Personal Use Download.
This is a digital download item. This item is for personal use only. You may use it for your own children as needed.
If you are using the curriculum in a multiple-family co-op group or a school class, you will need to purchase the
Classroom version of the curriculum.
While you can modify it to be used with other versions, this literature unit is meant to be used with the original
version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Age Group: These unit studies are intended for elementary students ages Kindergarten - 5th or 6th
grades. If you have younger students, you can use them as a read aloud, then have students complete the lapbook units.
Story Summary:
A Christmas Carol is the perfect holiday story for both kids and adults! On Christmas Eve the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge
is haunted by the ghost of his former business partner, Marley. he’s informed that he will be visited by three
spirits,
the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Future. Through his adventures
Scrooge has a change of heart in regards to life and to the Christmas season. Since it’s a bit more difficult to read,
we’re doing it as a family read aloud in the evenings.
This accompanying unit study is meant to be used with the original version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. There are several versions of this book, this red leather
bound one is the one I used to write the unit. I would recommend using this one so that the assignments will correlate
with the page numbers. However you can use another version, and just adjust the assignments to fit your copy as well.
As you read through the book, each section has a mini-book with comprehension questions for your student to complete.
This particular unit has 5 Staves that are broken down in to smaller sections with accompanying mini-books for each
one,
plus a vocabulary mini-book full of terms to learn throughout the story.
Click here to see a video tutorial on how to create the flip up
pocket lapbook!
Then on the backside of the lapbook, I added a pocket to the backside where we store the reports and story timeline.
What age is this unit recommended for?
I normally recommend my literature units for elementary level readers grades 1-5. You can assign them out individually
to your student so they read on their own, then complete the mini-book assignment for each chapter. There are writing
assignments for each chapter as your students answer comprehension questions from the reading. So you’ll just want to
make sure they’re comfortable writing.
Or you can read it together as a group if you have younger readers, then have them complete the mini-book assignments
when you’re done with each chapter.
How long does the literature unit take?
That really depends on your child’s reading speed, and how many chapters there are in the book! And how fast your
child reads through the chapters as well.
Each one varies in length, and you can easily modify these units to fit your schedule. So for example, you can assign
one chapter per day plus the associated mini-book assignments, or you can have them do 2-3/week. It’s totally up to
you, your schedule, and your student.
What’s included in the Unit Study?
Each unit includes everything you need to complete the lapbook with the exception of the book itself and the file
folders.
The download includes a teacher’s manual with the daily reading assignments, along with the comprehension questions
and answers for each chapter. This makes it much easier for you to help your students even if you haven’t read the
book
yourself!
There is also one mini-book for each section in the book. Inside your student will answer a comprehension question
that
relates directly to the chapter they’ve just read. Some assignments include vocabulary words, mapping the voyage, and
completing the mini-reports.
For older students:
This unit includes 5 reports that your students can complete. If you have older readers, have them do these reports to
make the unit a bit more challenging. If you have younger readers, you might prefer to ask the questions verbally so
they aren’t having to write a report, or skip them all together. It’s totally up to you!
The reports include:
- Story Facts (Setting, Main Plot, Main Characters)
- Protagonist vs. Antagonist
- Prediction Sheet
- My Book Report
- Book vs. Movie
- Storyboard timeline
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