A Christmas Carol Lesson Plan

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Kind of Activity:

Mixed Media

Objective:

Close reading of images

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.2

Structure:

Split students into six groups. Have each group take a look at two of the original illustrations from Dickens' first edition, which are available here: http://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-origins-of-a-christmas-carol

Students should annotate the images using a program like Voicethread. As they annotate, students should consider in the questions:

- What do they see in the images?

- How do the images enhance or change the tone of the story? The characters?

- Does anything surprise you in the...