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Annotated by:
Claudine Phillips
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Preview of Great Expectations
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/greatbooks-greatexpectations/q.html#
We are about to begin reading the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Click on the link VIEW VIDEO CLIP and use Real Audio to watch the introduction to Great Expectations.
Based on this first view of this video, write a five sentence paragraph about what your expectations for this book. |
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Biography
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/dickensbio1.html
Read the first paragraph on this website and answer the following questions
1. Why did Charles Dickens go to jail?
2.What experience haunted Dickens his entire life?
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Victorian Children
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/victorians/flash/start_flash.shtml
Complete the games in this order: work and play. Answer the following questions:
1. Explain the 1886 Agricultural Gangs Act.
2. Tell me something about Victorian children's free time. |
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Victorian Fashions
http://members.aol.com/EastLynne/Instyle.htm
1. Comment on the fashions the Victorians wished they wore and what the Victorians actually wore. Which do you prefer? |
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Victorian Ettiquette
http://members.aol.com/EastLynne/Etiquette.htm
1. List five very impolite actions according to Victorian social customs. |
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Puzzle
http://www.perryweb.com/Dickens/puzzle_bleak.shtml
Complete the scramble puzzle. Try it!!!!! |
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