NEW 9 STEP PLAN FOR A CHRISTMAS CAROL EXAM RESPONSES

Use the 9 Step Plan to help students structure their responses to 4 different questions on A Christmas Carol.
Also includes a quote revision sheet to help students plan the answers.

Step 1: Explain why the given extract is a pivotal moment in the novel. (A01)
Step 2: Analyse 3 quotes from the extract. (A02)
Step 3: link to extract to Dickens’ purpose/context (A03)
Step 4: Choose a 2nd part of the novel linked to the question. How is is similar and different (A01)
Step 5: Analyse up to 3 quotes from second part of novel. (A02)
Step 6: Link 2nd extract to Dickens’ purpose/context (A03)
Step 7: Choose a 3rd part of the novel linked to the question. How is is similar and different (A01)
Step 8: Analyse up to 3 quotes from 3rd part of novel. (A02)
Step 9: Link 3rd extract to Dickens’ purpose/context (A03)

New for 2023 is a resource which offers 3 levels of differentiation to help guide students on how to structure a full length response on the following 4 themes/topics: children, materialism, ghosts, Christmas.

Tier 1 difficulty (I do): Big idea, topic sentences and quotations are provided. Students add the analysis of the quotations.
Tier 2 difficulty (We do): Students must choose 2 quotations to support each topic sentence and analyse the quotations.
Tier 3 difficulty (You do): Students have to generate the big idea, the topic sentences, 2 quotations a paragraph and the quotation analysis.