Novel Studies

Novel studies for the books English teachers teach most. Each one follows the book chapter by chapter (or stave by stave): words to know, reading-check questions, written responses, a final test and a full answer key, with a Google Form for every section. Print it, assign it online, or both.


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British Literature

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens — stave-by-stave novel study for English, grades 8-10

A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens · Grades 8-10

A stave-by-stave novel study for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, with vocabulary, reading questions, written responses, a final test and an answer key. Print the packets, or assign the same questions in Google Forms.

  • A Before You Read page: setting, history and a Who's Who

  • Every stave: Words to Know, reading-check questions, written responses and a Think Deeper question

  • A final test (multiple choice + a written response) and a full answer key

  • A Google Form for every stave and the test (the multiple-choice questions grade themselves)

  • 70 questions in all; PDF, US Letter, low-ink; Grades 8-10

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