Synopses & Reviews
Perfect for elementary and junior high school students, this edition uses the stage version of Dickens' classic tale from John Mortimer's much-loved dramatization, first produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1994. It also features expertly written activities to develop a range of reading, writing and speaking skills.
This annotated educational edition in Methuen Drama's Critical Scripts series has been prepared by educational experts Ruth Moore and Paul Bunyan, building on a decade of highly effective work and research.
Each book in the series has these key features:
- Detailed, structured schemes of work utilizing drama approaches to improve literary and language analysis.
- Emphasizes students' understanding of the learning process in classroom activities.
- Time-saving teacher resources and classroom handouts.
Synopsis
Perfect for pupils aged 11+, this stage version of Dickens' classic tale uses John Mortimer's much-loved dramatisation first produced by the RSC in 1994. This educational edition in Methuen Drama's Critical Scripts
series has been prepared by national Drama in Secondary English experts
Ruth Moore and Paul Bunyan. Building on a decade of highly effective
work and publications endorsed by national organisations and supported
by teachers and consultants across Britain, each book in the
series:
meets the new requirements at KS3
and GCSE (2010)features detailed, structured
schemes of work utilising drama approaches to improve literary and
language analysisplaces pupils' understanding of
the learning process at the heart of the
activitieswill help pupils to boost English GCSE
success and develop high-level skills at KS3will
save teachers considerable time devising their own
resources.
Dickens' tale of cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge has delighted generations of readers. This edition of the National Curriculum recommended author's work provides an engaging, active approach to studying the Literary Heritage and developing a range of reading, writing and speaking skills. Combining Mortimer's acclaimed adaptation with expertly written activities, this is the perfect edition for classroom use.
About the Author
Charles Dickens was the most popular novelist of the Victorian era. Editor Sir John Mortimer (1923-2009) authored more than fifty books, plays and scripts.