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9th - 12th
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Great Expectations

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Get to know Pip, Estella, and Mrs. Havisham a little better with a review activity on Great Expectations. Using clues listed below, learners complete a crossword puzzle that challenges them to remember details from Charles Dickens' classic novel. 

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Concepts

great expectations, charles dickens, reading comprehension

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Include in a review packet during your novel unit
  • Have class members design their own crossword puzzles using the resource as a model

Classroom Considerations

  • Mostly addresses characters and plot details, rather than literary themes or deeper interpretation

Pros

  • Provides an answer key with solutions in two places
  • Easy to copy and distribute

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.9-10.3 RL.11-12.3

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