Planning the climax of a 'A Christmas Carol'
I can generate precise vocabulary to plan the climax of ‘A Christmas Carol’.
Planning the climax of a 'A Christmas Carol'
I can generate precise vocabulary to plan the climax of ‘A Christmas Carol’.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The purpose of the climax is to describe the main action and take the suspense to its highest point.
- The climax of ‘A Christmas Carol’ describes Scrooge’s encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Future).
- Scrooge feels great regret and sorrow upon seeing the future visions and realises he must change his ways.
- Precise and descriptive vocabulary, including 'show and tell' is used to convey an ominous atmosphere.
- Direct speech and Scrooge’s inner thoughts are used to convey Scrooge’s fraught emotions.
Keywords
Climax - the point in the narrative that describes the main action and takes the suspense to its highest point
Suspense - a state of feeling excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen
Ominous - an adjective used to describe something showing a sign of misfortune to come
Fraught - an adjective used to describe something that causes anxiety and stress
Common misconception
Children may find it difficult to understand some of the vocabulary modelled (e.g. indifference) and they may struggle to generate their own vocabulary ideas to convey an ominous atmosphere.
Model the use of a thesaurus to up level simple pieces of vocabulary. For example, instead of 'lonely', children might use 'isolated' or 'deserted'.
Licence
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