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The Magic Finger (Roald Dahl)

The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl is an eight lesson Year 3/4 teaching unit which consists of a 77 slide PowerPoint and a booklet of 15 worksheets.

Year 3/4 English Resources: The Magic Finger (Roald Dahl) contains a variety of lessons and activities designed to develop pupil knowledge and understanding of the novel's plot, characters, language and themes.

The Magic Finger (Roald Dahl) teaching resource includes something for children of all abilities:

    - A scheme of work overview with 8 progressive four part lessons covering the author Roald Dahl, plot, character, themes and language

    - A Roald Dahl mini biography, a video about Roald Dahl by Michael Rosen, a comprehension task and a class game

    - Reading, writing and speaking and listening activities

    - Eight 4 part lessons with starter activity, introduction, development and plenary

    - Developing making predictions skills using book covers (images, title, author, blurb) about plot, characters, themes and genre

    - Exploring how Roald Dahl creates characters

    - Writing-frame to help children write about characters

    - Examining Roald Dahl's use of language in The Magic Finger (using effective verbs and adjectives)

    - Creating a comic strip version of The Magic Finger to assess understanding of the plot

    - Tips for tackling new words

    - Cross curricular - Endangered species and wild birds research and poster task (Geography, Citizenship, nature and the environment)

    - Full scheme of work overview

    - A 77 slide PowerPoint presentation (see preview below)

    - 15 worksheets to accompany the PowerPoint slideshow

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