A Christmas Carol

Easy Classics told by Carlo Scataglini

Carlo Scataglini

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Product: Book

Trim size in cm: 15x21cm

Pages: 132

ISBN: 9788859042648

Publication date: 01/10/2025

Suitable for: Lower secondary 1st level (ages 10-11)

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The Christmas tale written by Charles Dickens that has enchanted generations of readers since 1843, A Christmas Carole, is presented in a simplified version accessible to all children. Each chapter includes important cognitive organizers and facilitators, useful for following the reading without too much effort and understanding the meaning of the text. Furthermore, readers have the opportunity to listen to (and follow) the text of the story told by a narrator via the QR-codes at the beginning of each chapter.

The Easy Classics
A Christmas Carol is part of The Easy Classics told by Carlo Scataglini, the series that re-proposes the classics of children’s literature, with some simplification criteria that help children to read and understand the stories independently.

Chapter 1 - A Man Who Hated Christmas
Chapter 2 - Marley's Ghost
Chapter 3 - The Ghost of Christmas Past
Chapter 4 - Scrooge's Golden Idol
Chapter 5 - The Ghost of Christmas Present
Chapter 6 - It's Christmas on Land and Sea
Chapter 7 - Christmas at Fred's House
Chapter 8 - The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Chapter 9 - The End of a Lonely Man
Chapter 10 - The New Life of Ebenezer Scrooge
Games and activities

Here come the Easy Classics: books for all children

The Easy Classics told by Carlo Scataglini is a new Erickson series which renders literary classics for children suitable for all, thanks to a series of simplifications which help children to read and understand the stories.

Amongst the literary classics for children and teenagers are several masterpieces which have inspired and brought together older and younger generations. They are wonderful, timeless stories for all ages and they belong to everyone. I thought that facilitating and simplifying the most well-known stories could make reading as independent as possible. Carlo Scataglini

EASY CLASSICS: CHRISTMAS EDITION

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Easy Classics told by Carlo Scataglini Carlo Scataglini The Christmas tale written by Charles Dickens that has enchanted generations of readers since 1843, A Christmas Carol, is presented in a simplified version accessible to all children. Each chapter includes important cognitive organizers and facilitators, useful for following the reading without too much effort and understanding the meaning of the text. Furthermore, readers have the opportunity to listen to (and follow) the text of the story told by a narrator via the QR-codes at the beginning of each chapter. Discover more

THE BOOKS OF THE SERIES

Each book of the series Easy Classics is enriched with several beautiful illustrations that are reproduced, title by title, also in the series “Classic Tales with AAC”), so that the books of the two series can be used by children with different needs in the same class context, leading to a more inclusive perspective.

The secret garden

Andersens fairy tales

TOGETHER WITH THE STORY EACH BOOK CONTAINS...

An illustrated index to find your way through the chapters

A presentation of the story characters

A summary of what has happened before

A preview of what is about to happen

Blue-printed difficult words definitions

Brown-printed explanations of idioms

Downloadable audio files to listen to the story

Fun games and activities

SIMPLIFICATION CRITERIA

Visual support: the text contains visual support, amongst which you can find: a picture at the beginning of each chapter which recalls the illustrated index, pictures of all the characters in that chapter, together with the new characters in the story (highlighted in bold font). Lexis: a basic/simple vocabulary is used and difficult words and idioms of each chapter are highlighted in two different colors, with their meanings explained at the end. Syntax: the text is made up of short sentences and simple subordinate and coordinate clauses, subjects are made explicit as far as possible and affirmative, active verb forms are used, with the indicative mood predominating. Organisation of contents: an illustrated index of the chapters at the beginning of the book, whilst at the beginning of each chapter readers are provided with summaries of the events which happened in the previous chapter and with the ones which are about to happen. Audio: the reader can listen to (and follow) the text of the story told by a narrator, by using the QR-codes available at the beginning of each chapter or as online resources, by entering the access code given in the last page of the book.

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Thematic Areas

Reading and writing
Parents and children > Narrative