'A Christmas Carol': writing about the presentation of children
I can demonstrate rich layers of textual analysis in my extended responses about children in the novella.
'A Christmas Carol': writing about the presentation of children
I can demonstrate rich layers of textual analysis in my extended responses about children in the novella.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Writers layer methods upon methods to create a literary text.
- When analysing the text, you can analyse the layers of meaning.
- The writer's method is any conscious choice the writer makes -the smallest method a writer uses is the individual word.
- You can analyse a quotation by starting with an overarching impression and then drilling down into the methods.
- Discourse markers can be used to link layers of analysis together.
Keywords
To analyse - To analyse a quotation means to examine it in detail to find meaning.
Method - A method is anything the writer does - any choice that the writer makes.
Discourse marker - A discourse marker is a word which helps us structure our writing or speech into sections.
Accustomed - If you become accustomed to something, you become used to it.
Common misconception
Students think that the writer's method is just similes/metaphors etc.
The writer's method is anything that they do consciously - it's any conscious choice that they make.
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Equipment
You will need access to a copy of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
Scrooge is presented as an isolated character.
Dickens uses a simile to suggest that Scrooge hoards wealth.
"solitary" also shows his lack of respect for community.
"As solitary as an oyster."
"A jolly... giant."
"Scrooge growled."
"Thin lips blue."
"The fog and darkness thickened so."
"Feeble fire."