Charles Dickens
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David Copperfield
David Copperfield
Text of the novel divided into chapters. Printable.
ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre, David Copperfield
Information and links to support this film version starring Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith, Ian McKellen, and Daniel Radcliffe.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Reading strategies, including a directed reading-thinking activity, vocabulary strategies, and more.
A Date with Dickens
Oprah's Book Club read A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. Scroll down on this page for clips of discussions/analysis from her program and some related recipes.
Great Expectations
Complete text of the novel, divided by chapter and enhanced with reader support. Printable.
Great Expectations
Vocabulary, focus questions, additional links, classroom activities. Video available from Discovery.com.
Great Expectations
Students work in small groups to teach a chapter of the novel using the format described.
Great Expectations
Summary, biography, and 10 discussion questions.
Great Expectations
Suggestions for post-reading activities.
Great Expectations Novel Idea from Teachers.net
Students compare and contrast events in Pip's life with events from Dickens' biography.
Great Expectations Reading Guide
Ten discussion questions from Oprah's Book Club. Scroll down for related links.
Vocabulary from Great Expectations
A list of words presented in context. Click on the word for a definition and synonyms.
What Makes the Writer Write?
Students study the novel to gain insight into a classical piece of fiction and to understand how writers respond to social conditions. Students also consider how that response is important today.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Text of the novel, divided into chapters. Printable.
Oliver Twist Teacher's Guide
Discussion and activity suggestions to accompany the PBS Masterpiece Theatre production of Oliver Twist.
A Tale of Two Cities
Antonyms and Comma Splices
For Dickens' opening to his Tale of Two Cities, the author uses one of the longest series of comma splices in the history of literature. While Dickens did this for stylistic effect, student writers often overuse comma splices in reckless ways, with little knowledge of the conjunctions that can be put between two independent ideas. For this assignment, students create their own Dickens-like paragraph, but they are required to find (and punctuate for properly) appropriate conjunctions to sit between their opposites.
A Date with Dickens
Oprah's Book Club read A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. Scroll down on this page for clips of discussions/analysis from her program and some related recipes.
Direct and Indirect Characterization: Mr. Lorry
In this lesson students analyze the characterization of Mr. Lorry to understand how diction, syntax, and figurative language help the reader understand a character. Requires Adobe Reader for access.
Reading Questions for A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
14 questions from Oprah's Book Club. Scroll to the bottom for related links.
A Tale of Two Cities
Text of the novel, divided into chapters and enhanced with reader support. Printable.
A Tale of Two Cities
Biography, background, graphic organizers, writing prompts, vocabulary: it's all here, along with suggestions for related reading. This 30-page document requires Adobe Reader or similar software for access.
Teaching A Tale of Two Cities Students compare and contrast historical attitudes toward the French Revolution in addition to examining setting, narrative voice, character and plot carefully.
Vocabulary from A Tale of Two Cities
A list of 287 words presented in context. Click on the word for a definition and synonyms.
Vocabulary from A Tale of Two Cities
From Adieu to Year One of Liberty, a glossary of words and phrases that students may need help with.
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