1. Literacy Lesson: Adjectives
Roald Dahl Day
Literacy Lesson: Adjectives

2. Drop Everything and Read
Every Lesson.
Ten minutes of reading silently in class.
Pick a Book, Magazine, Newspaper, Revision Guide…
It can be anything that YOU choose to read!
“If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.”
- Roald Dahl

3. Missing Punctuation Challenge
The Witching Hour
sophie couldnt sleep.
A brilliant moonbeam was slonting though a gap in the curtains it was shining write on to her pillow.
The other chilldron in the dormitory had been asleep for hours
Sophie closed her eyes and lay quite still She tried very hard to doze off.
it was know good The moonbeem was like a silver blade slicing through the room on to her face.
The house was absoulutelly silent. No voices came up from downstairs there were no footsteps on the floor above either.
The window behind the curtain was wide open but nobody was walking on the pavement outside. No cars went by on the street. Not the tiniest sound could be heard anywhere. sophie had never known such silence.

4. Missing Punctuation Challenge
The Witching Hour
Sophie couldn’t sleep.
A brilliant moonbeam was slanting though a gap in the curtains. It was shining right on to her pillow.
The other children in the dormitory had been asleep for hours.
Sophie closed her eyes and lay quite still. She tried very hard to doze off.
It was no good. The moonbeam was like a silver blade slicing through the room on to her face.
The house was absolutely silent. No voices came up from downstairs. There were no footsteps on the floor above either.
The window behind the curtain was wide open, but nobody was walking on the pavement outside. No cars went by on the street. Not the tiniest sound could be heard anywhere. Sophie had never known such silence.

5. Warm Up: What is an adjective? Discuss with your learning partner.
LO: To create interesting characters using adjectives.
Literacy: The Word
KS3
Warm Up: What is an adjective? Discuss with your learning partner.
Challenge: Can you provide examples?
Killer Challenge: Why are adjectives important in our writing?
noun: adjective; plural noun: adjectives
1. a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.
September is Roald Dahl's birth month, and each year we celebrate with a wonderful array of events centred around his birthday on 13th September.
This year we're marking 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl!

6. Challenge: What are your first impressions of this character?
LO: To create interesting characters using adjectives.
Literacy: The Word
KS3
Collaborative Task: Read through the description of the scene with your learning partner and highlight the adjectives that have been used.
Challenge: What are your first impressions of this character?
Killer Challenge: Choose two adjectives and write down any connotations you think they have.
noun: adjective; plural noun: adjectives
1. a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.
September is Roald Dahl's birth month, and each year we celebrate with a wonderful array of events centred around his birthday on 13th September.
This year we're marking 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl!

7. Extract from The BFG by Roald Dahl
The tall black figure was coming her way. It was keeping very close to the houses across the street, hiding in the shadowy places where there was no moonlight. *** In the moonlight, Sophie caught a glimpse of an enormous long pale wrinkly face with the most enormous ears. The nose was as sharp as a knife, and above the nose there were two bright flashing eyes, and the eyes were staring straight at Sophie. There was a fierce and devilish look about them.
The tall black figure was coming her way. It was keeping very close to the houses across the street, hiding in the shadowy places where there was no moonlight.
***
In the moonlight, Sophie caught a glimpse of an enormous long pale wrinkly face with the most enormous ears. The nose was as sharp as a knife, and above the nose there were two bright flashing eyes, and the eyes were staring straight at Sophie. There was a fierce and devilish look about them.

8. LO: To create interesting characters using adjectives.
Literacy: The Word
KS3
Active Viewing: Collaborative Task: Watch the clips, one from the new BFG movie and the second from the 1989 animation. You are going to get creative and think of ambitious adjectives to describe the Fleshlumpeater. (Use the thesaurus to upgrade your vocabulary).
Use the dream jar to record your favourite and most ambitious adjectives.
noun: adjective; plural noun: adjectives
1. a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.
September is Roald Dahl's birth month, and each year we celebrate with a wonderful array of events centred around his birthday on 13th September.
This year we're marking 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl!

9. LO: To create interesting characters using adjectives.
Literacy: The Word
KS3
Independent Task: Now, using all the work you have done in building up your adjectives this lesson, construct a description of one of the giants or create your own, new giant. Your description must incorporate a range of adjectives - use the most delumptiously exciting words you can think of!
Highlight these adjectives in your piece of writing and to extend yourself, make sure you identify what type of adjective they are!
Challenge: As an extra brain-boggling stretch, can they come up with some gloriumptious similes?
September is Roald Dahl's birth month, and each year we celebrate with a wonderful array of events centred around his birthday on 13th September.
This year we're marking 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl!

11. LO: To create interesting characters using adjectives.
Literacy: The Word
KS3
Plenary: Swap your book with your learning partner and highlight these adjectives in their piece of writing and to extend yourself, make sure you identify what type of adjective they are!
noun: adjective; plural noun: adjectives
1. a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.
September is Roald Dahl's birth month, and each year we celebrate with a wonderful array of events centred around his birthday on 13th September.
This year we're marking 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl!

12. Roald Dahl Day Quiz Who runs the Chocolate Factory?
Who did George make his medicine for?
Who did the BFG snatch from the 'norphanage'?
Who is the Champion of the World?
What did Danny's father hunt?
Who is Matilda's headmistress?
What do the Giraffe, the Pelly and the Monkey do?
What story is about a 'Fantastic' animal?
What does the Enormous Crocodile like to eat?
What does Mrs Twit put in Mr Twit's spaghetti?
Where was Roald Dahl born?
Name one of Roald Dahl's schools.
Which book tells of Roald Dahl's early childhood?
Where did Roald Dahl write his stories?

13. Roald Dahl Day Quiz
Willy Wonka (or Mr Wonka) is indeed the man who owns the Chocolate Factory
George gives his medicine to... his grandma
Sophie is the name of the girl the BFG takes from her 'norphanage'
Danny is the Champion of the World, of course (although clever you if you knew that Roald Dahl wrote an earlier story just called The Champion of the World.)
Danny's dad hunts... pheasants
Miss Agatha Trunchbull (or just plain old Miss Trunchbull) is Matilda's horrible headmistress
The Giraffe, the Pelly and the Monkey are window-cleaners
Fantastic Mr Fox is indeed a story about a fantastic animal
The Enormous Crocodile likes to eat children. GULP.
Mrs Twit puts worms in Mr Twit's spaghetti. Horrid.
Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, which is near Cardiff, which is in Wales. If you got any of those you're right.
Roald Dahl's schools were called Cumberland Lodge, Llandaff Cathedral School, St Peters and Repton. A point for any one of those. Four points if you got them all!
Boy is the name of Roald Dahl's book about his childhood.
Liccy Dahl is Roald Dahl's second wife.
Roald Dahl wrote his stories in his Writing Hut, which you can now visit at The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre.