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CHARLES DICKENS

Charles Dickens is one of the greatest novelists in the English language. He wrote about the real world of Victorian England and many of his characters were not rich, middle-class ladies or gentlemen, but poor and hungry people.

Dickens the writer

When he was sixteen, he started work for a newspaper. He visited law courts and the Houses of Parliament. Soon he was one of the Morning Chronicle's best journalists. He also wrote short stories for magazines. These were funny descriptions of people that he met. Dickens' characters were full of colour and life - good people were very, very good and bad people were horrible. His books became popular in many countries and he spent a lot of time abroad, in America, Italy and Switzerland.

Dickens the man

Dickens had ten children, but he didn't have a happy family life. He was successful in his work but not at home, and his wife left him. He never stopped writing and travelling, and he died very suddenly in 1870.

His books

Here is a list of some of his many novels:
The Pickwick Papers (1836)
Oliver Twist (1837-38)
Nicholas Nickleby (1838-39)
A Christmas Carol (1843)

David Copperfield (1849)
Bleak House (1852)
Little Dorrit (1855)
A Tale of Two Cities (1859)
Great Expectations (1860-61)
Our Mutual Friend (1864)

After reading the novel "Oliver Twist", we'll watch the film by Roman Polansky

Reading comprehension exercise

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/pot1.htm

Let's review the simple present

http://mrc.ltd.free.fr/Easy%20Beginner/Exercises/PresentSimple.htm

http://saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson01/08.html

British cultural quiz

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/torredelprado/ingles/brit_quiz.htm

Recomended for my students of 3º div: Vocabulary

http://www.web-books.com/Language/Inter0/Pages/TestW/TWbody_1.htm?No=0

http://www.web-books.com/Language/Inter0/Pages/Book/body.htm

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omexpress/numerosymedidas/numeroscardinalesyordinales.htm

http://iteslj.org/v/ei/animals.html

http://iteslj.org/v/ei/body.html

http://iteslj.org/v/ei/clothes2.html

Recomended for my students of 4ºB

http://www.rong-chang.com/writing/index

Union Flag

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland uses as its national flag the royal banner locally known as the Union Flag or, popularly, Union Jack [1] (although this name is the only one that is correct when the flag is flown on a jackstaff at sea)[2]. The current design of the Union Flag dates from the union of Ireland and Great Britain in 1801. It consists of the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England), edged in white, superimposed on the Cross of St Patrick (patron saint of Ireland), which are superimposed on the Saltire of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland).