Author Study of Lewis Carroll

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Author Study of Lewis Carroll

Created by, Karen Faiman 6th grade teacher
Hartford Public Schools
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LEWIS CARROLLS LIFE

• Click below to read a biography about Lewis
  Carroll
• http//www.american-buddha.com/carroll.bio.htm

This pocket watch represents the time that
Carroll believed was moving very quickly.
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Where is Lewis Carroll live?

• Click below to see a map of England
• http//www.lonelyplanet.com/mapshells/europe/engl
  and/england.htm

• Lewis Carroll grew up in Oxford, England. Can you
  find it on the map?

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BOOKS BY LEWIS CARROLL

• Alice in Wonderland is one Lewis Carrolls most
  famous books. In this book the main character
  Alice goes through a fantastical adventure.
  Throughout the adventure Alice eats food that
  make her big and small, has to solve riddles and
  meets a very evil Queen of Hearts.

• Click below to find out about more of Carrolls
  books. http//members.aol.com/Marcin23/Lewis.html

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What is the genre of fantasy?

• Fantasy writing is when the story does not make
  sense as we know reality. Although the adventure
  might not seem real it is usually has
  similarities to the real world. Alice is
  Wonderland is thought to be a reflection of the
  Industrial Revolution, that included many changes
  in every day life.

• Link to learn more about fantasy writing and a
  relation to the text Fellowship of the Ring
  http//www.promotega.org/msc00012/fantasy.htm

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How is fantasy writing related to Alice in
Wonderland?

• The following link explains how fantasy writing
  is related to Alice in Wonderland
• While you are reading try to understand why Alice
  could never really know the rules of the game.
• http//www.victorianweb.org/authors/carroll/aiwl1.
  html

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How did Alice in Wonderland begin?

• Lewis Carroll was a librarian in Oxford. Each day
  we would look out his window to a park where
  Alice Liddell and her sisters would play.
  Occasionally, Lewis, Alice and her sisters would
  go on boat rides together and Lewis would make up
  stories. One day he decided to write these
  stories down.

Alice Liddell
Stream for boat rides
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Quote from Alice in Wonderland

• I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir," said
  Alice, "because I'm not myself, you see." --"I
  don't see," said the Caterpillar. --"I'm afraid
  I can't put it more clearly," Alice replied very
  politely, "for I can't understand it myself top
  begin with and being so many different sizes in
  a day is very confusing." --"It isn't," said the
  Caterpillar.

What do you think Alice means in this
quotation? Have you ever felt many different
sizes in one day?
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Chapters from Alice in Wonderland

• The following is a link to hear chapters from the
  book Alice in Wonderland. Listen and read along.
• http//wiredforbooks.org/alice/

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Continue your study of Lewis Carroll and Alice in
Wonderland

• Link to Alice in Wonderland Interactive Adventure
• http//www.ruthannzaroff.com/wonderland/