Insight2e_Elem_Projects_Worksheet
Insight2e_Elem_Projects_Worksheet
1 Find eight types of writing in the wordsearch. Charles Dickens was an English novelist. He was born in
I J N S Q G B Y X E Portsmouth, England on 7 February 1812. He had eight
Y X O X C S O A L X brothers and sisters.
B W I M Q R P C P N When he was twelve years old, his father went to prison
G I T E W W I O O O and Charles went to work in a factory. The work was
R J C S M T E P A V very hard and dirty, and he was lonely. After three years,
E Z I O R M Z T T E he could go to school again, but he never forgot the
C E F A Q U I R T L factory. Two of his famous novels David Copperfield
R E N F I C T I O N and Great Expectations are about young boys in difficult
Y R O T S T R O H S circumstances.
Z U N X R B Y A L P
During his adult life, he lived in London. He also visited
2 Read the biography. Then answer the questions. the USA, Italy and Switzerland. All of his books are
in English, but they have been translated into many
1 Where was he / she born?
languages.
2 Where did he / she live during his / her life? Before writing novels, he was a journalist. He wrote
non-fiction and later in his life he also wrote travel books,
3 What language did he / she write in? plays, poems and an autobiography. When he was not
writing, he spent time trying to help poor people. He
4 Did he / she have any problems in his / her life? married Catherine in 1836 and they had ten children.
5 What type of writing did he / she publish? In 1865, he was in a train crash. He was not hurt, but he
did not write many books after the accident.
6 Why is he / she famous today? Many people know his books Oliver Twist and
A Christmas Carol with the main character ‘Scrooge’.
7 Have you ever heard of or read any of his / her
A lot of his novels have been made into TV series and
books / poems / plays?
films. He is famous because people love his characters
who are sometimes sad and sometimes funny. The stories
say a lot about life for poor people in Victorian Britain.
3 You are going to research one of the famous writers in the box below. Prepare answers to the questions in
exercise 2. You can use the internet and other sources of information to help you.