1424028795_36021

Recommendations

Info

28833_00_Great_ELT_P01-31.QXD 11/17/09 9:04 PM Page 6 TEACHER’S NOTES WORKSHEET 2 – THE HISTORICAL SETTING OF THE NOVEL The aim of this worksheet is to provide students with some useful background historical information to help them further understand as they read the story. As you prepare to do this with students, you might like to expand on some of the information, or advise students to do so. The following websites provide useful information aimed at young children, so the language level is suitable for B1–2 level ELT students: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/prosegreatexpect/ www.bbc.co.uk/schools/victorians/ 1 Students can work individually or in pairs. The words chosen for this exercise will be useful for students as they read the story, and the aim of the task is to help students guess the meaning of unknown words as they read. Tell students to find the words in column A in the text, and work out which meaning in column B suits each one. ANSWER KEY: 1 f 2 e 3 b 4 a 5 d 6 c 2 Students work individually. Tell them to turn to page 156 of their books. Explain that Great Expectations contains many aspects of life in Victorian England. The text they are going to read outlines some of these. They must read the text and then decide if the statements are true or false. Although this task is not an exam ¯ style task, it is designed to help develop students’ reading skills for multiple ¯ choice reading comprehension tasks, which appear in most B2 level examinations. Students should pay careful attention to the wording of the statements and whether they reflect information in the passage or not. ANSWER KEY: 1 T 2 F 3 T 4 T 5 F 3 This task provides students with practice in an open cloze task, while at the same time affording them a useful insight into the historical context of Pip’s situation at the beginning of the story. Should students show interest, the BBC website on Victorians (see above) will provide them with a stimulating means of gaining extra information as it contains visuals and only short pieces of text. Tell students to read through the text. Elicit any unknown words. Then tell them to fill each gap with only one word. ANSWER KEY: 1 as 2 no 3 while / whereas 4 would 5 his 6 but / yet 7 like 8 had 9 when 10 due 11 will 12 some / many 4 Allow for opinions to vary here. You could ask them, at what age do you think children should be allowed to work? And what kinds of jobs are suitable for them? You might also like to describe current British / American attitudes towards Saturday jobs and part ¯ time jobs that teenagers often do to earn pocket money and then elicit students’ attitudes towards this. ANSWER KEY: Answers will vary. 6 Great Expectations for ELT
28833_00_Great_ELT_P01-31.QXD 11/17/09 9:04 PM Page 7 WORKSHEET 2 – THE HISTORICAL SETTING OF THE NOVEL 1 Match the words in column A with their meaning in B. A B 1 marsh a country controlled by another 2 protestor b person who owes money 3 debtor c prisoner 4 colony d ships used for transporting prisoners 5 prison hulk e person who publicly demands change 6 convict f wet and muddy area of land 2 Read page 156 of your book and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F): 1 Great Expectations is set in the early nineteenth century. T / F 2 The Industrial Revolution led to a rise in crime all over England. T / F 3 The majority of long-term prisoners at Newgate owed money. T / F 4 One form of punishment was to send prisoners to live in another country. T / F 5 The ships which took the prisoners to the colonies were very comfortable. T / F 3 Open Cloze. Read the passage below and choose one suitable word to fill each gap. Children in Dickens’s England In the nineteenth century, factory owners regarded children (1)__________ a source of cheap labour. There were (2)__________ child labour laws until the 1860s, so the children were forced to work long hours, doing unpleasant and often dangerous jobs. Children as young as five were sent to work in coal mines, pushing trucks of coal to the surface, (3)___________ others, like Dickens himself, worked in factories, where many were injured or became ill. A particularly unpleasant job for young orphans was that of a chimney sweep. Small boys (4)__________ be forced to climb up the chimneys of large houses to clean them. Charles Dickens was active in the campaign to stop child labour and (5)__________ writing highlighted many of the terrible conditions under which Victorian children were forced to live. Education was available, (6)__________ few children attended school, as the money they earned from working was too important to the family. ‘Dame’ schools (7)__________ the one run by Mr Wopsle’s greataunt in Great Expectations were little more than childcare centres. Dickens’s own education (8) __________ been interrupted (9)__________ he was forced to go and work in a shoe¯blacking factory. He became successful (10)__________ to his own determination to acquire an education and improve himself. In Great Expectations, Pip feels certain that an education (11)__________ help him become a gentleman and it is believed that he reflects (12)__________ of the writer’s own childhood ambitions. 4 Today it is still acceptable for children to work. For example, many teenagers have part-time jobs to earn pocket money. Do you think this is a good idea? 7 Great Expectations for ELT Photocopiable © 2010 Heinle, a part of Cengage Learning
Page 1 and 2: 28833_00_Great_ELT_P01-31.QXD 11/17
Page 7: 28833_00_Great_ELT_P01-31.QXD 11/17
Page 35 and 36: 28833_01_Great_ELT_P32-62.qxd 11/17
Page 59 and 60:
28833_01_Great_ELT_P32-62.qxd 11/17
Page 61 and 62:
28833_01_Great_ELT_P32-62.qxd 11/17
Page 63 and 64:
28833_01_Great_ELT_P32-62.qxd 11/17
show all

1424028795_36021

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?