A Christmas Carol: Improving Standards in English Through Drama at Key Stage 3 and GCSE - Paperback

by Charles Dickens (Author), John Mortimer (Author), Paul Bunyan (Editor)

Perfect for pupils aged 11+, this stage version of Dickens' classic tale uses John Mortimer's much-loved dramatisation first produced by the RSC in 1994. This educational edition in Methuen Drama's Critical Scripts
series has been prepared by national Drama in Secondary English experts
Ruth Moore and Paul Bunyan. Building on a decade of highly effective
work and publications endorsed by national organisations and supported
by teachers and consultants across Britain, each book in the
series:
meets the new requirements at KS3
and GCSE (2010)features detailed, structured
schemes of work utilising drama approaches to improve literary and
language analysisplaces pupils' understanding of
the learning process at the heart of the
activitieswill help pupils to boost English GCSE
success and develop high-level skills at KS3will
save teachers considerable time devising their own
resources.
Dickens' tale of cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge has delighted generations of readers. This edition of the National Curriculum recommended author's work provides an engaging, active approach to studying the Literary Heritage and developing a range of reading, writing and speaking skills. Combining Mortimer's acclaimed adaptation with expertly written activities, this is the perfect edition for classroom use.

Author Biography

Charles Dickens is a National Curriculum recommended author. Creator of Rumpole of the Bailey, Sir John Mortimer (1923-2009) authored more than fifty books, plays and scripts during his career as a barrister