LO: To understand who Charles Dickens was and why he wrote Oliver Twist.

Deep thinking question

Why were Charles Dickens’ novels important during the 19th Century?

Imagine if…

• Your parent s had been put in jail because they couldn’t pay their bills.• You were taken out of school and had to work in a factory at the age of nine

making shoe polish.• You weren’t allowed to go back to school until you were 13.

How might you feel if this had happened to you?Write two sentences about how you might feel if you were in this situation.Challenge: How would you react? What might this make you do?

LO: To understand who Charles Dickens was and why he wrote Oliver Twist.

Deep thinking question

Why were Charles Dickens’ novels important during the 19th Century?

Imagine if…

• Your parent s had been put in jail because they couldn’t pay their bills.• You were taken out of school

and had to work in a factory at the age of nine making shoe polish.• You weren’t allowed to go back

to school until you were 13.

Hang on a minute! That’s my life you’re describing.

LO: To understand who Charles Dickens was and why he wrote Oliver Twist.

Deep thinking question

Why were Charles Dickens’ novels important during the 19th Century?

But then something incredible happened…

Despite all of these unfortunate events having taken place, Charles Dickens became a very well known writer.

Hang on a minute! That’s my life you’re describing.

LO: To understand who Charles Dickens was and why he wrote Oliver Twist.

Deep thinking question

Why were Charles Dickens’ novels important during the 19th Century?

Have you ever heard of these titles before?

• Bleak House• Little Dorrit• Great Expectations• A Tale of Two Cities• A Christmas Carol• Oliver Twist

Where have you come across them?

LO: To understand who Charles Dickens was and why he wrote Oliver Twist.

Deep thinking question

Why were Charles Dickens’ novels important during the 19th Century?

Do you recognise any of these films?

We’ll be looking at this novel.

LO: To understand who Charles Dickens was and why he wrote Oliver Twist.

Deep thinking question

Why were Charles Dickens’ novels important during the 19th Century?

Think, pair, shareLook at the following images. What do you think

is happening?

Challenge: Why might Charles Dickens want to write a book about the life of a boy?