Roald Dahl Day

• English
• Primary Education
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Introduction

Welcome to this fun interactive lesson on Roald Dahl! It's perfect for your Roald Dahl Day lessons. You'll find quiz questions, a poll and fun drag and drop activities.

Welcome to this lesson!

It focuses on the works of Roald Dahl and the worlds he created rather than the writer himself, who held terrible prejudices that should not be ignored.

https://www.roalddahlmuseum.org/our-story/anti-racism-statement/

The focus of this lesson is celebrating the stories themselves and the creativity they inspire in children. 

A mind map that should fill up with many recognisable characters

Open question to get learners to think about the characters they really engaged with. 

Bonus activity! See if your learners can recognise the actual objects and remember the sequences in the stories they are associated with!

1. The Giraffe, the Pelly, and Me
2. The B.F.G.
3. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
4. The Twits

Quiz question

1. Grandpa Joe
2. Grandma Josephine
3. Grandpa George
4. Grandma Georgina

Another quiz question!

George's list of ingredients

I've taken some artistic liberties with the list, namely certain omissions.

There is a disclaimer about not trying this at home which I urge you to emphasise! I'm sure you don't need that though!

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!

This is more of a fun demo of what you can do with a drag and drop question rather than a totally serious activity......it's intended to be fun but you could use it as an opportunity to remind your learners of the dangers of misusing everyday household substances!

1. The Prime Minister
2. The Queen
3. Henry Sugar
4. Mrs. Twit

In this question I wasn't trying to reduce Sophie's agency, I was more thinking of the B.F.G. creating a custom dream for the Queen to inform her about the evil giants.

1. Flight
2. Telepathy
3. Pyrokinesis
4. Telekinesis

This question provides a good opportunity to broaden learner vocabularly!

1. Fighting
2. Running
3. Stealing
4. Streaming

A quiz question on the often overlooked Fantastic Mr. Fox!

1. They turn into blueberries
2. They turn into an animal
3. They shrink
4. They explode

A less well known story forms the basis of this question!

1. Bottom
2. Sausage
3. Lie
4. Crocodile

Yes, this question has a cheap laugh built in but why not?

1. The Shrinks
2. Purple Pimple Disease
3. Snozzcumberitis
4. The Shivers

A quiz question referencing the revolting Twits!

1. Lion
2. Pelican
3. Rhinoceros
4. Centipede

Yes, we all know that rhinoceroses are herbivores!

1. Tortoise
2. Monkey
3. Dog
4. Cat

Even if the participants don't know the answer to this question, maybe they are good at reading backwards??!!?

Augustus Gloop

Mike Teevee

Veruca Salt

Violet Beauregarde

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