AGENDA, 12 / 4  Vocab. quiz 9  GUSTAVE DORE  “Ancient Mariner,” pt. 1  SHORT BREAK  “Mariner” 2  Discuss, incl. SYMBOLISM

AGENDA, 12 / 4  Vocab. quiz 9  I-Search tips  Paper due 12/13  More work time FRIDAY  Latin 9 make-ups

BELL-RINGER What are some popular Christmas stories, movies, or TV shows that people enjoy in the holiday season?

AGENDA, 12 / 5  Introduction to Charles Dickens  His youth, family and early career  Splatter writing  Dickens’s popularity  Christmas Carol due 12/18

The classes I went to were very different from high school. The professor goes up to the front of the room and talks most of the time. You have to take notes or you will be lost and not paying attention is not an option.   

CHARLES DICKENS British novelist; one of the most popular and prolific writers of all time!

HIS YOUTH  one of 8 children  his family was jailed for debt when he was 12  he lived alone and worked in a factory

HIS FAMILY Dickens’s wife, Kate married in 1838 had 10 children separated from his wife in 1858

Ellen Ternan, an actress. Dickens fell in with her late in life, contributing to the breakdown of his marriage.

PUBLISHING CAREER COURT REPORTER (trials, sketches) SKETCHES PUBLISHED COLLECTIVELY IN 1836 PICKWICK PAPERS ( ) like most of his books, pub’d in MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS Became a publishing BONANZA !!

The classes I went to were very different from high school. The professor goes up to the front of the room and talks most of the time. You have to take notes or you will be lost and not paying attention is not an option.   

HIS POPULARITY monthly issues sold 30,000-40,000 copies merchandising and sold-out public performances

Charles Dickens was in some ways the first real the first real C E L E B R I T Y C E L E B R I T Y

BELL-RINGER: Find your handout on CHARLES DICKENS

AGENDA, 12 / 10  BR: 2 prized possessions  Dickens’s popularity & personality  Hot beverages!  Dickens’s death and works  Monday: quiz on CD & Rom.  Christmas Carol due 12/18  I-Search paper due Friday

PERSONALITY ENERGETIC,OUTGOING, FRIENDLY, FUNNY, A GREAT HOST LOVED TO TAKE LONG WALKS AND TO TRAVEL Reading to his daughters Reading to his daughters

BESIDES WRITING NOVELS PUBLICREADINGSANDTHEATRICALPLAYS

Gave proceeds to charity

HIS DEATH FROM STRESS AND OVERWORK DUE TO PUBLIC READINGS Made worse by a railroad accident at age 53 DIED QUIETLY AT HOME, Age 58

Oliver Twist David Copperfield A Tale of Two Cities 1859 Great Expectations and... A Christmas Carol, 1843