Arbeitsblatt: Writing Exam: A christmas carol

English Reading Christmas Carol AB 1 Christmas Carol About the author: Charles Dickens Charles Dickens, the most popular writer of the Victorian age, was born near Portsmouth, England, in 1812 and died in Kent in 1870. When his father was thrown into debtors prison, young Charles was taken out of school and forced to work in shoe-polish factory, which may help explain the presence of so many abandoned and victimized children in his novels. As young man he worked as reporter before starting his career as fiction writer in 1833. Before you read Discuss in groups of 3: 1. How important is Christmas in our country? 2. Does your family meet to eat and drink at Christmas? 3. What do chilren like about Christmas? 4. Do you celebrate other religious festivals? CHAPTER 1 While reading 1. What happened first? Putt hese sentences in the right order. Number them 1-12. B D F H J L He hears the noise of heavy chain down below. Then he goes to his rooms in Marleys old house. Bob Cratchit shuts the office. Scrooge gives them nothing. After Fred leaves, two men come into Scrooges office Fred comes to visit him. He shuts the door and sits by the fire. Scrooge has dinner in cheap eating-house. The two men leave the room. They ask him for some money fort he poor. He invites Scrooge to dinner. Scrooge is in his office. 2. Who says these sentences? Write down the page where the sentence is written. „Christmas is good time – kind happy time. „Its only on Christmas day. „I made this chain in my life. „Humbug! „Arent there any workhouses fort he poor? „How much will you give us? „I sat next to you many times in the days after died. „Why are you here? Youre dead. € € € € € € € € € € € € English Reading Christmas Carol AB 1 After reading 3. Discuss in groups of 3: Do you believe in ghosts? If yes, why; if no, why not? 4. Youre one of the men who visit Scrooge on pages 3-4. Write letter to friend starting with: Yesterday went to ask Scrooge for some money fort he poor people in the city. . 5. Reread pages 7 and 8. Why is Marley so sad? CHAPTER 2 After reading 1. Which ones are wrong? In the story, Christmas time means: B D F working hard being with your family reading eating and drinking dancing sleeping lot playing music 2. Discuss in groups of 3: Why is this ghost old and young at the same time? Why does it have light? Why doesnt Scrooge want to see the light? Was Scrooge happy as child? What was his father like? Do you feel sorry for him?