lesson plan 2 - roald dahllesson plan 2 extract 2 the glass eye pages 9-11 you can play a lot of...

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PREPARATION: Prepare enough copies of RESOURCE 1 for one between every two children. You will also need to provide

pairs with sets of highlighters. Gather a collection of objects such as: a piece of old fruit, a toy mouse, hair gel,

a beard comb, a mirror. Print one copy per child of the RESOURCE 2 and RESOURCE 3.

STARTER ACTIVITY: Mr and Mrs Twit play many nasty tricks on each other throughout the book. Read extracts one and two with

the children and discuss the way Dahl has structured these chapters. Does the reader know what is going to

happen? If so, how? Explain to the children that they are going to write their own chapter and invent a new

trick. Using RESOURCE 1 ask the children to work in pairs to highlight the chapter using the given headings.

Once they have done this, share the resources sheets as a class and discuss the following

Why does Roald Dahl create the image of the ‘Giant Skillywiggler’?

Can you identify where Roald Dahl (through Mr Twit) uses fear to enhance the trick? E.g. ‘It’ll bite off

your toes!’ Why does he do this?

How does Roald Dahl (through Mr Twit) use exaggeration to enhance the trick?

Children requiring a challenge could work in pairs to deconstruct one of the extracts and share their

findings. Is each one constructed in a similar way? They might also try to identify the format headings

themselves, rather than having them provided on the resource.

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LESSON PLAN 2NASTY TRICKS

BOOK THEMES: • Masters of invention

LESSON OBJECTIVES:• Identifying the structure of Roald Dahl’s writing

• Using this structure to create a similar piece of writing

• Sharing ideas within a group

THINGS YOU MAY NEED FOR THIS LESSON:HIGHLIGHTERS, COLOURING PENS AND CREATIVE WRITING RESOURCES.


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MAIN TASK:

Show children a range of objects or pictures of objects, for

example: a piece of old fruit, a toy mouse, hair gel, a beard

comb, a mirror. How might the Twits use these objects in a

trick? Give pairs of children a few minutes to choose an

object (either one of the objects provided or one of their own

choosing) and decide how the Twits might use it.

Provide children with RESOURCE 2, which asks them to

make notes on their trick using the format identified in the

starter activity.

Ask the children:

A. How do Mr and Mrs Twit feel about each other?

b. Why do they constantly play tricks on one

another?

C. What do you think will be the outcome of this

continued trickery?

DEVELOPING THE ACTIVITY: Children might like to create a storyboard/comic strip

of their trick using RESOURCE 3. This should include

pictures and speech bubbles. Draw the children’s attention

to Quentin Blake’s illustrations,

which so cleverly convey the ugliness and emotions of the Twits.

PLENARY:Invite pairs to prepare a short drama sketch to present to the class, in which they act out their trick as Mr Twit

and Mrs Twit.

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LESSON PLAN 2NASTY TRICKS


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LESSON PLAN 2EXTRACT 1

THE fROgPAGES 12-15

To pay her back for the glass eye in his beer, Mr Twit decided he would put a frog in Mrs Twit’s bed.

He caught a big one down by the pond and carried it back secretly in a box.

That night, when Mrs Twit was in the bathroom getting ready for bed, Mr Twit slipped the frog between her

sheets. Then he got into his own bed and waited for the fun to begin.

Mrs Twit came back and climbed into her bed and put out the light. She lay there in the dark scratching her

tummy. Her tummy was itching. Dirty old hags like her always have itchy tummies.

Then all at once she felt something cold and slimy crawling over her feet. She screamed.

‘What’s the matter with you?’ Mr Twit said.

‘Help!’ screamed Mrs Twit, bouncing about. ‘There’s something in my bed!’

‘I’ll bet it’s that Giant Skillywiggler I saw on the floor just now,’ Mr Twit said.

‘That what?’ screamed Mrs Twit.

‘I tried to kill it but it got away,’ Mr Twit said. ‘It’s got teeth like screwdrivers!’

‘Help!’ screamed Mrs Twit. ‘Save me! It’s all over my feet!’

‘It’ll bite off your toes,’ said Mr Twit.

Mrs Twit fainted.

Mr Twit got out of bed and fetched a jug of cold water. He poured the water over Mrs Twit’s head to revive

her. The frog crawled up from under the sheets to get near the water. It started jumping about on the pillow.

Frogs love water. This one was having a good time.

When Mrs Twit came to, the frog had just jumped on to her face. This is not a nice thing to happen to anyone

in bed at night. She screamed again.

‘By golly it is a Giant Skillywiggler!’Mr Twit said. ‘It’ll bite off your nose.’

Mrs Twit leapt out of bed and flew downstairs and spent the night on the sofa. The frog went to sleep on her

pillow.


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LESSON PLAN 2EXTRACT 2

THE GLASS EYEPAGES 9-11

You can play a lot of tricks with a glass eye because you can take it out and pop it back in again any time you

like. You can bet your life Mrs Twit knew all the tricks.

One morning she took out her glass eye and dropped it into Mr Twit’s mug of beer when he wasn’t looking.

Mr Twit sat there drinking the beer slowly. The froth made a white ring on the hairs around his mouth. He

wiped the white froth on to his sleeve and wiped his sleeve on his trousers.

‘You’re plotting something,’ Mrs Twit said, keeping her back turned so he wouldn’t see that she had taken out

her glass eye. ‘Whenever you go all quiet like that I know very well you’re plotting something.’

Mrs Twit was right. Mr Twit was plotting away like mad. He was trying to think up a really nasty trick he

could play on his wife that day.

‘You’d better be careful,’ Mrs Twit said, ‘because when I see you starting to plot, I watch you like a

wombat.’

‘Oh, do shut up, you old hag,’ Mr Twit said. He went on drinking his beer, and his evil mind kept

working away on the latest horrid trick he was going to play on the old woman.

Suddenly, as Mr Twit tipped the last drop of beer down his throat, he

caught sight of Mrs Twit’s awful glass eye staring up at

him from the bottom of the mug. It made

him jump.

‘I told you I was watching you,’

cackled Mrs Twit. ‘I’ve got eyes

everywhere so you’d better be

careful.’


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WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR:

Why play the trick?

Telling the reader what the trick will be

Description of the setting up the trick

The trick begins …

Perpetrator’s behaviour during the trick

Victim’s reaction

Humorous ending

Red

Yellow

Green

Orange

Blue

Purple

UNDERLINE IN:

We are going to find out how Roald Dahl put this chapter together. Use highlighters or felt-tip pens to highlight

or underline each section of the chapter in the colours shown below.

To pay her back for the glass eye in his beer, Mr Twit decided he would put a frog in Mrs Twit’s bed.

He caught a big one down by the pond and carried it back secretly in a box.

That night, when Mrs Twit was in the bathroom getting ready for bed, Mr Twit slipped the frog between

her sheets. Then he got into his own bed and waited for the fun to begin.

Mrs Twit came back and climbed into her bed and put out the light. She lay there in the dark scratching

her tummy. Her tummy was itching. Dirty old hags like her always have itchy tummies.

Then all at once she felt something cold and slimy crawling over her feet. She screamed.

‘What’s the matter with you?’ Mr Twit said.

‘Help!’ screamed Mrs Twit, bouncing about. ‘There’s something in my bed!’

‘I’ll bet it’s that Giant Skillywiggler I saw on the floor just now,’ Mr Twit said.

‘That what?’ screamed Mrs Twit.

‘I tried to kill it but it got away,’ Mr Twit said. ‘It’s got teeth like screwdrivers!’

‘Help!’ screamed Mrs Twit. ‘Save me! It’s all over my feet!’

‘It’ll bite off your toes,’ said Mr Twit.

Mrs Twit fainted.

Mr Twit got out of bed and fetched a jug of cold water. He poured the water over Mrs Twit’s head to

revive her. The frog crawled up from under the sheets to get near the water. It started jumping about on

the pillow. Frogs love water. This one was having a good time.

When Mrs Twit came to, the frog had just jumped on to her face. This is not a nice thing to happen to

anyone in bed at night. She screamed again.

‘By golly it is a Giant Skillywiggler!’Mr Twit said. ‘It’ll bite off your nose.’

Mrs Twit leapt out of bed and flew downstairs and spent the night on the sofa. The frog went to sleep on

her pillow.

RESOURCE 1

LESSON PLAN 2WRITE LIKE ROALD DAHL!


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Mr and Mrs Twit play many nasty tricks on each other throughout the book. Using what you have learned so

far, create your own mischievous trick to play on a friend!

CHAPTER TITLE:

WHO WILL PLAY THE TRICK?

WHICH OBJECT WILL BE USED IN THE TRICK?

WHERE WILL THE TRICK TAKE PLACE?

ROALD DAHL’SLAYOUT

WHY PLAY THE TRICK?

WHAT WILL THE TRICK INVOLVE?

HOW WILL THE TRICK BE SET UP?

HOW DOES THE TRICK BEGIN?

HOW WILL THE TRICKSTER ACT?

HOW DOES THE VICTIM REACT?

HOW DOES THE TRICK END?

RESOURCE 2

LESSON PLAN 2MAKING MISCHIEF


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WHAT WILL THE TRICK INVOLVE?

HOW DOES THE TRICK BEGIN?


HOW DOES THE TRICKSTER BEHAVE?


HOW WILL THE TRICK BE SET UP?

RESOURCE 3

LESSON PLAN 2SQUIFFING STORYBOARD

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