A Christmas Carol

I read A Christmas Carol as an E book on Speakaboos.  I chose to read this book to get into the Christmas spirit and because it is a classic.  A Christmas Carol is about Ebeneezer Scrooge a greedy man who does not like Christmas, he is greeted by ghost of Christmas past, present, and future. By the end of the book he gives back to the community and he has the joy of Christmas.  This story teaches readers to give back to others because it will give you more joy than money ever will.

On Speakaboos you listen to the E book and read along with the story.  One thing that Speakaboos does is talk in different voices to represent the different characters.  I would use this to teach students how to use their voice to represent different characters and different emotions.  Students would practice this by reading aloud and using different voices with a partner.  A Christmas Carol is a good book to use to teach this because it has a lot of different characters and a lot of different emotions in the text.