100 Quotations in A Christmas Carol with suggested revision activities

An A3 revision sheet containing what I consider to be the 100 most important quotations in A Christmas Carol alongside a brief explanation of the quotation to help contextualise it. There are many ways students and teachers can use the revision sheet. Below are four recommended ways.

TASK 1: Read through the 100 quotations and RAG rate them in terms of
how confident you would be including each quotation in an exam-style
response.
TASK 2: Add letters to link quotations to the following themes:
C = Christmas, F = Family, G = Greed, I = Isolation.
P = Poverty, R = Responsibility, S = Settings T = Transformation.
TASK 3: Work in pairs to test each other on the quotation explanations.
TASK 4: Choose 5-10 quotations to develop with further inferences into full
analytical paragraphs which explore Dickens’ meaning, methods and
motives in depth.

Also includes analysis of the top 10 single words to analyse in the novella with high level explanations of how to zoom in and then how to zoom out to explore Dickens’ authorial purpose.

Also includes:
A timeline revision activity for A Christmas Carol that asks students to offer 3 layers of analysis for 13 key Scrooge quotations to help track his transformation in the novel from a solitary miser to a redeemed philanthropist.

A01: What is the meaning of the quotation?
A02: What is the impact of words/methods?
A03: What is Dickens’ message in this quotation?

Comprehensive answer sheet is included. I give this out at the end of the lesson so students can compare their answers to it.

Ideal revision activity in the run up to the May examinations.