Name______Date ______7 - ______
A Christmas Carol - Staves Four and Five
Video Notes
Stave Four
1. Describe the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?
2. What does this Spirit symbolize? ______
3. What is the mood created by this Spirit's appearance?______
4. Scrooge says, " I ______you more than any ______I have seen."
5. What are the men at the Exchange discussing?
6. Back at his house, Scrooges sees ______, but he
cannot make himself lift the cover to see who it is.
7. What is Mrs. Dilbert (the charwoman) selling at the “beetling shop” (p. 83)?
(In the book, three people are selling Scrooge’s stolen things – the charwoman, the laundress,
and the undertaker’s assistant.)
8. Why does the Spirit take Scrooge to Bob Cratchit's house?
Who has died? ______
What contrast does this show?
9. After leaving the Cratchit's home, the Spirit takes Scrooge to ______.
10. Who was the man lying dead? ______
11. What does Scrooge mean when he states the following:
"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the
Past, Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will
not shut out the lessons that they teach."
Stave Five
After his journey with the last Spirit, Scrooge wakes in his own room.
11. What day is it? ______
12. Scrooge sends a boy to buy a ______to send to ______.
After sending the enormous turkey anonymously, Scrooge “sat down breathless in his chair
again, and chuckled till he cried” (100).
13. As Scrooge walks along the street, he behaves differently.
First he greets people, ______, and then he _____
______.
14. Who does Scrooge visit? How do they react to his visit?
15. The next day, how does Scrooge treat his clerk, Bob Cratchit?
16. At the end of the story, Scrooge comes "full circle" when he interacts with the same people
as he did in Stave One.
These interactions show Scrooge's ______.
17. Scrooge is a ______character because he changes
during the course of the story.
18. ______is an example of a
static character, one who does not change during the story.
19. Analyze the lesson Scrooge learns from each Spirit's visit to determine a theme for the story.
Ghost of Christmas PastLesson: / Ghost of Christmas Present
Lesson: / Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Lesson:
20.