Arbeitsblatt: Diesney's a Christmas carol

Disneys Christmas Carol 15.30 coin ferry man coach delinquent secretary 1. union workhouse treadmill cozy behaviour Money is important in the first scene. Where is the money? What is it used for? 2. Passing by the boys behind the coach, he calls them: ! What does this tell you about Ebenezer Scrooge? 3. Think about the images of the town: when does the story take place? 4. What do people usually do, when Ebenezer Scrooge passes by? Seven Christmas eves later 5. True or not? true wron Ebenezer Scrooges office is cozy place. Hes in his office alone. Hes writing paper. The office is barely heated. There is no coal left. The key is for the coalbox. 6. The words Merry Christmas and Humbug are important in this scene. Write note-MindMap: What do these words mean for the people they say it? Merry Christma s! Humbug 7. from him? What does Ebenezer Scrooges nephew want 8. What do these words have in common? Make notes: Prison Union treadmill workhouses 9. What is Ebenezer Scrooges solution for the problem of the many poor people? 10. What changes in Ebenezer Scrooges secretarys behaviour once he leaves the office? 28.20 balderdash to give someone the willies apparation chain fragment procuring to be haunted ponderous underdone pattern door handle squander 11. Which 3 words would you use to describe Ebenezer Scrooges house? 12. What is waiting for him at home? 13. After entering the house, how does Scrooge feel? 14. Always two boxes belong together. Link them by coloring them in the same shade: outside the door horrible sound rattling of underdone potato door handle ghost steps fragment turn slowly chains bells of Jacob Marley Now talk with your partner about the words and the pictures. What do you remember? 15. The ghost says: wear the chain forged in life. made it link by link and yard by yard. Do you recognize its pattern? Can you imagine the weight and length of the chain you bear? It was as heavy and long as this seven Christmas Eves ago. Oh, yours is ponderous chain. What does he mean? What does the chain symbolize? 16. What does Jacob Marleys ghost reveal Ebenezer Scrooge? 43.10 fire shed tear apprentice laugh headlong trundle 17. sky-high smile gain nevertheless burn Who is the first ghost? 18. Where does he take Scrooge and what is his reaction? 19. Who do you think is the boy in the school? 20. Number the pictures in the order they appear in the movie: 21. Who is the woman in the office and why does she leave? 22. When talking about this picture, use the words given: fly night neverthel ess fall becaus sky town angry rooftop headlon then chain trundle when scream 59.15 men of the cloth blast rooftop earnest deed selfishness Spirit, conduct me where you will. clerk 23. bleak heavenly dwelling means meagre to claim True or not? true wron The next ghost is the ghost of Christmas present. He blasts into the room where Ebenezer is. The ghost sits on Christmas tree. Hes very earnest man. He laughs lot. He claims to have over 1,840 brothers. Ebenezer must grab the ghosts robe. The Christmas tree vanishes suddenly. They leave the house together. The floor vanishes. They fly through the town together on reindeer. The house takes them around. 24. The ghost of Christmas present shows Ebenezer some places in the city. Colour the places you remember. Talk about them; try to remember details. church kitchen rooftop bakery street 25. While visiting one of the places, Ebenezer Scrooge says: Spirit, these poor people have no means to cook their food. And yet you seek to close the only places in which they can warm their meagre meals every seventh day. Who does he mean by you? The ghost gets happy angry nervous cheerful The ghost answers: Hear me, Scrooge. There are some upon this earth of yours who claim to know me and my brothers, and do their deeds of ill will and selfishness in our name. These so-called men of the cloth are as strange to me and my kin(d) as if they never lived. Charge their doings to them, not us. What does the ghost mean? Is he happy with the situation? 26. 27. At the secretary Bobs house: What is the matter with Tim and what does the ghoast say about his future? What do these people play? What do you think about the game the way they play it? 1h 16.20 to grieve for sb. carriage loiter tombstone blanket spectre bed curtains housekeeper shadow 28. Why does Scrooge flee from the carriage? 29. Now that Ebenezer Scrooge is dead, what does his housekeeper Mrs. Dilber do? Include the pictures in your conversation: 30. The last ghost shows Ebenezer the death of two people. Who are those? 31. People grieve for these dead. Who grieves for which deceased? dead: people grieving: dead: people grieving: 32. Before Scrooge is willing to look at the tombstone, he asks the third ghost question: Are these the shadows of things that will be or shadows of things that may be? What difference do these two verbs make? 1h 26.42 (end) wassail merry raise behave charity mood donate 33. Ebenezer wakes up in his bed. What changes in his life do you see in the following scenes? Talk about his mood, his behaviour and the people around him. 34. After all, you cant take it with you? What is Ebenezer talking about? 35. When Bob, the secretary, comes to work, hes late. How does Scrooge react? 36. Is Ebenezer Scrooge bad man? Why or why not? (all the pictures included belong legally Disney and its partners)