A Christmas Carol 2007 Study Guide - Goodman Theatre
A Christmas Carol 2007 Study Guide - Goodman Theatre
A Christmas Carol 2007 Study Guide - Goodman Theatre
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V<br />
ocabulary<br />
It does a conversation good<br />
Straight from<br />
the Play<br />
The following words can be found<br />
in the text of A <strong>Christmas</strong> <strong>Carol</strong>.<br />
How a word is used in the text—its<br />
context—can often help you figure<br />
out what the word means, even if<br />
you don’t know its exact definition.<br />
Hint: familiar words and phrases<br />
near the unknown word in a<br />
sentence can help!<br />
scuttle liberality solemnized<br />
destitute annum heresy<br />
keenly surplus shillings<br />
dismal homage melancholy<br />
busker gruel forbearance<br />
tuppence fathom apparition<br />
beguiled shun benevolence<br />
ponderous frivolity reclamation<br />
sobriety mince pie spectacle<br />
dowry bedlam vexed<br />
farthing<br />
sanctimoniously<br />
“<br />
The only proper intoxication<br />
is conversation.<br />
Activity<br />
The Dictionary Game<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
♦<br />
”- Oscar Wilde<br />
Instructions<br />
Your teacher selects a word from the list to the left.<br />
You and your classmates use identical pieces of<br />
paper to write your own made-up definitions of the<br />
word, making them sound like “real” dictionary<br />
definitions. (Hint: try to sound as “professional” as<br />
you can.) Don’t let anyone else see!<br />
Turn your definitions into your teacher, who also<br />
has a copy of the actual definition. S/he reads all of<br />
the definitions aloud once so everyone can hear<br />
them, then on the second reading you and your<br />
classmates vote on which definition is actually from<br />
the dictionary. (This is why you want your definition<br />
to sound “real,” even if you don’t know what the<br />
word really means.)<br />
You score one point for every person who votes for<br />
your definition, and two points if you choose the<br />
actual dictionary definition.<br />
The student with the most points at the end of the<br />
game is the winner!<br />
Think About It:<br />
Word Imaging<br />
Read some of the vocabulary words aloud. Do their sounds influence<br />
what you think their definitions might be? Why?<br />
Choose one word and draw how it sounds on a piece of<br />
paper. What images do you think of when you hear the word? What<br />
emotions? Share your “word imaging” with your classmates,<br />
then look up the actual definition to see if your<br />
picture fits.<br />
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