Great Expectations - old man Pip recalls the meeting with the convict

Imagined situation to help understand the text.
Imagine Pip, when he is very old, recounting the terrifying memory of the encounter with the convict in the graveyard at the very start of the book.
Ask your students to use the words and information from the extract but to use them in such a way that extra information, based on the text, but arrived at through an imaginative response, is provided.
An example is shown below to illustrate the idea.
It might be a good idea to show them the beginning of the example to give them the idea of how it works and then ask them to continue in their own imaginative words.
Benefit of the exercise:
The exercise will encourage the students to closely read the extract and extract information from it and then use that information in a realistic way which will in turn help a deeper understanding of the passage.
It will change passive reading into active reading, using of the information read. It will also help the student to see the ranges of psychological realism inherent in Dickens’ writing.
Ask your students to remember that the old man Pip is remembering how he felt with his viewpoint of a sensitive child. For example, however terrifying it would be to be swung upside down, to a child, who exists in the moment, there might also be a sense of excitement mixed in.
The main thing is to encourage your students to look very carefully and read and re-read the original text.