The Twits by Roald Dahl - teaching resource

The Twits by Roald Dahl

This English fiction teaching resource is a 9 lesson scheme of work with an 82-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and a 14-page booklet of worksheets. 'The Twits by Roald Dahl' contains a variety of lessons and activities designed to help children understand the novel's plot, characters, language and themes.

Content includes:

• A scheme of work overview
• A short film about author Roald Dahl narrated by Michael Rosen
• Making predictions 
• Descriptive writing - creating character portraits using description from the text
• Analysis of characterisation - Mr Twit and Mrs Twit
• Studying how Roald Dahl creates sympathy in the novel
• Storyboarding, comprehension questions and cloze exercises to consolidate understanding
• Writing empathetically as Muggle-Wump 
• Studying Roald Dahl's use of language 
• Understanding unfamiliar words - using a dictionary

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