Parent Guide > Excerpt from "A Christmas Carol": The Second of the Three Spirits
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This week in class, we’re reading "Excerpt from "A Christmas Carol": The Second of the Three Spirits" by Charles Dickens.
In one of Dickens' best known works, A Christmas Carol, a greedy old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited in the night by the ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns that he must change his selfish ways before it is too late. In this excerpt, the third chapter of the book, Scrooge meets the second of three spirits: the gregarious Ghost of Christmas Present.
As we read, we will be discussing the theme of Identity as it relates to the text. We are trying to answer this big question :
"Can you change your identity?"
Ways to support your child:
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Ask your child about this fiction - general at home:
- What was "Excerpt from "A Christmas Carol": The Second of the Three Spirits" about?
- What did you learn about Identity?
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