Year 7 EnglishRoald Dahl

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So, how much do you think you know?Take the Roald Dahl stupendously stupefying quiz-1.What is the name of the boy who won a prize to go to a chocolate factory?________________________________________________________________________________________________________2.Which book features a little girl with amazing powers involving reading, maths and moving objects: The Witches, Matilda or The BFG?________________________________________________________________________________________________________3.What does BFG stand for?________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. Which book features families of underground animals who are threatened by farmers digging up the land- The BFG, Fantastic Mr. Fox or The Minpins?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5.In which book do you first read about magical chocolates or Oompa-Loompas?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6. In The Twits, is the Roly-Poly creature a bird, a tiger or a hippo?________________________________________________________________________________________________________7. Which book features a small boy and an enormous piece of fruit?________________________________________________________________________________________________________8. Which country did Dahl’s parents come from- Norway, Greece, Scotland or Germany?________________________________________________________________________________________________________9. Was Roald Dahl a man or a woman?________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. In The Witches, which of the boy’s parents are dead- mum, dad or both of them?________________________________________________________________________________________________________11. In The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, what is the only thing that Geraneous Giraffe can eat- certain flowers, one type of grass or chocolate biscuits?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________12. Roald Dahl wrote most of his stories in- a tree house, a garden shed, a French farmhouse or a castle turret?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?

Dictionary says-Biography=

Autobiography=

Roald Dahl says-

Good news- Roald Dahl’s ‘Boy’ isn’t a regular autobiography!!!

Childhood Memories- Starting PointRead ‘ Papa amd Mama ,’ ‘ K i n d e r g a r t e n ’ amd a ‘Grand

Time’

A great many people were influential in Roald Dahl’s life.

*Who were they?

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it’s usually full of all sorts of boring details... OH NO!!!!

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*Why were they role models for Roald?

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Just as Boy is like a written timeline of Dahl’s life, we are going to create our own collective class timeline- Let us begin: no time to lose!!!

Culinary Creations- Revolting Recipes and beyond

Read ‘The Bicycle and the Sweet-Shop’

According to Boy, what was his only ambition in life when he remembered his time at Llandaff Cathedral School?

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Roald’s friend Thwaites tells a great story about why he should never eat Liquorice Bootlaces... but, words and punctuation are missing. Find and re-read the extract and replace the mishaps-

[ One of the other boys whose name was Thwaites, told me I should never eat

Bootlaces. Thwaitess’ father, who was a , had said that they were made from ‘ blood. The father had given his young son a about Liquorice Bootlaces when he had caught him eating one in . ‘ ,’ the father says. ‘takes his rats to the Liquorice Bootlace Factory: and the manager pays tuppence for each rat. Many a ratcatcher has become a

by selling, his dead rats to the factory ‘ ]

*I can spot 13- how many can you see? Out of 13!

** See Roald Dahl Revolting Recipes and Rhymes... yummy!

Now, let’s create our own horribiliciously horrid tales to tantalise the tastebuds and churn our tender tummies... Using the space below, imagine a food (perhaps your favourite) and create a story, rhyme or poem as to how it is created-

TASK: Write Your Own BIOGRAPHY

Create a wonderfully well written and astonishingly, accurate-as-you-like or care to admit, BIOGRAPHY of

yourself...While I will be setting certain work for prep, this is your project and therefore, it is up to you how much work you put into it, what it looks like, smells like, tastes like, whatever. You can make it as true to life as you want OR you can turn your experiences into a story.

This is something that you will be able to show your friends and family for years to come. It is a chance for them to see a slice of your life through your eyes. It is also an opportunity for you to try new things in terms of how you write... (See BELOW for writing titles)

I would like you to produce at least one piece of writing for each of the following topics

YOU- Who are you? Likes/dislikes? Hobbies?

Family- Who are they? What do they do? Any

funny stories to tell?

School- Where have you been to school? What were your experiences? Memorable

teachers/staff/friends? Do you remember your first day?

Homesickness-

BLUGH!!!

We will also be writing lots of other interesting stories in class to add to our collections.

Doctors/Dentists- Do you have vivid memories of visiting the dreaded

Doctor or Dentist?!?!

People we admire-

Is there someone in your life that inspires you? Or is this person famous? Why do you admire them?

Holidays-What is the best holiday you ever had? Why?

Poor Roald gets homesick whilst at school... And he tells a pretty convincing lie to get back to his mummy! Boy’s Nanny is always telling him little white lies about how things happen or why.

Q. What is the great big whopper that Nanny tells Dahl in ‘Homesickness?’

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Has an adult ever told you a fib that you have believed? What was it?

Creation Time-It’s time for you to concoct your own despicable lie. Maybe you have Explodones Glandes or Sillyitis... Whatever it is, I want you to create

your own diabolical tale of deceit and disease...

People we AdmirePeople we Detest... OH DEAR!

Writing Home-

Special Events and Occasions

The following list contains holidays and events which are the ideal time for letting your loved ones know just how you really feel.

* Valentine's Day

* Birthday

* Anniversary

* Marriage proposal or engagement

* Birthday

These are just a few of the special times you may wish to write a heartfelt letter. However, you need not wait for a particular event to express your feelings. Often receiving a love greeting unexpectedly can have the greatest impact. Your family member, or even mate will be grateful that you took the time to express yourself for no unique reason.

Corporal Punishment-

ROALD WROTE TO HIS MUM EVERY WEEK WHILST AT SCHOOL AND DUTING HIS TRAVELS WITH WORK AND FIGHTING IN THE ARMY! THERE ARE OVER 400 THAT HAVE SURVIVED FROM HIS SCHOOL DAYS…

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Did you know-

*Corporal punishment is derived from a Latin word meaning body. It meant physical punishment and in the past it was very common. In the past corporal punishment was by no means limited to children. It was used on adults as well.

*Flogging has been a common punishment since ancient times. Jesus was flogged before he was crucified.

*In England from the Middle Ages until the early 19th century whipping was a common punishment for minor crimes. In the 18th century whipping or flogging was a common punishment in the British army and navy. However it was abolished in 1881.

*Among commonly used forms of corporal punishment was birching. This punishment meant beating a person across the backside with birch twigs. Once a common punishment in schools it could also be imposed by the courts for minor offences. Birching was banned in Britain in 1948. Other forms of corporal punishment for adults included branding and mutilation.

*However in the late 1960s and early 1970s the cane was phased out in most primary schools. In England in 1987 the cane was banned in state-funded secondary schools. It was banned in private schools in 1999. (12 years ago!!!)

How many times in the book does Dahl come face to face with the dreaded cane?

Since the banning of Corporal Punishment, children have become spoilt and have no respect for adults/teachers…

Chocolates- Mmmmmmmmmm…“If I were a teacher, I’d get rid of the history teacher and get a

chocolate teacher and my pupils would study a subject that affected all of them.” (The Roald Dahl Cookbook)

ReAd ChOcOlAtEs…

What’s YOUR opinion?

I AGREE because…

I DISAGREE because…

I…

...CHOCOLATE!

NOW let’s do the taste test scrumptious

synonym-ical challenge!!!

It also sounds like Roald Dahl had the most AMAZING job in the world- What would be your ideal job?

1.What would you have to do every day?2.Why would it be so stupendously splendiferous?3.Who would you work with?4.Where would you work?

Jot down some brief ideas as a mind-map below BUT write your description down on a separate page to go in your BIOGRAPHY!

Linguistic Architects-

Roald Dahl creates his own language within many of his books…

Activity- Inventing words… (NOTE: Look up the Roald Dahl website to give you some ideas)

Can you think of some examples?

*TASK- I want you to take one of the stories you have already written involving lots of characters. Using the examples we have just read, re-write your story in a different style. I want you to give your characters different personalities and accents- they can even be speaking a new language.The idea is to make us laugh so hard we,

‘Apslootly kant stant eet anymoah int fawl awf ones chah!’

What does it mean to speak or write PHONETICALLY?

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People we DETEST… Roald Dahl makes us laugh and squirm (especially when he describes the awful car journey and his nose story!!) He also creates incredibly memorable characters-

How many can you think of ….(1min challenge- wait til I say go!)

The reason Dahl’s characters are so great is because of the wonderful words he uses to describe them.

Think of the people he really detests in the book- How does he describe them?

TASK- Think or imagine someone you REALLY REALLY despise and write a description of them. Now, imagine it’s your chance to get your own back- what will you do?

Pick one of the horrible characters in Boy- What do you think they could look like?

REVIEW- Well, I hope you have enjoyed Boy and stepping into the wonderful world of Roald Dahl!!! But just one last thing-y-ma-bob… I would like you to write a review about the book. What did you really think?

Thank you for reading…