Reading V.I.P.E.R.S for The BFG

The text provides Reading VIPERS questions for The BFG by Roald Dahl, chapter by chapter. These questions are organized into categories: Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Explanation, Retrieval, and Summarise. Each chapter’s questions encourage students to engage deeply with the text, examining key elements like word meanings, character motivations, plot predictions, and textual explanations.

Starting from Chapter 1 (“The Witching Hour”) to Chapter 23 (“Feeding Time”), the questions explore important events, including Sophie’s abduction by the BFG, their friendship, dream-catching, and the plan to stop the man-eating giants. The questions also focus on the humorous, whimsical elements of the story (e.g., snozzcumbers and frobscottle) while guiding comprehension and analysis of major plot developments, like capturing the giants and their eventual fate.

Each chapter is broken down to promote discussion, making the text accessible for students to summarize and understand on a deeper level.