A Christmas Carol

Each classic in our series

• outlines an interpretive method to improve close reading, a process that shows students how to develop commentary beyond the plot, strategies used by top performing students on national exams.
• guides the students to examine key details as they read each page of the text-questions regarding key literary elements- setting, character, tone, atmosphere, point of view, plot, and dialogue.
• identifies significant passages throughout the text that develop key thematic patterns-providing sample prompts that appear on standardized exams.
• provides annotations for historical and literary context.
• provides samples of annotated pages, for plot and for theme.
• includes a glossary of challenging vocabulary.

About the Editor

Editor / Ian Berry, MA has been teaching English for the past decade at Jesuit College Preparatory School. His first book co-authored with his former teacher and colleague Michael Degen (The English Coach's Instructional Playbook: Teaching Strategies Informed by Neuroscience, Athletics, and Psychology, 2024), draws upon brain research to guide young readers to access their potential as readers and writers-a desire at the heart of our Guided Reading series.