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The Cricket on the Hearth

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/the-cricket-on-the-hearth

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. Who wrote The Cricket on the Hearth?

  2. 2. What is the literary form?

  3. 3. What is the original publication date?

  4. 4. What is "The Cricket on the Hearth" about?

  5. 5. When was it published?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Novella

  • Charles Dickens

  • Victorian Era

  • Domesticity

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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