Dickens Unit - 12 Lesson Sequence (Year 7)

This 12-lesson Charles Dickens reading unit is targeted at Year 7. It primarily focuses on comprehension and language analysis skills. It also has some creative writing peppered in.

Here is an overview of the lessons included:

1 = Introduction to Dickens’s life
2 = Victorian workhouses
3-4 = Oliver Twist
5-7 = Great Expectations
8-9 = Nicholas Nickleby
10-12 = A Christmas Carol

Also, here is a list of the main resources included:

• PowerPoints for every lesson, including notes where required
• Dickens fiction extracts
• Worksheets
• Writing tasks
• Competitions
• Video clips
• Assessment tasks