Assignments

Choose different assignments from this activity sheet. You may use an activity once. You may not do the same activity twice. Make sure you have at least 50 points in total. Hand in the assignments before Christmas via Google Classroom.

  1. 10 points each
  1. Discus show Scrooge is like or unlike a person that you know.
  2. Describe an experience you’ve had that was like the experience of Scrooge in the story.
  3. Write an obituary (news article about a person that died recently) for Scrooge.
  4. Explain how Scrooge changed from the beginning to the end of the movie (book)
  5. Explain why you would like to have one of the characters as a friend

B  15 points each

  1. Draw a colour map of London in the 1800s where the story takes place. Label the major landmarks and points of interest.
  2. Write a review of the movie wherein you try to get someone else to see it.
  3. Tell what you think happened before the story began
  4. Write a different (better) ending for the story.
  5. Write a letter to Dickens telling what you liked or disliked about his story ‘A Christmas Carol’.
  6. Write an interview with Scrooge as his character was at the beginning of the story.
  7. Create A Christmas Carol crossword puzzle (20 clues minimum)

C. 20 points each

  1. Find three Christmas Carols (songs) that relate to the story. Write out the lyrics and explain why they relate to the story.
  2. Pretend you are living in London during the late 1800s and describe your typical day.
  3. Make a scrapbook of pictures of the main characters and describe them.
  4. Write a poem (min. 20 lines) about the book.