"A Christmas Carol" is known to many people, even if they haven't read the original, thanks to countless stage, radio, TV, and film adaptations.--it has stood the test of time thanks to Charles Dickens' perfectly crafted little story about a man's redemption through reflection (and some spectral help).  

This self-paced course is meant as a reading guide for students as they work their way through the text in similar fashion as being in a classroom.  I will not be reading the text in its entirety in each class, but will be reading select passages and modeling literary analysis to find deeper meaning and make outside connections.  The main focus will be examining Ebenezer Scrooge as a person and how he wasn't always miserly, but was hurt by his life's circumstances as a child and therefore "turned off" his heart as an adult.  Additionally, we will examine the ghostly elements, personification, social commentary, and more.

While this is rooted in the original novella, the analysis & lessons are still applicable to any major adaptation with which students may be familiar.  

For each class, students will view the content video and can then submit any questions via classroom messaging--while asynchronous, I will be available throughout the week to answer any questions from students or parents within a timely manner.  Since most of the videos exceed the size limit available for upload to Outschool, I am posting them on a private YouTube channel made only for my classes, and then each video will be embedded within the classroom--at no point will students leave the Outschool learning platform.

I am on Eastern Standard Time, which doesn't matter as much with this being a self-paced class, but am most available from 7:00am - 8:00pm (EST) for correspondence.