Developing comprehension of 'A Christmas Carol' | English

Starter quiz

Match the adjectives to the character in 'A Christmas Carol'.
- miserly, mean
  
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  Scrooge ✓
- jolly, friendly
  
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  Fred ✓
- timid, nervous
  
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  Bob Cratchit ✓
Which of the following is an appropriate definition of 'to retrieve'?
- to see something interesting
- to accidentally break something
- to go and get something ✓
Who is the author of 'A Christmas Carol'?
- 'Charles Dickens' ✓
Order the following events from Chapter 1 of 'A Christmas Carol'.
- 1
  
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  Scrooge and Bob sit in silence, counting.
- 2
  
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  Bob asks for more coal for the fire, but Scrooge refuses.
- 3
  
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  Fred enters and invites Scrooge for dinner.
- 4
  
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  Scrooge refuses Fred's invitation and Fred leaves.
True or False? Fred gets angry with Scrooge's rudeness.
- True
- False ✓
Why does Bob tremble when he asks Scrooge for more coal?
- He is unwell.
- He is scared of Scrooge. ✓
- He is cold. ✓

Match the keywords to their definitions.
- retrieval
  
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  finding key details or information in the text and extracting them ✓
- inference
  
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  to use clues from within the text to draw conclusions ✓
- impression
  
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  initial feelings about a person, place or thing ✓
True or False? In Chapter 1 of 'A Christmas Carol' the streets are covered with snow.
- True ✓
- False
What is the relationship between Bob and Scrooge?
- Bob works for Scrooge. He is his employee. ✓
- Scrooge is Bob's father.
- Bob and Scrooge only just met.
Which of the following can be helpful strategies to use when being asked to retrieve information?
- reading the entire text again
- underlining keywords ✓
- read the sentence before or after the keyword ✓
- search for a type of word e.g. a proper noun ✓
- referring to connections that readers make from one text to another
What is inference sometimes referred to as?
- thinking carefully
- reading between the lines ✓
- guessing
True or False? The tingle Scrooge feels might suggest everything is about to change.
- True ✓
- False

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Retrieval involves identifying and extracting key information from the text.
Searching for keywords or specific types of words can support readers in answering retrieval questions.
When a reader infers, they use clues from the text and their own understanding to ‘read between the lines’.
Inferring helps readers establish an impression of a character.

Children might confuse inference with prediction. While a good prediction relies on inference skills, inference does not always involve predicting.

Rehearse the definition of inference a number of times and accompany with as many relevant examples as necessary (like the example on slide 19).

Retrieval - Retrieval is finding key details or information in the text and extracting them.
Inference - Inference means to use clues from within the text to draw conclusions.
Impression - An impression refers to initial feelings about a person, place or thing, gained from reading a text.