Novel Units A Tale of Two Cities Teacher Guide

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  • Summary

  • "About the Author"

  • Character list

  • Background information

  • Initiating activities

  • Discussion questions and answers

  • Graphic organizers

  • Writing ideas

  • Literary analysis

  • Post-reading discussion questions

  • Cross-curriculum extension activities

  • Assessment Scoring rubric

  • Glossary (Gr. 9–12)

A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens #1471

Doctor Manette was wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years without trial by the aristocratic authorities. Finally released, he is reunited with his daughter, Lucie, who despite her French ancestry has been brought up in London. Lucie falls in love with Charles Darnay who has abandoned wealth and a title in France because of his political convictions. When revolution breaks out in Paris, Darnay returns to the city to help an old family servant, but there he is arrested because of the crimes committed by his relations. His wife, Lucie, their daughter, and her aged father follow him across the Channel, thus putting all their lives in danger.

Student packet #10047


Grades 9-12

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