Scrooge treats him badly he is grateful to his employer for giving him a job.

9. Bob Cratchit
Bob Cratchit is Scrooge’s clerk. He is poor and has a large family.
Bob is a kind and cheerful man. Although Scrooge treats him badly he is grateful to his employer for giving him a job.

10. Fred
Fred is Scrooge’s nephew. Every year, Fred invites Scrooge to celebrate Christmas with his and his family, but every year Scrooge refuses.
Although Fred isn’t rich, he loves to celebrate Christmas with his family.

11. Fred
Fred is Scrooge’s nephew. Every year, Fred invites Scrooge to celebrate Christmas with his and his family, but every year Scrooge refuses.
Although Fred isn’t rich, he loves to celebrate Christmas with his family.

12. Fred
Fred is Scrooge’s nephew. Every year, Fred invites Scrooge to celebrate Christmas with his and his family, but every year Scrooge refuses.
Although Fred isn’t rich, he loves to celebrate Christmas with his family.

13. Fred
Fred is Scrooge’s nephew. Every year, Fred invites Scrooge to celebrate Christmas with his and his family, but every year Scrooge refuses.
Although Fred isn’t rich, he loves to celebrate Christmas with his family.

14. Tiny Tim
Tiny Tim is Bob Cratchit’s youngest son. He is very ill and his family do not have enough money to pay for a doctor. He uses a stick to help him walk.
Although he is ill, Tim is kind and happy and grateful for having such a loving family.

15. Tiny Tim
Tiny Tim is Bob Cratchit’s youngest son. He is very ill and his family do not have enough money to pay for a doctor. He uses a stick to help him walk.
Although he is ill, Tim is kind and happy and grateful for having such a loving family.

16. Tiny Tim
Tiny Tim is Bob Cratchit’s youngest son. He is very ill and his family do not have enough money to pay for a doctor. He uses a stick to help him walk.
Although he is ill, Tim is kind and happy and grateful for having such a loving family.

17. Tiny Tim
Tiny Tim is Bob Cratchit’s youngest son. He is very ill and his family do not have enough money to pay for a doctor. He uses a stick to help him walk.
Although he is ill, Tim is kind and happy and grateful for having such a loving family.

18. Fezziwig
Fezziwig was Scrooge’s employer when he was a young man. He was a kind and generous employer, and had wonderful Christmas parties for the people who worked for him.
As a business man he did not make as much money as Scrooge does.

19. Fezziwig
Fezziwig was Scrooge’s employer when he was a young man. He was a kind and generous employer, and had wonderful Christmas parties for the people who worked for him.
As a business man he did not make as much money as Scrooge does.

20. Fezziwig
Fezziwig was Scrooge’s employer when he was a young man. He was a kind and generous employer, and had wonderful Christmas parties for the people who worked for him.
As a business man he did not make as much money as Scrooge does.

21. Fezziwig
Fezziwig was Scrooge’s employer when he was a young man. He was a kind and generous employer, and had wonderful Christmas parties for the people who worked for him.
As a business man he did not make as much money as Scrooge does.

22. Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley was Scrooge’s business partner, but he died seven years ago. He was very much like Scrooge, a miser.
Marley’s ghost visits Scrooge on Christmas Eve and warns him that unless he changes he will be miserable for ever. Marley also tells Scrooge that three more ghosts will visit him that night.

23. Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley was Scrooge’s business partner, but he died seven years ago. He was very much like Scrooge, a miser.
Marley’s ghost visits Scrooge on Christmas Eve and warns him that unless he changes he will be miserable for ever. Marley also tells Scrooge that three more ghosts will visit him that night.

24. Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley was Scrooge’s business partner, but he died seven years ago. He was very much like Scrooge, a miser.
Marley’s ghost visits Scrooge on Christmas Eve and warns him that unless he changes he will be miserable for ever. Marley also tells Scrooge that three more ghosts will visit him that night.

25. Jacob Marley
Jacob Marley was Scrooge’s business partner, but he died seven years ago. He was very much like Scrooge, a miser.
Marley’s ghost visits Scrooge on Christmas Eve and warns him that unless he changes he will be miserable for ever. Marley also tells Scrooge that three more ghosts will visit him that night.

26. The Ghost of Christmas Present
The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to see how other families are celebrating Christmas. He shows Scrooge his nephew Fred’s family enjoying Christmas together.
He also shows Scrooge how other people see him as an unkind and lonely man.

27. The Ghost of Christmas Present
The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to see how other families are celebrating Christmas. He shows Scrooge his nephew Fred’s family enjoying Christmas together.
He also shows Scrooge how other people see him as an unkind and lonely man.

28. The Ghost of Christmas Present
The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to see how other families are celebrating Christmas. He shows Scrooge his nephew Fred’s family enjoying Christmas together.
He also shows Scrooge how other people see him as an unkind and lonely man.

29. The Ghost of Christmas Present
The Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to see how other families are celebrating Christmas. He shows Scrooge his nephew Fred’s family enjoying Christmas together.
He also shows Scrooge how other people see him as an unkind and lonely man.

30. The Ghost of Christmas yet to come
The Ghost of Christmas yet to come shows Scrooge the future, after he is dead. Scrooge sees that nobody is sad that he is dead.
He also shows Scrooge the Cratchit family who are really sad because Tiny Tim has died.

31. The Ghost of Christmas yet to come
The Ghost of Christmas yet to come shows Scrooge the future, after he is dead. Scrooge sees that nobody is sad that he is dead.
He also shows Scrooge the Cratchit family who are really sad because Tiny Tim has died.

32. The Ghost of Christmas yet to come
The Ghost of Christmas yet to come shows Scrooge the future, after he is dead. Scrooge sees that nobody is sad that he is dead.
He also shows Scrooge the Cratchit family who are really sad because Tiny Tim has died.

33. The Ghost of Christmas yet to come
The Ghost of Christmas yet to come shows Scrooge the future, after he is dead. Scrooge sees that nobody is sad that he is dead.
He also shows Scrooge the Cratchit family who are really sad because Tiny Tim has died.

34. Image attributions
Scrooge: By Frederick Simpson Coburn, Internet Archive Book Images [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons
Bob Cratchitt: By Internet Archive Book Images [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons
Fred: By Internet Archive Book Images [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons
Tiny Tim By Frederick Simpson Coburn, Internet Archive Book Images [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons
Fizziwig: By Frederick Simpson Coburn, Internet Archive Book Images [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons
Jacob Marley: By Frederick Simpson Coburn, Internet Archive Book Images [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons
Ghost of Xmas Present: By John Leech (1843) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Ghost of Xmas Yet to Come: By John Leech (1843) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons