A Christmas Carol
Introducing A Christmas Carol to Your ClassMany younger/reluctant readers know three things about A Christmas Carol - mean Scrooge, ghosts and the Muppets! These short clips can be a fun way of drawing them into the story.
A Muppet Christmas Carol
The version of the story most familiar to younger students. It's not the most literal interpretation - Dickens doesn't mention talking vegetables - but brilliantly captures the energy and invention of the story. And Michael Caine is a superb Scrooge
A Christmas Carol (2009)
A good starting point might be the Disney trailer (start at around 28 seconds) This will at least create interest in ghosts to come later in the story.
Cartoon
An excellent full-length animated version of the story with the voices of Alistair Simm and Michael Redgrave is here (24 minutes).
I have also created a few fun activities to build confidence.
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