Study Guide: A Christmas Carol Workbook

This is a literature study guide for the classic story titled A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.

The guide contains:

• vocabulary activities
• discussion questions
• literature analyses: similes, satire, idiom, repetition, characterization, the number 3, allusions, point of view, analyzing writing, personification, alliteration, inference questions, word origin, theme, comparisons, onomatopoeia
• extension activities
• games
• personal applications/Bible
• web links
• a crossword puzzle
• activities that can be used as an assessment
• an answer key

In this workbook version of the guide, space is provided for students to:

1) write answers to all of the questions

2) complete the activities

This guide is also available in interactive format (space is not provided for students to write all of the answers):

Study Guide: A Christmas Carol Interactive

NOTE:

• The content of the guide in interactive format and in workbook format is the same; the only difference is spacing.

MORE RESOURCES to USE at CHRISTMAS TIME:

Free activities for beginning readers:

Christmas Activities for Snowshoe Thompson

Activities and Links: At Home in a New Land

A free resource for Little Women:

Little Women: Questions and Activities for Christmas

A free resource for a picture book:

Boxes for Katje: Activities & Summary

Short Story Guide:

The Gift of the Magi Interactive

The Gift of the Magi Workbook

Short Story/Movie Guide:

The Greatest Gift/It's a Wonderful Life Interactive

The Greatest Gift/It's a Wonderful Life Workbook

FREE: It's a Wonderful Life Quote Poster

FREE: It's a Wonderful Life Poster

Guides for 4th-6th Grades:

MIni-Guide for Juniors: Star of Light Interactive*

Mini-Guide for Juniors: Star of Light Workbook*

Mini-Guide for Juniors: Treasures of the Snow Interactive*

Mini-Guide for Juniors: Treasures of the Snow Workbook*

Mini-Guide for Juniors: The Birds’ Christmas Carol Interactive

Mini-Guide for Juniors: The Birds’ Christmas Carol Workbook

Mini-Guide for Juniors: The Family Under the Bridge Interactive

Mini-Guide for Juniors: The Family Under the Bridge Workbook

Mini-Guide for Juniors: The Light at Tern Rock Interactive

Mini-Guide for Juniors: The Light at Tern Rock Workbook
Mini-Guide for Juniors: The Tanglewood's Secret Interactive*

Mini-Guide for Juniors: The Tanglewoods' Secret Workbook*

Mini-Guide for Juniors: Twenty and Ten Interactive

Mini-Guide for Juniors: Twenty and Ten Workbook

*Note: The books associated with these guides contain the Patricia St. John stories, but the writing has been revised by Mary Mills.

NEW! Mini-Guide for Juniors/Middlers (4th-9th Grades**):

Mini-Guide for Juniors/Middlers: The Secret of the Fourth Candle Interactive

Mini-Guide for Juniors/Middlers: The Secret of the Fourth Candle Reproducibles

Mini-Guide for Juniors/Middlers: The Secret of the Fourth Candle Workbook

**A unique aspect of this mini-guide is that it was created for fourth graders through ninth graders. The reading level of the book is 4th-6th, but the content of the stories is appropriate for 4th-9th grades.

Mini-Guides for Middlers (6th-9th Grades):

Mini-Guide for Middlers: Little Women Interactive

Mini-Guide for Middlers: Little Women Workbook

Study Guides:

Study Guide: A Christmas Carol Interactive (9th-12th Grades)

Study Guide: Star of Light Interactive*** (5th-8th Grades)

Study Guide: Star of Light Workbook***

Study Guide: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Interactive (4th-8th Grades)

Study Guide: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Workbook

Study Guide: The Tanglewoods’ Secret Interactive***

Study Guide: The Tanglewoods' Secret Workbook***

Study Guide: Treasures of the Snow Interactive***

Study Guide: Treasures of the Snow Workbook***

Study Guide: Two From Galilee (9th-12th Grades)

***Note: These are guides for the original books by Patricia St. John.

A list of excellent Christmas books:

Celebrate Christmas!