We will now read the story of Oliver Twist. After you have finished reading the story I want you to choose one of the following writing assignments and write it in Google document. Share your text with Ulrika and your friends in your study group.
- Letter to the Editor
Imagine that you live in Charles Dicken´s time. Write a letter to a newspaper describing the life of a child in the workhouse and giving your opinion of it.
2. Write a diary
Imagine Oliver Twist went to school and learned to read and write. Choose an episode and write his diary in the first person. Explain what happened to you (the transfer to the workhouse, the work, the request for food, the punishment to the cell, the stay at Mr Sowerberry’s, the fight, and finally the escape).
Describe how you felt and what your hopes were.
3. Newspaper report
Prepare a newspaper report about the death of Bill Sikes. Make notes in your notebook under these headings and then write your report:
The death of Sikes
- Who was Sikes?
- How did he die?
- Why were people chasing him?
- What else had he done?
Nancy´s murder
- Who was Nancy?
- How was she killed?
- Who found her body?
- Why did Sikes kill her?
The group of thieves
- Who did Sikes work with?
- What has happened or is going to happen to them?
Now, write your report.
