Adaptations in the Classroom Guides and Resources
Adaptations in the Classroom, developed with adaptations specialist Dr. Lucy Hobbs, is a curriculum-aligned resource for KS3 and KS4. It uses film and television adaptations of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to deepen students’ understanding of the written text at GSCE level.
This resource includes:
- Reading Through Adaptations – an introduction to using adaptations in the classroom by Dr Lucy Hobbs
- Teachers’ Guide to Using the Resources
- 3 flexible lesson plans – featuring instructions for a range of activities that focus on key extracts from the novella, using the adaptations as stimuli for learning
About the authors
Dr Lucy Hobbs is an adaptations specialist and is a freelance Commissioning editor and project manager for educational publishers such as HarperCollins and Hodder. She was Research Fellow on De Montfort University project ‘Transforming Middlemarch’ (AHRC 2022-2023) and chief architect of its digital encoding and editorial annotation.
Elly Lacey is an author and facilitator, alongside Head of English at Newton Prep in London. She is currently undertaking a MA in Educational Leadership.
