Lesson 1: Who was Roald Dahl?

A. True or False? Are these facts true or false?

1. Roald Dahl was born in England.

2. Roald Dahl died when he was 84.

3. His parents came from Finland.

4. Roald Dahl fought in the Second World War.

5. Dahl only wrote children’s books.

6. He wrote more than 20 books in his life.

7. Roald Dahl’s books have been translated into other languages.

8. Some of his stories are about his own experiences.

9. Roald Dahl got married and had three children.

10.The pictures you see in his books are made by him.

11.Roald Dahl has also worked on film scripts.

12.One of his most famous books is called ‘’Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

13.Many grownups think that Roald Dahl’s books are too scary and gory for children.

14.Roald Dahl did not want his books to be made into movies, so they do not exist.

15.Roald Dahl is buried in London.

B. Books and drawings. Look at the titles of the books and at the drawings, can you match them?

C. Roald Dahl’s books are also translatedTry to connect the English title to the title in another language. What do you think these books are about?

The Witches Daantje de Wereldkampioen (Dutch)

Charlie and the chocolate factory Hexen, hexen (Czech)

James and the Giant Peach アッホ夫婦 (Japanese)

The B(ig) F(riendly) G(iant) Le Bon Gros Géant (French)

The Magic Finger Jiráff, a'r Pelican a Fi (Welsh)

Danny, the Champion of the World Den Magiske Fingeren (Norwegian)

George’s marvelous Medicine Charlie i fabryka czekolady (Polish)

The Twits Der fantastische Mr. Fox (German)

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me James y el melocotón gigante (Spanish)

Fantastic Mr. Fox La magica medicina (Italian)

D. Listen!a. Look at the title and the picture, what is this poem about? b. Listen and fill in the missing words.

The Crocodile

No animal is half as vileAs Crocky–Wock, the ……………On Saturdays he likes to crunchSix juicy children for his ………..And he especially enjoysJust three of each, three girls, three …………He smears the boys. (to make them hot)With mustard from the mustard ……….But mustard doesn't go with girls,It tastes all wrong with plaits and curls.With them, what goes extremely wellIs butterscotch and ……………It's such a super marvelous treat

When boys are hot and girls are ……...At least that's Crocky's point of viewHe ought to know. He's had a few.That's all for now. It's time for ………..Lie down and rest your sleepy ………...Ssh. Listen. What is that I hear,Galumphing softly up the stair?

Go lock the door and fetch my gun!Go on child, hurry! Quickly ……….!No stop! Stand back! He's coming in!Oh, look, that greasy greenish skin!The shining teeth, the greedy ……….!It's Crocky–Wock, the Crocodile!"

c. How do you think this story/poem will end? Write it down in a few English words.

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E. Puzzle! Find the characters. Find Roald Dahl’s characters in this puzzle.

Lesson 2: The Characters in Roald Dahl’s books

A. Listen to your teacher. a. Your teacher will describe two famous characters from Roald Dahl’s books, can you draw them?

BFG The Witches

b. Compare your drawing to the drawings of your friends, are they much different? Write down the differences.

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B. Adjectives (= bijvoeglijke naamwoorden) Change this exercise into an exercise in your own language if necessary. a. What are adjectives (bijvoeglijke naamwoorden)? Can you give an

example of an adjective in Dutch? b. Roald Dahl uses a lot of adjectives in his stories. Can you link the English

adjectives to the Dutch ones?

1. A witch has got creepy eyes. vriendelijk

2. The woman has a friendly smile. sappig

3. That is a disgusting smell. eng

4. A boshvolloping idea. vies

5. Children like juicy sweets. stom

c. Roald Dahl also makes up many of his adjectives. Which adjective in exercise B is made up?

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d. Now try it yourself. Can you come up with an interesting adjective that could be used in a book? Think about what your adjective means and how it would be used.

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C. Wanted! You just learned about adjectives. Now look at the characters on the pictures below. Can you create a Wanted poster for one of them? Use as many adjectives as you can.

Name: The Grand High Witch Name: The Twits (Mr and Mrs Twit)

Lesson 3: Songs and poems

A. Sing along! a. Do you know what an Oompa Loompa is?

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b. Listen to the song and read the lyrics. What is this song about?

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The Oompa Loompa song

Oompa Loompa Doompadee Doo

I’be got a perfect puzzle for you

Oompa Loompa, Doompadah Dee

If you are wise you’ll listen to me

What do you get when you guzzle down sweets

Eating as much as an elephant eats

What are you at getting terribly fat

What do you think will come of that

I don’t like the look of it

Oompa Loompa Doompadee Dah

If you’re not greedy you will go far

You will live in happiness too

Like the Oompa Loompa Doompadee Do

Doompadee Doo

c. Try to sing it together!

B. Revolting Rhymes.

a. What does revolting mean? What kind of word is it? b. You are now going to listen to a poem by Roald Dahl. Which famous fairy

tale is it based on?

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c. Now listen again and write down what is going on and what is different from the original story.

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d. Roald Dahl is known for his weird and unexpected endings. How do you think this story will end?

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e. Can you come up with an ending for this story? Think about the characters and what they could say and then draw them like a cartoon.

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Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

Lesson 4 and 5: Play the part!

A. In the last two lessons we are going to act out Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf.

a. Look at the story of Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf and colour all the things that are said by a character red.

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

As soon as Wolf began to feelThat he would like a decent meal,He went and knocked on Grandma's door.When Grandma opened it, she sawThe sharp white teeth, the horrid grin,And Wolfie said, "May I come in?"Poor Grandmamma was terrified,"He's going to eat me up!" she cried.And she was absolutely right.He ate her up in one big bite. But Grandmamma was small and tough,And Wolfie wailed, "That's not enough!I haven't yet begun to feelThat I have had a decent meal!"He ran around the kitchen yelping,"I've got to have a second helping!"

Then added with a frightful leer,"I'm therefore going to wait right hereTill Little Miss Red Riding HoodComes home from walking in the wood."

He quickly put on Grandma's clothes,(Of course he hadn't eaten those).He dressed himself in coat and hat.He put on shoes, and after that,He even brushed and curled his hair,Then sat himself in Grandma's chair.

In came the little girl in red.

She stopped. She stared. And then she said,"What great big ears you have, Grandma."  "All the better to hear you with,"the Wolf replied."What great big eyes you have, Grandma."said Little Red Riding Hood."All the better to see you with,"the Wolf replied. He sat there watching her and smiled.He thought, I'm going to eat this child.Compared with her old Grandmamma,She's going to taste like caviar.

Then Little Red Riding Hood said, "But Grandma, what a lovely great bigfurry coat you have on."

"That's wrong!" cried Wolf."Have you forgotTo tell me what BIG TEETH I've got?Ah well, no matter what you say,I'm going to eat you anyway."

b. Who says what? Write down the right sentences in the right place.

Grandmamma The Wolf Little Red Riding Hood

c. Now practice these sentences in pairs. d. After you practiced your teacher will divide you into groups of three. e. In your group practice this story as a play and use the English sentences

you wrote down above.

As you know the story has no ending yet. Think of your own ending or choose one of the endings your group members drew in lesson 3.

Notes:

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B. The end. a. Your teacher will now show you the ending of the poem; did you expect it

to end like that? ……………………………………………………………………………………….