1. A Christmas Carol AO2: Character Analysis Impressive vocabulary bank:
GCSE Literature
Paper 1 Mon 22nd May
Impressive vocabulary bank:
Find definitions to any of these words you do not know and create an impressive vocabulary bank of words related to Scrooge
parsimonious
frugal
Callous
Redemption
Extroverted
egotistical
Socially inept
miserly
Gregarious
rancorous
malevolent
5 – clear understanding 6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration 8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

2. A Christmas Carol
GCSE Literature
Paper 1 Mon 22nd May
AO1 – Read, understand and respond to texts (12 marks)
AO2 – Analyse language, structure and form (12 marks)
AO3 – Relationship between text and context (6 marks)
5 – clear understanding 6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration 8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

3. Mark scheme descriptors:
A Christmas Carol
GCSE Literature
Paper 1 Mon 22nd May
Mark scheme descriptors:
Band 4 – level 5 – clear understanding
Band 5 – Level 6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration
Band 6 – level 8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration
5 – clear understanding 6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration 8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

4. Character Analysis
GCSE Literature
Paper 1 Mon 22nd May
Today, we will move through each character analysing:
The way they speak (language)
Their outlook on life
Methods Dickens uses to present them
How a reader reacts to them and why
Second interpretation Key Word analysis Audience Techniques + Impact/ Effect Social views
5 – clear understanding 6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration 8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

5. Scrooge
GCSE Literature
Paper 1 Mon 22nd May
The way they speak:
‘Bah! […] Humbug!’
‘Good Heaven! [ …] ‘I was bred in this place. I was a boy here!’
‘Remember it! […] I could walk it blindfold.’
Outlook on life:
‘Out upon merry Christmas!’
‘What reason do you have to be merry? You’re poor enough.’
Methods Dickens uses to present them:
Exclamatives e.g.
Imperatives e.g.
How a reader reacts and why:
Influenced by narrator?
Enjoys change…
Second interpretation Key Word analysis Audience Techniques + Impact/ Effect Social views
5 – clear understanding 6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration 8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

6. Fred
GCSE Literature
Paper 1 Mon 22nd May
The way they speak:
Outlook on life:
‘What right do you have to be dismal? You’re rich enough.’
Methods Dickens uses to present them:
Semantic field of optimism/happiness
Rhetorical questions
How a reader reacts and why:
Second interpretation Key Word analysis Audience Techniques + Impact/ Effect Social views
5 – clear understanding 6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration 8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

7. Bob Cratchit
GCSE Literature
Paper 1 Mon 22nd May
The way they speak:
‘If quite convenient, Sir’
Outlook on life:
Grateful
Family is everything
Methods Dickens uses to present them:
Tentative, appreciative character – emotive for reader
How a reader reacts and why:
Second interpretation Key Word analysis Audience Techniques + Impact/ Effect Social views
5 – clear understanding 6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration 8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

8. Belle
GCSE Literature
Paper 1 Mon 22nd May
The way they speak:
Outlook on life:
Methods Dickens uses to present them:
How a reader reacts and why:
Second interpretation Key Word analysis Audience Techniques + Impact/ Effect Social views
5 – clear understanding 6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration 8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

9. Tiny Tim
GCSE Literature
Paper 1 Mon 22nd May
The way they speak:
Outlook on life:
Methods Dickens uses to present them:
How a reader reacts and why:
Second interpretation Key Word analysis Audience Techniques + Impact/ Effect Social views
5 – clear understanding 6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration 8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration

10. Ghosts of Christmas Past/Present/Future
GCSE Literature
Paper 1 Mon 22nd May
The way they speak:
Outlook on life:
Methods Dickens uses to present them:
How a reader reacts and why:
Second interpretation Key Word analysis Audience Techniques + Impact/ Effect Social views
5 – clear understanding 6/7 – thoughtful, developed consideration 8/9 – Convincing, critical analysis and exploration