Roald Dahl Day–September 13
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Celebrate Roald Dahl Day on his birthday (September 13) or any day! Explore and enjoy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach or any of the other Dahl masterpieces. Plan a splendiferous event in honor of Roald Dahl's birthday on September 13th, or any other simply marvelous day! Download scrumdiddlyumptious activities and a gloriumptious bookmark. See below for these wonderful ideas and more. |
Students are asked to create as many words as they can from the sentence, "Matilda loves reading." This is a great activity to compliment the book Matilda by Roald Dahl. The BFG by Roald Dahl is a creative and endearing story about a giant, a girl, and the Queen. This activity uses puzzles and riddles with vocabulary and ideas from the story to build students' interest and skills. Test your students' knowledge of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with a quiz on the book. Extend the enjoyment of Roald Dahl's wonderful book, The B.F.G., by making a dream catcher in this fun activity. Challenge your students and guests to create new recipes that are either delicious or revolting as a follow-up to reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Your students will thoroughly enjoy creating egg carton critters as an extension activity to the wonderful book, James and the Giant Peach. | Use this fun, printable bookmark to accompany your teaching as your students read their way through the wonderful world of Roald Dahl. Students can keep a record of their reading with a checklist of Dahl's books on the back of the bookmark. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory is a story about Charlie's hilarious adventures in Mr. Willy Wonka's enormous chocolate factory. Intermediate students will love meeting the five, unique children who win a trip to the chocolate factory and find hilarious adventures. Find a variety of activities to complete while reading and after reading Roald Dahl's classic children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. There are projects, tests, chapter summaries, and more. Seven creative and fun projects for your students to enjoy after reading the book. Write a newspaper ad to tell everyone about the new chocolate treat that you have just created. Students love James and the Giant Peach, an action-filled fantasy that will amuse and encourage them to read more. Use the activities and resources provided to extend appreciation and learning. |
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