A Christmas Carol Activities BUNDLE for the Play version- Middle School

Get a full THREE WEEKS worth of creative and interactive activities PLUS editable lesson plans to go with the play version of A Christmas Carol by Frederick Gaines! Your middle school students will love learning about plot structure, character traits, and theme with this resource!

This Bundle includes:

A Christmas Carol Pre-reading fact or fiction game

✅ Directions for how to set up and play the game
✅ 32 facts or "fictions" written in a clear, legible font so that everyone can see the information.
✅ Digital version of the 32 facts and "fictions".

During Reading - A Christmas Carol Unit Plans

✅A link to the play version by Frederick Gaines
✅A link to the audio of the play
✅A link to a Charles Dickens background video
✅A link to a movie version featuring George C. Scott (not the Muppets version)
✅Discussion questions for all 6 scenes
✅Printable Notes – A set of notes for each of the 6 scenes in black and white, color and plain formats!
✅Printable Plot diagram
✅Plot diagram questions (guides) for each scene.
✅Printable Venn Diagram – One for each scene to compare the play to a movie version (I suggest the Muppets version - but the video is NOT included.)
✅Slides to present to the students on a screen
✅Zap review game
✅Printable Final Assessment
✅An essay assessment option with an outline and checklist

✅Challenge activities (for advanced students)
✅Digital introduction to Charles Dickens with embedded video
✅Digital Notes - A set of notes for each of the 6 scenes!
✅Digital Plot Diagram
✅Digital Venn Diagram for each of the 6 scenes
✅Digital essay assessment option with digital outline and digital checklist
✅Digital self-grading multiple-choice assessment

✅Digital versions of the challenge activities
✅Teacher's Guide for the digital items
✅Suggested Editable Lesson Plans
✅Answer keys

Post-Reading: A Christmas Carol Escape Game – NO PREP

This Google Form resource includes:
✅ Online puzzles, resources, and "locks"!
✅ Printable version of the puzzles (In case you need it for students with an IEP or 504 plan.)
✅ Three "doors" (puzzles) - one for how Dickens used history, one for how Dickens changed history, and one for how his uses and alterations of history influenced character perspectives using claims and evidence.
✅ Full Answer Keys with the link to assign the form to your students through any learning management system.

➡️PLUS - in the Bonus file you will find 3 WEEKS of EDITABLE Lesson Plans!

Be sure to check out the preview!

Your students will love these A Christmas Carol activities because they enjoy games, drama, and challenges! And you will love having 3 weeks of plans done!

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kelly said, "This was a great purchase and loaded with a variety of resources that were able to go along with teaching the story!"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jane said, "This was so much fun! The play and the movie are well aligned so comparing and contrasting is an effective exercise."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kristina said, "I loved all of the activities in this bundle. I only wish we had time to do them all! A Christmas Carol is difficult to read and understand in a typically developing class. These activities made the play much more accessible to my students with learning disabilities.”

Supports Common Core Standards:

CCSSCCRA.R.7
Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.

CCSSCCRA.R.6
Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

CCSSCCRA.R.3
Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

CCSSCCRA.R.2
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

CCSSCCRA.R.1
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

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