Project 4 - The Roald Dahl Dictionary

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome!

Today

• Lesson goal
• Can you spell better than the BFG? 
• The Dahl Dictionary

Lesson goal

At the end of the lesson: 

• I understand what the "Dahl dictionary" is. 
• I added words to my Dahl dictionary. 

Rate your reading progress.

The BFG

The BFG has difficulties with words.

Let's see if you can understand him.  

The BFG kidsnatched Sophie means: he

1. kidnapped her
2. scared her
3. locked her up
4. mistreated her

"I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left instead of right."
What does the BFG mean?

1. He is left-handed.
2. He is right-handed.
3. He is often wrong.
4. He cannot write.

The BFG would love to have 'a elefunt'.
What is this?
Een ..... (Write your answer in Dutch.)

The BFG

Can you spell better than the BFG? 

skool
(the place where you spend the day learning)

lowder
(the opposite of quieter)

marvelus
(really awesome, terrific)

purpel
(the colour you get when you mix red and blue)

absolootly
(totally, positively)

minit
(there are sixty of them in an hour)

riter
(author)

nite
(after the sun sets, when it its dark outside)

langwitch
(For example: Dutch, English, Spanish, Turkish)

"Giants is all canny bully and murderfull! And they does gobble up human beans."
What are human beans? (In English?)

Next up: sentences. 

• Correct the misspelled word(s). 
  
• Write the whole sentence correctly.
• Use capital letters and punctuation. 

i is hungry

i has a ziszter

peeple red the boek

your brekfust is reddy

Gobblefunk

For The BFG Roald Dahl created "Gobblefunk", a collection of new words. 

Can you guess the meaning?

What is a 'telly-telly bunkum box'?

1. a radio
2. a phone
3. a TV
4. a subwoofer

Snozzcumbers taste extremely uckyslush.
They taste...

1. horrible
2. delicious
3. okay

I'm feeling quite hopskotchy!
I feel...

1. sad
2. cheerful
3. unimportant
4. bored

“I'll bet you two is finding it hard to believe in quogwinkles,' the BFG said. “And how they is visiting us from the stars ...
What are quogwinkles?

1. astronauts
2. unicorns
3. aliens
4. trolls

scrumdiddlyumptious

1. Something that tastes delicious.
2. To absolutely hate something.
3. Something that is not important.
4. Something gross.

It's a trogglehumper! he shouted. His voice was filled with fury and anguish. Oh, save our solos!

1. A trogglehumper is a good dream.
2. A troggelhumper is a lovely dream.
3. A trogglehumper is a bad dream.
4. A troggelhumper is an awful nightmare.

The Dahl Dictionary

The Dahl Dictionary

• What is a dictionary? 

• A word can have several different meanings. 

• (Remember the cooking tutorial?)
• libra vs kitchen scale

The Dahl Dictionary

Two assignments: 

• new words 
• important words (persons / places / items)
  

1. New words. 

•  Instead of the Weekly Words

5 steps

1. English word 
   
2. Dutch translation
3. Definition in English (in your own words)
4. Example sentence (from book)
5. Write a sentence with the word. 

1. New words. 

5 steps

1. English word 
   
2. Dutch translation
3. Definition in English (in your own words)
4. Example sentence (from book)
5. Write a sentence with the word. 

1. New words. 

5 steps

1. English word 
   
2. Dutch translation
3. Definition in English (in your own words)
4. Example sentence (from book)
5. Write a sentence with the word. 

2. Important words

• People, places, items. 
• Focus on the text. What is described in the book. 
• Describe appearance + personality. 


• Add a drawing. (Use your imagination!) 

What to do?

• Explain in your own words what you have to do. 
• Dahl Dictionary Assignment 1. 
• Dahl Dictionary Assignment 2. 

What to do?

• Explain in your own words what you have to do. 
• Dahl Dictionary Assignment 1. 
• Dahl Dictionary Assignment 2. 

                           New Words

   5 steps

1. English word 
   
2. Dutch translation
   
3. Definition in English (in your own words)
   
4. Example sentence (from book)
   
5. Write a sentence with the word. 
   

                   Important Words

People, places, items. 

• Focus on the text. What is described in the book. 
• People: Describe appearance + personality. 
• Places + items: describe it
• Add a drawing.

Exit ticket

• Words you added to your dictionary.