Help students develop a detailed understanding of Scrooge’s character in Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol with this engaging, ready-to-teach lesson pack. Designed for GCSE English Literature (AQA and suitable for other exam boards), this resource guides students from first impressions of Scrooge through to detailed language analysis and evaluative thinking.

The lesson includes a variety of interactive activities that encourage close textual analysis, discussion, collaborative learning and written responses. Students explore how Dickens presents Scrooge through quotations, language, methods, setting and relationships with other characters before reflecting on the writer’s intentions.

This resource includes:

A fully editable PowerPoint lesson
Lesson objectives
Do Now / starter activity
Collaborative bubble diagram task
Character analysis activities
Structured worksheet for analysing Scrooge in Stave 1
Teacher answer slides (answers highlighted in green)
Plenary activity
High-quality classroom visuals and discussion prompts

The resources are ideal for:

GCSE English Literature
AQA A Christmas Carol
Year 10 and Year 11
GCSE English resit students
Independent learning, revision or homework

Please note: Many of the illustrations and classroom visuals included in this resource have been AI generated to create engaging, original, copyright-safe classroom materials. All educational content, lesson structure and activities have been created by an experienced English teacher.