1.1 Why is Charles Dickens so famous?
He wrote stories of events happening in the times he lived. He ultimately became quite famous for these stories. Why he wrote them is most likely for the same reason you have asked the question. He wanted answers to the questions of his day. Might be hard for you to think that there was no telephone, no television, no internet, few books and the books that were there were expensive and only of any good to you if you had been to school and could read. Charles was a writer and was educated and compelled to write what he saw & witnessed regardless of whether or not anyone would ever read his written word.

1.2 What does Great Expectation cover? (Chose, at least three sources, e.g. websites, books, newspapers, DVD material or others) Great Expectations is one of the best and well-known novels of all time, having created its mark as a loved world-renowned classical tale. As a result, such a book has been printed and published limitless times with numerous book covers and film cover designs. Some of the foremost outstanding are featured below.
Novel: Charles Dickens (1861). Great Expectations. London and Kent: Charles Dickens. 542.
Film: Great expectations [Motion picture]. (1999). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Newspaper: Great Expectations. (2012, June 9). Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates). Retrieved May 22, 2015, from http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-292415839.html?

2.1 Which specific reading techniques did you use to facilitate reading for explicit meaning? (e.g. skimming, scanning, reviewing and/or summarising)
Skimming - Not only can it help you get through texts completely and save you time in doing so, but it also is helpful in emergency situations--times when an assignment is due but you haven't done it yet. Most nonfiction texts have paragraphs organized so that the first sentence