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2012: Charles Dickens These pages celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens, one of the great writers of the English language. You can watch the recorded Dickens event from London on 19 December http://dickenslive.modstreaming.com which features an audience with Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, Charles Dickens great-great-great granddaughter, and a workshop on taking Dickens into the English language classroom. |
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Dickens statue for Portsmouth?This lesson enables learners to practise skills of reading for gist, reading for detail, and understanding meaning from context. They also practice writing a letter to the newspaper.
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Hard TimesIn this lesson students learn about divorce law through a jigsaw reading activity and then give a short presentation on an aspect of it.
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A statue for DickensThis lesson is for high intermediate level students and above, and involves reading an article about a proposed statue for Dickens in the UK, as well as related vocabulary work and a writing task. |
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Dickens titlesThis lesson is for low-intermediate students and above, and involves matching titles with descriptions of some of Dickens' works. |
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A Tale of Two CitiesThis lesson encourages learners to speculate about a passage from A Tale of Two Cities, and later use that speculation to generate their own writing. |
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Bleak HouseThis lesson encourages learners to think about their own stylistic choices, after reading an extract from Dickens' Bleak House. |
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Dickens event online
This is a recording of the event held in London on 9 February 2012. You can also download a report of the event by Scott Sherriff.
Heroes and Villains
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Little NellLittle Nell is a character from The Old Curiosity Shop |
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Uriah HeapUriah Heap is a character from David Copperfield. |
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Oliver TwistOliver Twist is the orphan in the novel of the same name - and one of Dickens' most famous creations. |
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SikesBill Sikes was very much a villain, from the novel Oliver Twist. |
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NicklebyNicholas Nickleby was Dickens' third novel - centred on the life of a young man supporting his family. |
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ScroogeEbenezer Scrooge is the main character in A Christmas Carol, and perhaps Dickens' most famous creation. |
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Dickens and LondonThis Heroes and Villains film explores the relationship between the writer and the city he lived in. |
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Miss HavishamMiss Havisham was one of the main characters in Great Expectations, and is the first in our series of Heroes and Villains. Watch our video about Miss Havisham - and watch out for activities for you to use with it, coming soon! |
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