A Christmas Carol for KS2, ready for the last weeks of the autumn term. Five short reading comprehensions retell Charles Dickens’s story, one for each of its five staves, and keep some of Dickens’s own famous lines, such as “Bah! Humbug!” and “God bless us every one!”. It links to the KS2 English programme of study: reading fiction from our literary heritage.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
- 5 main texts (about 150–180 words), each with 5 key words explained on the page
- 6 VIPERS questions per stave, each labelled with its reading skill
- A shorter support version of every text with 4 simple questions
- Vocabulary matching and gap-fill
- “Which stave?” sorting and a comparison chart of Scrooge before and after
- Word search
- Writing task: Scrooge’s Diary
- Full answer key
- Teacher notes with a lesson flow, drama and guided reading ideas
THE FIVE STAVES
- Stave One: Marley’s Ghost
- Stave Two: The First of the Three Spirits
- Stave Three: The Second of the Three Spirits
- Stave Four: The Last of the Spirits
- Stave Five: The End of It
WHO IT’S FOR
Years 4–6, and EAL learners in Years 5–7 (about CEFR A2–B1). One stave a day makes a week’s guided reading; it also works before a film or theatre trip. The support versions tell the same part of the story, so the whole class can discuss it together.
Format: one print-ready A4 PDF, 25 pages, no prep.
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