Before you leave our lesson today, answer the following questions.

Which of the following options are characteristics of a novel?

What group of people does Oliver appear before in this extract?

Who takes Oliver to this meeting?

What does one of the workhouse board members call Oliver?

What does the word 'vulnerable' mean?

Oliver appears before the Workhouse Board

Where is Oliver during this lesson's extract?

Oliver asks for more _____

What prediction does the workhouse board member make about Oliver?

What is a social critic?

What social problems does Dickens criticise throughout his novel? (tick all that apply)

Oliver Asks For More

In this lesson, we will look at how Dickens was a social critic. In our reading, Oliver is selected for a risky task - he must ask for more gruel from the workhouse master. We will then analyse what social problems Dickens is critiquing through this scene.

English

Y8 English

Key Stage 3

Year 8

Oliver Twist: Oliver and the Workhouse

Oliver Twist

THEME

UNIT

An Introduction to Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist

Oliver Appears Before the Workhouse Board

Oliver Runs Away

The following questions relate to Oliver's life in the workhouse

Oliver runs away to which city?

Mr Bumble tells Mrs Sowerberry that she should not feed Oliver what food?

The word 'submissive' describes someone who...

Mr Bumble thinks that meat has made Oliver...

Lesson overview:Oliver Asks For More

Oliver Twist: Oliver and the Workhouse: