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1916 1920 Dahl is born Dahl’s sister Astri dies. in Llandaﬀ, Wales. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1920 1923 Harald, Roald’s Dahl starts school. father, dies. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1925 1929 Dahl is sent to boarding Dahl is sent to school (St Peter’s in Repton School. Weston-Super-Mare). www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1934 1938 Dahl moves to Dahl leaves school and Dar-es-Salaam begins work for Shell Oil. in Tanzania. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1939 1940 Roald’s plane crashes in Dahl enlists in the RAF. the Libyan desert. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1941 1942 Dahl is posted to Dahl returns to Britain. Washington D.C. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1942 1943 Dahl’s frst piece of The Gremlins, writing is published Dahl’s frst book, in a newspaper. is published. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1951 1953 Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl meets Patricia Neal. Dahl marry in New York. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1954 1955 Dahl moves to Dahl’s daughter Great Missenden. Olivia is born. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1957 1960 Dahl’s daughter Chantal Dahl’s son Theo is born. (Tessa) is born. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1960 1961 Theo is injured in a car James and the Giant accident in New York. Peach is published. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1962 1964 Charlie and the Roald and Patricia’s Chocolate Factory daughter Olivia dies. is published. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1964 1965 Dahl’s daughter Dahl’s daughter Ophelia is born. Lucy is born. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1967 1968 Fantastic Mr Fox Dahl’s mother Sofe dies. is published. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1971 1975 The flm ‘Willy Wonka Danny, Champion of the and the Chocolate World is published. Factory’ is released. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1977 1981 Dahl’s frst grandchild, Dahl separates from Sophie Dahl, is born. Patricia Neal. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1982 1983 Dahl marries The BFG is published. Felicity Crosland. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1984 1988 Boy, Dahl’s childhood autobiography, Matilda is published. is published. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 1990 2006 Roald Dahl Day Dahl dies in Oxford. is frst celebrated. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock 2010 2016 Musical the Matilda 100th Anniversary of is frst performed at Roald Dahl’s birth. Stratford-upon-Avon. www.teachingideas.co.uk © Images: © ThinkStock.

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C OOKIN’ WITH JAZZ He’s Britain’s most successful jazz artist ever, is married to Sophie Dahl and puts on electric stage shows complete with exploding pianos. Is there no stopping Jamie Cullum, asks Christopher Silvester Photographs by Olaf Wipperfürth Styled by Gianluca Longo 2 2 ES MAGAZINE standard.co.uk/lifestyle Jamie wears suit jacket, £935, Prada (020 7647 5000). Shirt, £99.99, Hugo Boss (020 7554 5700). Jeans, £19.99, Uniqlo (020 7290 8090). Chiffre Rouge A05 watch, £2,500, Christian Dior (020 7172 0172) standard.co.uk/lifestyle ES MAGAZINE 2 3 t is 6.30pm and Jamie Cullum is home and I was trying to learn it, and my mum brother and I would make drum kits out of eating his first meal of the day, said it was an Elton John song. I didn’t believe bins, saucepan lids, cardboard boxes and stuff. a chicken croque monsieur. Even her. That’s when she dug out Tumbleweed And we’d record them. I think when I got to the so, he urges me to take a couple Connection and those early Elton John records. piano, because I hadn’t had years of being told of mouthfuls. So this is the It opened up a whole new world.’ how to do it properly, when I started messing musician’s diet that keeps him so Jamie’s mother is Anglo-Burmese, although around with it, it just seemed like a natural svelte while on tour, away from there is some French blood on her side of the thing to do.
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13th September 1916 Dahl is born in Llandaﬀ, Wales. February 1920 Dahl’s sister Astri dies. March 1920 Harald, Roald’s father, dies. 1923 Dahl starts school. 1925 Dahl is sent to boarding school (St Peter’s in Weston-Super-Mare). 1929 Dahl is sent to Repton School. 1934 Dahl leaves school and begins work for Shell Oil. 1938 Dahl moves to Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. November 1939 Dahl enlists in the RAF. 1940 Roald’s plane crashes in the Libyan desert. 1941 Dahl returns to Britain. 1942 Dahl is posted to Washington D.C. August 1942 Dahl’s frst piece of writing is published in a newspaper. 1943 The Gremlins, Dahl’s frst book, is published. 1951 Dahl meets Patricia Neal. 2nd July 1953 Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl marry in New York. 1954 Dahl moves to Great Missenden. 20th April 1955 Dahl’s daughter Olivia is born. 11th April 1957 Dahl’s daughter Chantal (Tessa) is born. 30th July 1960 Dahl’s son Theo is born. 5th December 1960 Theo is injured in a car accident in New York. 1961 James and the Giant Peach is published. 17th November 1962 Roald and Patricia’s daughter Olivia dies. 1964 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is published. 12th May 1964 Dahl’s daughter Ophelia is born. 4th August 1965 Dahl’s daughter Lucy is born. 17th November 1967 Dahl’s mother Sofe dies. 1968 Fantastic Mr Fox is published. 1971 The flm ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ is released. 1975 Danny, Champion of the World is published. 1977 Dahl’s frst grandchild, Sophie Dahl, is born.
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Contents .................. TEACHER GUIDE • Assessment Rubric ...................................................................................... 4 • How Is Our Literature Kit ™ Organized? ................................................... 5 • Graphic Organizer ......................................................................................... 6 • Bloom’s Taxonomy for Reading Comprehension ............................................. 7 • Teaching Strategies ........................................................................................ 7 • Summary of the Story .................................................................................... 8 • Vocabulary ..................................................................................................... 9 STUDENT HANDOUTS • Spotlight on Roald Dahl ............................................................................... 10 • Chapter Questions Chapter 1 .............................................................................................. 11 Chapter 2 ............................................................................................... 14 Chapters 3-4 ........................................................................................... 17 Chapters 5-6 ........................................................................................... 20 Chapters 7-8 .......................................................................................... 23 Chapters 9-10 ........................................................................................
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View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by TED Ankara College IB Thesis D1129108 Huseyin Kagan Imamoglu TED ANKARA COLLEGE FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE DIPLOMA PROGRAM ENGLISH B EXTENDED ESSAY SESSION: MAY 2010 CANDIDATE NAME: HUSEYIN KAGAN IMAMOGLU CANDIDATE NUMBER: D1129108 SUPERVISOR: MERAL SEZGEN WORD COUNT: 3745 1 D1129108 Huseyin Kagan Imamoglu Abstract The reason why I decided to write an extended essay on English B, is because I was interested in the topic that I’ve chosen. I enjoy reading short stories, especially those that have a surprising ending. I find both O’Henry and Roald Dahl quite successful in their short stories. After reading many short stories of the two, I realized that there are some differences between the abovementioned writers. After outlining the differences, I decided to examine these in further detail. As explained in the extended essay, the main difference between the two writers is their use of characterization. Roald Dahl makes his characters’ traits quite obvious, whereas O’Henry chooses to convey this in between the lines. This difference, added with their style creates a difference in their short stories. Since O’Henry has a more closed tone compared to Roald Dahl, the surprise factor in their twisted endings also differs from each other. The main separation however is in their use of characterization. Three short stories by both writers have been chosen. The reason why these short stories have been chosen is because the differences between the writers mentioned above are quite clear in these short stories.
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