Mavo 1 - Reading - Roald Dahl

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1

Lesson goals

In this lesson you:

• learn about Roald Dahl
• practise reading
• practise vocabulary

Roald Dahl

Find out about the life and works of one of the most popular authors in the UK.

Which of Roald Dahl's books do you know?

Introduction

Roald Dahl is a famous writer. He has sold over 200 million books. You might know stories like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, The BFG, and Matilda from the movies. Roald Dahl's stories are fun and easy to read because he remembered what it was like to be a child while he was writing them.

Roald Dahl is a well-known ___ from the UK.

1. actor
2. journalist
3. writer

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie is a young boy from a poor family and, like most children, he loves chocolate. Charlie buys a Wonka chocolate bar hoping to find a golden ticket inside because whoever finds a golden ticket is invited to visit the Wonka chocolate factory and meet its eccentric owner, Willy Wonka. However, there are some wonderfully strange things inside the factory!

Charlie needs a ... ticket to get into the factory.

1. silver
2. bronze
3. golden

What is Mr. Wonka's first name?

Read chapter 1
Why did Charlie's grandparents stay in bed all day?

1. They were cold
2. They were old
3. They were tired
4. They were lazy

Read chapter 2
Why did Charlie dream of Chocolate?

Vocab question chapter 2
What is cabbage?

1. vuilnis
2. kool
3. snoep
4. groente

Read chapter 3
Vocab question chapter 3
What is "delicious smell"?

1. vieze smaak
2. rare geur
3. heerlijke geur
4. bijzondere smaak

Read chapter 4
When could you visit the chocolate factory?

1. with a ticket from the newspaper
2. with a golden newspaper
3. with a ticket found in the chocolate bar
4. with a golden ticket found in the chocolate bar

Read chapter 5
Who found the 2nd golden ticket?

Read chapter 6
What did Charlie ask for his birthday?

Read chapter 7
What do we know about Violet?

1. She was a nice girl
2. She liked chocolate
3. She loved chewing gum
4. She found the 4th ticket

Read chapter 8
What are the names of the first 4 winners
and what are they like?

Read chapter 10
Why couldn't Charlie believe his eyes?

Read chapter 9
Where did Charlie find some money?

1. in the snow
2. at school
3. in the foodshore

Read chapter 11
What happened to the soup?

Read chapter 12 and 13

Veruca

Mike

August

Charlie

with his parents

expensive shirt and jacket

grandpa Jo

dressed like someone in a TV film

Read chapter 14
What are Oompa Loompas?

1. Flowers
2. Helpers
3. Chocolate
4. Waterfalls

Read ch. 14, 15 and 16
What is the factory like?

Read chapter 16, 17, 18 and 19
Which two kids disapear?

1. Charlie and Wonka
2. Violet and August
3. Veruca and August
4. Violet and Veruca

Read chapter 20
What happens in the nut room?

Read chapter 21, 22 and 23
Translate "dark glasses"

1. wc bril
2. bril
3. zonnebril
4. leesbril

Read chapter 24
What happens to Charlie?

Read chapter 25 and 26
Why was it not the end of the world but just the beginning?

The BFG

The BFG is the Big Friendly Giant and he brings sweet dreams to children while they are sleeping. One night he is seen by a girl called Sophie, and he kidnaps her and carries her away to his homeland because he is scared she’ll tell the world about his existence. He is actually friendly, but the other giants are not. They bully the BFG and want to eat people. Sophie decides to get someone to help: the Queen!

'BFG' stands for:

1. Big Fiercely Giant
2. Big Friendly Gentleman
3. Big Friendly Giant
4. Big Fiercely Gentleman

Sophie asks the ... to help her.

1. President
2. King
3. Minister
4. Queen

Matilda

Matilda is a genius and she loves books, but her parents don’t understand her intelligence and are cruel to her. Matilda’s brainpower is discovered by her teacher, Miss Honey, who helps her to develop her intellect – and amazing mental powers! But Miss Honey is also being mistreated by Miss Trunchbull, the cruel headmistress, so Matilda tries to find a way to help her ...

Matilda is a very ... girl.

1. smart
2. naughty
3. tall
4. sad

Matilda's teacher is called Miss ...

The Witches

The story is set partly in Norway and partly in the United Kingdom, and features the experiences of a young British boy called Luke and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country. The witches are all ruled by the extremely vicious and powerful Grand High Witch, who in the story has just arrived in England to organise her worst plot ever. But an elderly former witch hunter and her young grandson find out about the evil plan and now they must do everything to stop it and defeat the witches.

Luke's grandmother comes from ...

1. the United Kingdom
2. Norway
3. Sweden
4. the United States

The witches hate ...

1. Roald Dahl could ... a story in a fun and interesting way.

2. To ... a trick on the owner of a sweet shop, he put a dead mouse in one of the jars of sweets!

3. Roald was happy to ... a job in East Africa.

4. In 'The BFG', Sophie decides to get ... to help: the Queen!

5. Why not ... a go at reading one of his books?

6. ... the official Roald Dahl website.

check out

get

tell

play

have

someone