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English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.

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Charles Dickens's biography - His difficult life

Hi guys,

 

today we continued to study Charles Dickens's biography that you had to reprhase in your own words. Here is what we said:

 

Positive facts:

Charles Dickens was a writer / a novelist. He became famous when he was 24. He created an organization to help the poor.

 

Negative facts:

He was poor so he had to work in a factory 10 hours a day when he was 12.
He didn't go to school.
He married and he had 10 children.
He divorced his wife because he didn't love her anymore.
He died suddenly / when he was young (58).

 

Cultural facts:

In the 19th century, it was frequent / common / normal to abandon children when you were poor.

Oliver Twist is a novel by Charles Dickens. It is about an orphan (Oliver).

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Homework:

- apprendre la leçon par coeur (contrôle possible...)

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