This comprehensive revision booklet is designed to support GCSE students with in-depth character revision for A Christmas Carol. It is method-led and exam-focused, helping students move beyond simple plot summary towards thoughtful analysis of character, themes, and Dickens’ writer’s methods.
 
The booklet includes:
 
Focused revision on the key characters:
Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Exploration of big ideas and themes, including poverty and injustice, family and community, memory, fear, redemption, and moral responsibility
A strong emphasis on writer’s methods, such as characterisation, symbolism, contrast, motifs, imagery, and narrative structure
A wide range of carefully selected quotations, organised by character, theme, and method, to support written responses
Scaffolded tasks and analytical questions that help students develop AO1, AO2, and AO3 skills