Knowledge Organiser Focus: Oliver Twist

I should already know: Key Words • Life in modern day London Word Definition Example • The form of a novel villains A villain is a bad person in a story, who harms other people or breaks The villain plotted to take over the world. the law to get what they want.

victims A person who has come to feel helpless and passive in the face of Oliver Twist was a victim. misfortune or ill-treatment.

vulnerable If someone is vulnerable they are in a situation where they could be All her friends had left her and she didn’t know what to I will learn: easily harmed. do. She felt so vulnerable. corrupt Someone is ‘corrupt’ if they use their power in a dishonest or illegal way An English teacher says she would give a student a good • Life in Victorian London; in order to make life better for themselves. grade if they gave her £20.00. The English teacher is Victorian crime; the form corrupt. naïve Someone is naïve if they don’t have experience of how complicated life The naïve mouse sniffed at the cat’s nose. of a novel; Bill Sikes, can be and therefore trust people too much. Fagin, the Artful Dodger, orphan An orphan is a child whose parents are dead. Oliver Twist is an orphan.

Oliver; morality moral A moral is a message that is conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a The moral of Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist is to story or event. persevere in the face of adversity.

• Composing a topic Greater Depth Challenge sentence; the subject; • How might the reactions of subject / verb agreement; modern readers be different the past simple tense to Victorian readers? • Evaluate the importance of money in relation to how people are treated.

This will help in the future: Vocabulary I should already know: Further Reading • Holes read in Y8 • Y8 study of Sherlock Holmes Character, author, chapter, page, blurb Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone • Y9 study of Jane Eyre read this year • GCSE English Literature Grammar I should already know: Northern Lights Victorian novel study • SATs age related grammar The Vile Victorians (Non fiction) ‘Oliver Twist’: Knowledge Key words Characters PlotOrganiser breakdownKnowledge Organisermorality –Focus:a code of right and wrong. People Oliver who try to be good can be called moral and He is a ‘pale, thin’ orphan who is treated badly by Oliver is born in the workhouse. When he is people who do bad things can be called almost everyone he meets. He tries his best to be a a bit older he is nominated to ask for more immoral. good person and experiences ‘horror and alarm’ food because the boys are starving. vulnerable – in a situation in which you could whenever he sees crimes being committed. He is kicked out of the workhouse and be easily harmed. People living on the streets Mr. Bumble given away to the Sowerberry family to be are vulnerable. an undertaker’s apprentice. He’s bullied The man who runs the workhouse and gives Oliver by Noah, they fight and he is locked up. brutal – very violent or cruel. his name. He is ‘a fat man’ who enjoys power and corrupt – a word used to describe a person doesn’t care about the people beneath him. Oliver runs away to London, meets Dodger who uses their power in a dishonest or illegal and is introduced to Fagin’s gang. Noah Claypole way in order to make life better for themselves. Oliver is taken out with the gang and is A ‘malicious and ill-conditioned’ boy who bullies villain – a ‘baddie’ who harms other people or Oliver at the undertakers. He eventually runs away horrified to see Dodger steal a breaks the law to get what they want. gentleman’s handkerchief. Oliver is to London and joins the same gang as Oliver. wrongly arrested for the theft. malicious – meant to hurt or upset someone. Fagin victim – someone who has been harmed, often The gentleman, Mr. Brownlow, takes pity An old man who runs the gang of pickpockets. He by other people. on Oliver and takes him in. The gang plot seems kind but his ‘villainous-looking and repulsive to get him back in case he reveals naïve – If someone is naïve if they don’t have face’ reflects his selfish nature as he gets young boys information about them. experience of how complicated life can be to do his dirty work for him. and therefore trust people too much. Oliver is abducted by the gang whilst Jack Dawkins (The Artful Dodger) running an errand for Mr. Brownlow. society – the people who live in a certain area. A young boy who introduces Oliver to Fagin’s gang This could be a country, town or small group. who has ‘all the airs and manners of a man’. He’s Oliver is used by Sikes in a burglary. They confident and cunning. fail and Sikes runs away. Oliver is left workhouse – a place where people who behind but the people who live there feel couldn’t support themselves were sent to live Bill Sikes sorry for him and look after him. They are and work. A ’rough man’ who has been a criminal for many called Fred and Rose Maylie. Background information years. He beats his dog viciously and brutally kills his girlfriend, Nancy. When Bill and Fagin realise what has ‘Oliver Twist’ was written in 1837-39. Nancy happened, they plot to catch Oliver It was written by Charles Dickens. Bill’s girlfriend who risks her life to help Oliver escape again. Nancy overhears and visits Mr. from the gang. She loves Bill even though he treats Brownlow to warn him. In was published chapter by chapter in a periodical (magazine). her abusively and she feels guilty about the life of Fagin tells Bill about Nancy’s betrayal and crime she has led. Bill murders her. Fagin is discovered and Charles Dickens had to work in harsh conditions Mr. Brownlow sent to prison and Bill dies trying to run as a child when his father was sent to prison. A wealthy older gentleman who takes Oliver in and away. Dickens wanted to criticise a new change to looks after him. He believes in Oliver’s goodness Oliver discovers who his parents were and The Poor Law which happened in 1834 and even when it looks like Oliver has stolen from him joins Mr. Brownlow and the Maylies to live created more workhouses and show how hard and eventually finds out the truth about Oliver’s happily ever after. life was for poor people. parents. ‘Oliver Twist’: Knowledge Key words Characters PlotOrganiser breakdownKnowledge Organisermorality –Focus: Oliver is born Oliver He is a ‘pale, thin’ orphan who When he is a bit older vulnerable – He is kicked out of Mr. Bumble He’s bullied by brutal – The man who corrupt – Oliver runs away Noah Claypole villain – Oliver is taken A ‘malicious and ill-conditioned’ boy who

Oliver is wrongly malicious – victim – The gentleman, Mr. Brownlow, Fagin naïve – An old man who The gang society – Oliver is Jack Dawkins (The Artful Dodger) workhouse – A young boy who Oliver is They Oliver is Bill Sikes They are called Background information A ’rough man’ who When Bill and Fagin realise what has ‘Oliver Twist’ was written in happened, It was written by. Nancy Nancy In was published Bill’s girlfriend who Fagin tells Charles Dickens had to Fagin Mr. Brownlow A wealthy gentleman who Oliver discovers Dickens wanted to