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A Christmas Carol 3
Who is Scrooge?

2. Presenting Characters
Objectives:
To learn how to infer and deduce information about character from a text
To understand how to use Point -> Evidence when writing about characters

3. Look at this picture very carefully. What can you see?
Infer and Deduce
Look at this picture very carefully. What can you see?
We all see different things when we look at an image or read a book. Being able to infer and deduce is about looking closely and picking up clues that tell us more about the character or plot.

4. What can you see?

5. What can you see?

6. Infer & Deduce What does the picture below suggest about Scrooge?
What does this image of his home
tell us about Scrooge?

7. Look carefully at this Victorian illustration what can you infer and deduce from it about Scrooge?

8. Ebenezer Scrooge Mean Adjective Evidence
What are your first impressions of Ebenezer Scrooge? Write down 5 adjectives that describe Scrooge then find an example of something that Scrooge says or does which reinforces that idea.

9. First Impressions last…
Use your adjective and evidence grid to write a paragraph about Scrooge.
Think about…
What does he look like?
Where does he live?
What is his occupation?
Is he well liked?
What is his character like?
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A Christmas Carol
My first impression of Scrooge is that he is a…

10. Speaking and Listening
Feedback : Read your lists out to a partner or the rest of the class. Explain why you have chosen particular adjectives, say how your examples reinforce your choice of adjectives.
Remember: adjectives describe a noun.

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