DOCUMENT RESUME ED 446 334 CS 217 279 AUTHOR Cashion, Carol; Fischer, Diana TITLE "Oliver Twist": A Teacher's Guide. INSTITUTION WGBH-TV, Boston, MA. PUB DATE 2000-00-00 NOTE 26p.; ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre presents "Oliver Twist." AVAILABLE FROM Educational Print and Outreach, WGBH, 125 Western Ave., Boston, MA 02134. Tel: 617-492-2777, ext. 3848; Web site: http://www.wgbh.org. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom - Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Class Activities; *Classics (Literature); *English Literature; Learning Activities; *Literary Criticism; *Novels; Public Television; Secondary Education; Teaching Guides; *Television Viewing; Thematic Approach; Units of Study IDENTIFIERS Dickens (Charles); *Oliver Twist; *Response to Literature; Theme (Literary); Victorian Period ABSTRACT This teacher's guide for public television's 3-part adaptation of Charles Dickens's "Oliver Twist" provides informationthat will help enrich students' viewing of the series, whetheror not they read the novel. The guide includes a wide range of discussion and activityideas; there is also a series Web site and a list of Webresources. Informational material in the guide includes a section about looking at film;a section called "From Novel to Film"; biographical materialon Charles Dickens; and a section about Victorian England. The guide presents viewingstrategies for each of the three episodes and gives suggestions for keeping viewing journals. It also organizes the discussion questions and activities(both pre-viewing and post-viewing) by episodes and featuresa thematic focus for each episode: Love and Marriage in Victorian England (Episode I);Poverty, Identity, and Destiny (Episode II); and Cowardice, Courage, andRedemption (Episode III).(NKA) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best thatcan be made from the original document. II I I U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND This document has been reproduced as DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS received from the person or organization BEEN GRANTED BY originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. S. 1 olf.niffe, C",1 Aer Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent BEST COPY AVAILABLE TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES official OERI position or policy. C/) INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 Exxon Mobil Corporation Kenneth R Cohen 5959 Las Colinas Boulevard Vice President Irving, Texas 75039-2298 Public Affairs Dear Educator, We are pleased to provide you with this teacher's guide for Oliver Twist, an adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic tale, premiering on EXXONMOBIL MASTERPIECE THEATRE, Sundays, October 8-22, on PBS. Our Web site at www.pbs.org/masterpiece provides additional information on this program for you and your students. I hope you'll find these educational materials and EXXONMOBIL MASTERPIECE THEATRE programming helpful in motivating your students to learn more about classic literature, its authors, and characters. We consider these classroom materials an integral part of our commitment to broaden the appeal of the classics to students, and we commend your role in enhancing student interest. If you have any suggestions on how we can improve our EXXONMOBIL MASTERPIECE THEATRE educational outreach efforts, or would like to share how these materials were beneficial in your classroom, please write to me at EXXONMOBIL MASTERPIECE THEATRE; 5959 Las Colinas Boulevard; Irving, Texas 75039. Kenneth P. Cohen Vice President, Public Affairs '`/ t I L rl _Irnvi a +!--__adimer on tsriwski7,77trxr, Loit( cfi-01 fet\; - e CD\.1-1*0 ,. 44. 4 igt.e 041.'!" \ I. r I Ow '114 , zap- a `m C 4:,,c,1 Liglil ''.-F'''' 'MO ------.' '-\;..---/ilerNif,,,,,Agyr--iii\"--11,!,t,r--;'; 7;F: i Using Oliver Twist in the Classroom 14; ifc '' 14 I:L-'17 1 ILLLW iOt \\' I--''" 1-_--- \ '-'-----:-- ODESS0 ON1111MtlIVRIGS jc.7.._---... Viewing Strategies Discussion and Activities by Episode Web Resources After-Viewing Activities Looking at Film B,ackz.;rmuriolE(.1\is - I .1 1 v. Welcome to EXXONMOBIL MASTERPIECE THEATRE'S adaptation of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. This teacher's guide provides information that will help enrich your students' viewing of the series, whether or not they read the novel, including a wide range of discussion and activity ideas. In addition to using the teacher's guide, we hope you will visit and bookmark the series Web site www.pbs.org/masterpiece/olivertwistwhere you will find extensive resources to support the series. Broadcast Schedule The three two-hour episodes of Oliver Twist will air on most PBS stations from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM EST. Check local listings for broadcast and repeat Off -Air Taping Rights dates and times in your area. Educators may tape Oliver Twist and use it in the classroom EPISODE I for one year after broadcast. 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Explore what was i Olhet Twist A s0 hour adaptation of Charles Dickens comblett and compelling novel... going on in Dickens's Challenge your .". The young orphan Oliver Twist Tees a cruel wirldtouse for the dirty streets of London when he falls In a life and world around with a nefarious gang. Ae the shrewd/strut Dobger, the menacing FegIn and the vicious Bill Shires lead students to test their : Oliver deeper into a criminal life, a dark conspiracy is revealed around him. Readers have been fascinated the time of his most and shocked by Dickens' tale of life on the mean streets of London ever since the story was first published knowledge of Dickens in 1517. popular works. andOliver Twist . V al' I la j _ M. Invite your students to Find strategies for using the different publish their thoughts Web features, an electronic version of this here about the film, the guide with relevant Web links and novel, or the author. resources, and an article by ahighschool English teacher describing his experience teachingGreat Expectationsas it was publishedone episode a week. kW% Mfim ikitanal EXXONMOBIL MASTERPIECE THEATRE'S AMERICAN COLLECTION debuts October25 with the premiere of Cora Unashamed, based on the short story by Langston Hughes. This new series, the centerpiece of EXXONMOBIL MASTERPIECE THEATRE'S 3oth anniversary celebration, will present seminal works by American literary masters, including Hughes, Willa Cather, Esmeralda Santiago, James Agee, and Eudora Welty. Visit www. pbs. org/ masterpiece /americancollection. _7/7:7419- f f 41 X-./,,. ,.. -4"-- -e c''' Ol Alir ''''' :I' A ; ,v olk, Mmintike 1141.r Oliver Twist is made up of three two-hour programs. We have suggested how you might break up the programs to be viewed over several days. prlomil2 1VomimElEl Airs Sunday,* October 8, 2000, 9-11 PM Airs Sunday,* October 15, 2000, 9-11 PM Met Synopsis Not Synopsis Young Agnes Fleming becomes pregnant by the Oliver is taken to live in the workhouse, where he is charming but feckless Edwin Leeford, and cannot branded as a troublemaker when he dares to ask for understand why he won't marry her.