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Get your pupils analysing the characters from The Twits using these differentiated FAST activities.

These resources enable pupils to carry out a detailed character analysis. Using the F.A.S.T. technique, pupils will examine the Feelings, Actions, Sayings and Thoughts of Mr and Mrs Twit and other characters from Roald Dahl’s popular novel The Twits to gain an insight into the characters and develop inference skills.

Pupils will look at the following categories:
F = Feelings: How does the character feel?
A = Actions: What does the character do?
S = Sayings: What does the character say?
T = Thoughts: What does the character think?

The activities are differentiated 4 ways to cater for a broad range of abilities in your classroom.

Higher ability: Pupils find evidence from the text to complete the FAST table for a character of their choice (chapter number required)
Middle ability 1: Pupils correctly place 10 statements into the correct FAST categories (chapter number required)
Middle ability 2: Pupils correctly place 8 statements into the correct FAST categories (chapter number required)
Lower ability: Pupils correctly place 8 statements into the correct FAST categories (chapter number not required)
Bonus resource: F.A.S.T. Character Map

All resources are provided as easily editable Word documents as well as PDF format. Helpful answer keys are included.

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The Twits Character Profile BUNDLE

A bundle of character profile resources themed around the popular children's novel *The Twits* by Ted Hughes. This bundle contains the following resources: **FAST Character Analysis Activities** A differentiated character analysis activity using the F.A.S.T. technique showing pupils how to examine a character's feelings, actions, sayings and thoughts to reveal their traits. This gives pupils an opportunity to use their inference skills. **Mrs Twit Character Profile Example Text** A character profile example text which includes relevant language, grammar and punctuation features. This comes with a feature identification sheet to help pupils to read the model text closely before writing their own. The answer key is also included. **Character Profile Planning and Writing Templates** Planning and writing templates so that pupils can use what they have learned to write their own character profile about one of the characters from *The Twits* such as Mr or Mrs Twit, Muggle-Wump the monkey or the Roly-Poly Bird. If you buy this resource and are pleased with your purchase, leave a review and receive another up to the value of this one for free. Just email [helen-teach@outlook.com](mailto:helen-teach@outlook.com) with your username, the reviewed resource and the resource you would like for free. More *Twits* themed resources: ✦ [Example Text Pack BUNDLE](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12672331) ✦ [Diary Example Text Pack](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12665463) ✦ [Instructions Example Text Pack](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12665944) ✦ [Newspaper Report Example Text Pack](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12668517) ✦ [Dialogue Example Text Pack](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12668681) ✦ [Informal Letter Example Text Pack](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12672320) Visit [Helen-Teach’s Shop](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Helen-Teach) for more resources.

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