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and wool and bits of elastic. It didn’t look 4. The BFG real. There was something dim and misty The Witching Hour about that too. When she reached the curtains, Sophie Sophie allowed her eye to travel further and hesitated. She longed to duck underneath further down the street. them and lean out of the window to see what Suddenly she froze. There was something the world looked like now that the witching coming up the street on the opposite side. hour was at hand. It was something black… She listened again. Everywhere it was Extract from The BFG by Roald Dahl deathly still. The longing to look out became so strong Read the extract above to your she couldn’t resist it. Quickly, she ducked class. Ask the children to imagine it under the curtains and leaned out of the is them looking out of that window. window. What do they see coming towards In the silvery moonlight, the them? Is it a scary monster? Or a demon village street she knew so well dragon? A cackling witch or a flock of looked completely different. crows? Or maybe it’s just an innocent- The houses looked bent and looking old lady shuffling up the street? crooked like houses in a fairytale. Invite the children to write down how they Everything was pale and ghostly and feel about what they see and to describe milky-white. their feelings and reactions. Are they Across the road, she could see Mrs scared? Surprised? Maybe just a little bit Rance’s shop, where you bought buttons excited?

5. Matilda School reports In the first chapter of Matilda, Roald Dahl 6. Matilda and Charlie gives some examples of things he’d like to write on end-of-term school reports if he Drama-rama on? Remind them to include vital details, were a teacher. For example: Ask the class to imagine if Matilda and such as why and where the meeting takes ‘Your son Wilfred has spent six years as a Charlie Bucket (from Charlie and the place, and how it all ends. Do the children grub in this school and we are still waiting Chocolate Factory) were to meet. In groups think they’d make good friends? Do they for him to emerge from the chrysalis.’ or pairs, get the children to write a mini think they’d like to meet up again? If you play imagining the type of conversation aren’t or haven’t read Matilda or Charlie Read this out to your class and then ask they might have. Ask the children to and the Chocolate Factory – you can just them what they think some of Roald Dahl’s consider the following questions: What swap the characters and focus on the ones characters’ such as Mr Twit would they talk about? How would they get you are reading about. from and Danny from Danny the Champion of the ONLINE EXTRAS World’s Get creative this Roald Dahl Day by end-of- making your own Roly-Poly Birds term reports to adorn the classroom and Crazy could have said. Character Cubes that will put an (You could have hilarious twist on favourite characters! a look at some of Plus, don’t forget your FREE fantastic Roald Dahl’s own Roald Dahl Day poster. Check out the school reports Resource bank for more info. in : Tales of Childhood, www.resource-bank.scholastic.co.uk/