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Dickens and London

This Heroes and Villains film explores the relationship between the writer and the city he lived in.

David Copperfield and Miss Betsey

This lesson is for high intermediate level students and above. It involves reading an extract from Dickens' work for gist and then reading for detail. Students then focus on how adverbs are used in the text.

Great Expectations: Pip and Magwitch

In this lesson students focus on reading and understanding dialogue in an extract from Great Expectations. There is also a chance for them to bring that dialogue to life through voice and intonation.

Hard Times: nothing but facts

In this lesson students take part in a visualisation activity before reading, listening to and discussing passages from Dickens' work. This lesson is also designed to be used by teacher trainers to focus on teaching receptive skills.

Tale of Two Cities: opening

In this lesson students listen to an extract from Dickens' work, do a vocabulary matching task, take part in a discussion based on the listening and then focus on intonation.

Miss Havisham

Miss Havisham was one of the main characters in Great Expectations, and is the first in our series of Heroes and Villains.

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.

Hard Times

In 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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