Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl (part 1)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Listening & reading lesson (1)

This week we are going to read 

Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

Improve your reading skills

Improve your listening skills

Enlarge your vocabulary

You know how to pronounce words

Plan

• Watch the trailer
• Read & listen to chapter 1 to 5 and answer the questions
• Continue reading and listening to chapter 6-10
• Time to do your homework

00:23

What word does Roald Dahl NOT use to describe ALL of the farmers?

1. rich
2. mean
3. nasty
4. short

00:28

What are the names of the three farmers who are after Mr Fox?

1. Bounce, Boggis and Bean
2. Beene, Bunce and Bogg
3. Bogger, Beene and Buce
4. Boggis, Bunce and Bean

00:42

How many chickens with dumplings did the chicken farmer eat for his breakfast?

1. 1
2. 3
3. 4
4. 9

01:09

What does Bunce raise on his farm?

1. Ducks and geese
2. apples
3. chicken
4. turkeys

01:28

What did the turkey-and-apple farmer look like?

1. Thin as a pencil
2. Enormously fat
3. Very short
4. Completely bald

01:58

Where did the foxes live?

1. in a hole under a tree on the hill
2. in a hole under a tree in the valley
3. in a hole high up in a tree
4. in a hole in Australia

02:44

How did the foxes get food to eat?

1. Mrs. Fox had a garden
2. Mr. Fox had a job at Bean's farm
3. Mr. Fox had a job at Boggis's farm
4. Mr. Fox stole it from the farmers

03:14

How did Mr Fox avoid being caught by the farmers?

1. Mr Fox used a decoy fox (een lok-vos) to trick the farmers.
2. He pretended to be a person.
3. He approached a farm with the wind blowing in his face so he could smell the farmer.
4. He waited until it was 3 or 4 a.m. and every one was asleep.

04:11

What is the (first) plan to catch Mr. Fox?

04:32

What food does Mrs. Fox ask for on the night the farmers wait for Mr. Fox to shoot him?

07:10

How does Mr Fox know the farmers are waiting for him, when he comes out of the hole?

07:46

The Farmers shot Mr Fox's tail off while he was in the chicken house.

1. True
2. False

08:33

What do the farmers use to dig Mr Fox out of his hole?

1. Shovels
2. The Force
3. Helpers
4. a bomb

14:02

Which Farmer stays behind to make sure Mr Fox doesn't escape while the others fetch some machinery?

1. Bunce
2. Bogg
3. Bean
4. Boggis

15:31

After shooting with a gun and digging with shovels, the farmers now were trying to kill the fox by using...

We continue reading and listening in chapter 6 to 10. You will get an assignment afterwards.

Homework

DO: Summarize chapters 6 to 10 in 5-10 sentences 

(so, what happened after the farmers

came with two black tractors)

TYPE it in word and upload it in SOM (inlevermoment)