From Mr. Merdle to Mr. Madoff? A viewing of the PBS adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “Little Dorrit” launches an examination of greedy characters in literature and a study of greed, unfairness, and economic hardship today. The richly...

Get to know Pip, Estella, and Mrs. Havisham a little better with a review worksheet on Great Expectations. Using clues listed below, learners complete a crossword puzzle that challenges them to remember details from Charles Dickens'...

Socratic seminars are a great way to encourage the development of critical thinking, speaking, and listening skills. And Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is a perfect text for such a seminar. Use the questions in the packet to...

Middle schoolers demonstrate their ability to summarize by crafting a summary of a passage from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. Oh that Dickens should be so laconic.

Expect great things from this reading comprehension exercise that asks readers to cite evidence from the provided passages of Great Expectations to support the inference that Charles Dickens' Miss Havisham, and her room, are indeed strange.

Readers of A Tale of Two Cities are asked to draw connections between Book III, Chapter Nine of Dickens’ story and The Gospel of John 2:1-43. The Biblical text and discussion questions are included with the worksheet.

A Tale of Two Cities begins with one of literature's most memorable paragraphs; see if you can complete it, sentence by sentence, in this quiz! Most questions are fill-in-the-blank, but the juxtaposition makes this easier.

Examine the differences between totalitarianism and democracy in this writing lesson plan. Using the same format and theme from Great Expectations, young writers work in pairs to compose their own short stories. They follow guidelines...

Engage class members in A Tale of Two Cities with an extensive guide that asks readers to respond to questions of fact, to analyze passages, to compare characters and events, and to explore symbols. Whether used as homework or for group...

Arguably one of the most famous novels, A Tale of Two Cities is a tough read for many learners. Help your readers understand the first chapters of the text by offering this vocabulary guide. Twenty new words are introduced, and two...

See how carefully your pupils are doing their assigned reading. This challenging 15-question quiz on Charles Dickens' classic novel A Tale of Two Cities, tests the reader's ability to recall important information about the plot and...

"God bless us...every one!" The touching tale of A Christmas Carol is the subject of this quiz. Ten mostly multiple-choice questions are structured as fairly simple reading comprehension.

Twenty questions challenge the reader of A Tale of Two Cities. Moving beyond mere reading comprehension, this quiz looks at biographical information and writing style as well as plot structure and action. Use at the end of the novel as a...

Are you working on a Charles Dickens unit? Ten multiple-choice questions from A Tale of Two Cities will do the job checking reading comprehension. Use this resource as a quick diagnostic tool after reading the novel as a class.

It was the hardest quiz, it was the easiest quiz - but really, it shouldn't be too difficult. Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is the focus of these ten multiple-choice questions. See how well your readers are paying attention!

The classic story A Christmas Carol is the focus of these ten multiple-choice questions in this quiz. It addresses numbers and names of characters, as well as a staged version of the story.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is full of twists and turns! See if you can keep the book straight by answering these mostly multiple-choice questions about the characters and events.

Students examine how Pip's inner thoughts are portrayed through the medium of film in "Great Expectations." After viewing the film, they answer discussion questions, and compare and contrast the differences between the portrayal of...

Second graders examine the life and times of mid-1800s England in Dicken's time. They compare/contrast Christmas today and during Dicken's day, discuss the book's characters, play a game from the 1800s, and read a Reader's Theater...

Students are invited to a Victorian New Year's Day Party, honoring Ebenezer Scrooge, celebrating the changes that he has made to his life in response to the visits by the three spirits on Christmas Eve. This is a wonderful simulation...

Students restate facts and details in text to inform and organize ideas and have a choice of four activities to enhance learning,

Test your class on character knowledge in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. This quiz asks learners to recall information about specific character traits, relationships, and other particularities. Since anyone can make a Fun Trivia...

How well do your readers know the characters in Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities? They can test their expertise with this detailed interactive online quiz. Pre-screen for accuracy and content value as anyone can create quizzes on Fun Trivia.

This online quiz may be fun for readers to take on their own to self-assess basic understanding of Dickens' A Christmas Carol; however, the lack of rigor makes this questionable as a class assignment. These online, interactive quizzes...