Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens' popular coming-of-age novel continues to engage modern readers with its gripping portrayal of the brutal realities of life in Victorian England.

Our collection of engaging English teaching resources, printable worksheets and homework tasks include fun board games, plotting and role play tasks, as well as newspaper writing templates and poster activities to explore the 19th-century context of the novel.

From Oliver Twist reading comprehension activities to creative writing and diary tasks (with helpful writing frames), you’ll also find detailed character analysis worksheets, looking at the role of key characters including Sikes and Fagin, and lesson activities to explore the workhouse setting and the impact of the Industrial Revolution.

Browse our Dickens collection for more contextual and biographical worksheets. You might also like our Introducing Dickens resource, which includes comprehension tasks and engaging KS3 lesson activities to explore unseen extracts from a range of classic Dickens' novels.