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Alice in Wonderland (or Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as it was originally known) is an English children’s story written in 1865 by Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a young girl called Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world. The story follows Alice’s adventures as she makes new friends and meets some fascinating characters – from the White Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat to the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts and the Mock Turtle.

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Born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in Cheshire, England in January 1832, he was better known as Lewis Carroll. Although he went to the University of Oxford to study mathematics at the age of 20, he also enjoyed writing children’s stories. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was Lewis Carroll’s first book but he went on to write other famous stories including Through the Looking-Glass, What Alice Found There and Sylvie and Bruno. During his life, he was also a photographer, an inventor and a religious deacon, but Lewis Carroll was most famous for his Alice stories.

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Welcome to Alice in Wonderland Information about the author, the story and the historical period.

The text with cultural details, brief summaries and glossary.

Brief descriptions of the main characters.

A wide variety of activities covering Cambridge Exam Certificates, State exams, 21st Century Skills and 2030 Agenda topics.

Pre-reading activities.

A final test to check what you remember.

A transcript of two of the most important scenes from the story to act out together in class.

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Lewis Carroll

Alice in Wonderland

Retold by Claire Moore

Illustrated by Emma Lidia Squillari

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Drama

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Glossario

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Agenda 2030

Costituzione e Cittadinanza

21st Century Skills

Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost D.H. Wells, G. Orwell, E.A. Poe, S.O. Jewett, V. Woolf One Planet, One Goal Mary Shelley Frankenstein Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of the Four E. Gaskell, K. Chopin, K. Mansfield, V. Woolf, E.Wharton Portraits of Women Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice

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Contents 6

Dossier 1 Lewis Carroll

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Characters

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Pre-reading Activities

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Chapter 1 Down the Rabbit Hole

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Activities

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Chapter 2 In Tears

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Activities

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Chapter 3 The White Rabbit’s House

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Activities

46 Dossier 2 Alice in Wonderland in films,

books and plays 50

Chapter 4 Caterpillar Advice

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Activities

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Chapter 5 Alice and the Duchess

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Activities

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Chapter 6 A Tea Party and The Queen

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Activities

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Dossier 3 Iconic Alice in Wonderland

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Chapter 7 Meeting the Mock Turtle

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Activities

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Chapter 8 Courtroom Drama

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Activities

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Final Test

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Drama

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Dossier

Lewis Carroll Early Life Quick facts Name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson AKA: Lewis Carroll Born: in Daresbury, Cheshire on 27th January, 1832 Died: in Guildford, England on 14th January, 1898 (aged 65) Education: Rugby School, University of Oxford Key works: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), Through the Looking-Glass (1871), The Hunting of the Snark (1876)

The mathematics textbook that Carroll used at Rugby School still survives and contains an inscription in Latin, which translates into: This book belongs to Charles Lutwidge Dodgson hands off!

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born on January 27th, 1832 and was the eldest son of Frances Jane Lutwidge and the Reverend Charles Dodgson. He had a happy childhood and he often made up games and wrote stories for his brothers and sisters. Some of these were later published.

In 1846 he went to Rugby School for three years but it wasn’t a happy time for Charles. Later he went to Christ Church College at Oxford University where he studied classics and mathematics. In 1855 he became a mathematical lecturer at the college.

Rugby School opened in 1567.

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Religious life Dodgson was a very spiritual man and in December 1861 he became a deacon of the Church of England.

He also agreed to remain unmarried.

His father was a conservative Anglican parson and raised his son with traditional values. These values remained throughout his life, although he went no further than being a deacon and stayed in Christ Church for the rest of his life teaching and writing.

A lower position than that of a priest.

A priest in charge of a very small parish.

A section of the stained-glass window at All Saints Church, Daresbury, showing Lewis Carroll and Alice.

Literature Carroll wrote poetry and short stories from a very young age but he published his first piece of work under his famous name in March 1856. His pseudonym was a play on his real name. Lewis was the anglicised name for Lutwidge and Carroll was an Irish surname similar to the name Charles. Although Carroll denied it, it is widely believed that his Alice character was based on the daughter of his friend, Henry Liddell. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was finally published in 1865 and its illustrations were by Sir John Tenniel, a professional artist. It was a great success

Front cover of the 1898 edition of Alice in Wonderland.

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and it changed his life. He even got fan mail! One popular story is that Queen Victoria loved his book so much that she wanted him to dedicate his next book to her. In 1871, he published the Alice sequel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. This was followed by The Hunting of the Snark in 1876, a “nonsense” poem and in 1895 a story of fairy siblings Sylvie and Bruno.

Alice in Wonderland remains a very popular story today.

‘I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.’

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Carroll was about 6 feet (1.83m) tall and slim.

He had curly brown hair and blue or grey eyes. He had a fever when he was a child and became deaf in one ear.

Photography Carroll loved the arts and particularly the theatre.

He often went to the theatre and also became particularly interested in photography.

He took up photography in 1856 and his

favourite subjects were children and famous people. Although photography was mainly a hobby for Carroll, he spent a lot of his time developing his passion and at one point even considered Self Portrait

by Lewis Carroll.

making a living out of it. His subjects included notable people of the period like Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Julia Margaret Cameron and Alfred Tennyson. One of his child photography subjects was Alice Liddell, the daughter of a friend, who it is thought was his inspiration for the Alice stories. He suddenly stopped taking photographs in 1880 after over 24 years. He died of pneumonia at his sisters’ home in 1898.

A photograph of Alice Liddell

by Lewis Carroll, 1858.

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Characters Gryphon One of the Queen’s servants who takes Alice to meet the Mock Turtle.

The Cheshire Cat The smiling cat that appears and disappears throughout the story.

Alice in Wonderland The main character of the story. A sensible girl from a wealthy family who finds herself in a strange world of fantasy and imagination.

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The Caterpillar The caterpillar that sits on a mushroom and smokes a pipe.

The Duchess The Queen’s cousin who treats Alice badly at the beginning but later tries to be more friendly.

The Mad Hatter The small creature that lives in a constant tea-time and is a very confusing character.

March Hare The Mad Hatter’s tea-time companion.

Queen of Hearts The severe, scary Queen of Wonderland.

King of Hearts The other ruler of Wonderland who often undoes the Queen’s orders of execution.

White Rabbit The busy, worried rabbit that leads Alice down a hole at the beginning of the story.

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PRE-READING ACTIVITIES

Vocabulary – Matching 1

Match the words in the box from Chapter 1 to the pictures. shelves

rabbit hole

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2

key

waistcoat

door

jar

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_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

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5

6

_______________________ _______________________ _______________________

Vocabulary – Writing 2

Look at the pictures on the front cover of this book. What can you see? Write words.

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Complete the description of the story with the words in the box. animals dream adventure

under advice

cake game

tea

The story starts with Alice and her sister sitting (1)________________ a tree on a summer’s day. Alice sees a White Rabbit and follows the rabbit down a hole. She falls for a long time and this is the start of her (2)________________. She meets a lot of (3)________________, she drinks some potions and eats a (4)________________ that makes her small. A caterpillar gives her some (5)________________ and she meets a Duchess and the Cheshire cat. She goes to a (6)________________ party and she plays a (7)________________ with the Queen of Hearts. She has many adventures but in the end it was all a (8)________________.

Reading Comprehension – True or false 4

Read the sentences about the story and decide if they are true (T) or false (F).

T F 1

Alice’s sister follows Alice down the hole.

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Alice swims in her tears.

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Alice goes to the White Rabbit’s house.

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The caterpillar smokes a pipe.

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Alice has fun at the Mad Hatter’s tea party.

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Alice speaks in a courtroom.

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FINAL TEST PRE-READING ACTIVITIES

Wordsearch 5

Find six animals from the story in the wordsearch.

R C G M D C R A B B I T

B A B O Q A D C D S C C

D T N U S T R E E W D D

O E J S G B I W Y Q W D

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K P P B S L I F F D W W

M I L D F O O T R W Q U

H L O F R P C G R W G H

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Writing 6

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Look at the pictures of Alice and some other characters from the story. Write a short description of them. Include what they are wearing.

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Alice in Wonderland Alice is ____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

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The Mad Hatter The Mad Hatter is _________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

3

The March Hare The March Hare is _________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

Prediction 7

How do you think the story will end? Do you think Alice will find her way back to her sister?

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Listening Comprehension 2

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Listen to Chapter 1. Tick [✔] the sentences you hear.

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She can’t see the bottom.

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“Who are you?” Alice asks.

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The White Rabbit gives Alice his watch.

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Now she is in a big room with lots of doors.

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She finds a big key under the door.

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She is too big.

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She drinks some more until the bottle is empty.

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She can see it on the table.

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She watches the rabbit sit under a tree.

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She eats a tiny piece of cake and waits.

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Chapter 1

Down the Rabbit Hole 2 Alice in Wonderland is with her sister on a summer’s day.

It is a beautiful summer’s day. Alice and her sister are sitting under a tree in a green field. Alice’s sister is reading a book but Alice is bored because there are no pictures in the book. She yawns*. She doesn’t know what to do. It is so hot. Suddenly, she sees a White Rabbit with big, pink eyes run past her.

‘Oh dear! I’m late, I’m late!’ says the rabbit. He takes a watch out of his waistcoat* pocket* and looks at it carefully.

‘Oh dear. Very very late!’

Alice watches the rabbit as it runs across the field.

She wonders* where it is going.

‘How strange,’ says Alice to herself, ‘a rabbit in a waistcoat with a watch.’

She gets up and follows the rabbit. She runs across the field until she sees the rabbit disappear down a hole*. Without a thought, she quickly jumps into the hole after the rabbit. She falls and falls and falls. She is scared. She falls for a very long time.

Alice sees a White Rabbit.

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yawn to open your mouth widely when you are tired waistcoat a short jacket without sleeves pocket a small place in your trousers where you can put things wonders to ask yourself something hole a space