Stave I - Marley’s Ghost
In the opening of A Christmas Carol we meet Ebenezer Scrooge. We learn that:
- Scrooge once had a business partner called Jacob Marley.
- Marley died on Christmas Eve seven years before.
- Scrooge was Marley’s ‘only mourner’
Learning resources for Stave One
Stave One - Marley’s Ghost - complete adapted text illustrated pdf- Meet Scrooge - presentation describing the famous opening of the story. Presentation pdf slides without notes
- 1.2 Bob & Fred - the entry of two key characters.
- 1.3 Charity - Scrooge explains that Christmas is ‘chance to pick a man’s pocket’ to the charity collectors.
- 1.4 Shadows returning to his ‘gloomy’ home Scrooge finds strange things happening.
- Stave One Revision Worksheet * Script/Text * Activities
* Stave Two * Stave Three * Stave Four * Stave Five
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