Celebrating Roald Dahl Day

Lesson ideas, creative activities and quizzes to help primary students celebrate the world of Roald Dahl

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The Author Roald Dahl Thinking About Writing, Matilda, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Twits, James & The Giant Peach, George's Marvellous Medicine, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory to show Primary Teaching Resources for Roald Dahl Day

Worksheets, storyboards and quizzes to inspire young learners as you explore the world of Roald Dahl 

Roald Dahl Day, celebrated on 13 September, is a perfect opportunity to introduce your class to books that have inspired children for generations. He is renowned for creating memorable characters: from the eccentric Mr Fox and the Grand High Witch to the extraordinary, yet easily relatable, Matilda, James and Charlie.

What better time to ignite the imaginations of your students and capture the joy, intrigue and adventure of the magical worlds that Dahl created?

Year 3 or Year 4 Roald Dahl Biography Writing Unit
CreativePrimaryLit

Year 3 or Year 4 Roald Dahl Biography Writing Unit

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A biography writing unit about the life of the famous British author, Roald Dahl. The NO PREP unit has been split into four separate lessons and is perfect for students in Year 3 or Year 4. Students will learn about the famous figure whilst working on their comprehension skills and developing their ...

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Roald Dahl-Inspired Poetry Lesson Plan for KS2
YoungWriters

Roald Dahl-Inspired Poetry Lesson Plan for KS2

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Write a poem based on a Roald Dahl book or character. Lots of suggestions for different poetry ideas based on Roald Dahl's work, plus tips and techniques, and examples. Ideal for Key Stage 2 pupils. Ideal for Roald Dahl Day on 13th September too.
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes Poetry Lessons and Activities
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Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes Poetry Lessons and Activities

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This is my best selling primary resource and is a set of lessons and activities for KS2 poetry work. These would also be ideal for use around National Poetry Day or World Poetry Day. The lessons are based on 'Revolting Rhymes' by Roald Dahl. All lesson resources, differentiated activities and p...
Fantastic Mr Fox Novel Study
Laura Nixon

Fantastic Mr Fox Novel Study

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For teachers who are introducing their students to the wonderful world of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox, this is a resource that will guide students through their study of this delightful novel. For each chapter, students are provided with a summary template, an activity sheet that focuses on a Lit...
Roald Dahl's The BFG lesson plans
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Roald Dahl's The BFG lesson plans

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These officially phizz-whizzing BFG lesson plans include PSHE and Literacy Objectives for lessons on Friendship, Dreams and Believing. Whether you ve read it before or are discovering Roald Dahl's the Big Friendly Giant s story for the first time, the resources follow the plot so it s eas...
Roald Dahl's Boy: Tales of Childhood Lesson Plans
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Roald Dahl's Boy: Tales of Childhood Lesson Plans

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Use these brand new lesson plans to help students understand autobiography, to imagine what it would be like to leave home for the first time, and to come up with their own drama using Roald's Great Mouse Plot as inspiration. Students can also learn about using noun phrases, adjectives, and conjunct...
Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lesson plans
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Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lesson plans

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of Roald Dahl's best-known children's books, and now you can bring Willy Wonka's world into your classroom with these splendiferous lesson plans which include PSHE and Literacy Objectives on identity, behaviours and rewarding positive behaviour. Students...
Roald Dahl's 'The Witches' - Lesson Plan
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Roald Dahl's 'The Witches' - Lesson Plan

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The Witches was published in 1983. In this witchy lesson plan, your students become detectives, just like the boy and his grandmother in the original story on the trail of the Grand High Witch...
James and the Giant Peach Bumper Pack
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James and the Giant Peach Bumper Pack

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Weeks worth of resources for James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl including: worksheets on sentence starters, vocabulary, speech marks, characters and uplevelling sentences. Also, including powerpoints 'True or False?' and 'Chapter Summaries'. All the worksheets are differentiated and should sa...