In the chapter titled "Summer Holidays" the main character in The Witches by Roald Dahl trains his mice to walk a tightrope, which is a pretty amazing pet trick! What pet(s) do you have and what tricks does your pet know? If you don't have a pet, what pet would you like to have, and what tricks would you teach it? Check out these amazing pet tricks for some inspiration!!
What happened to the Grandmother’s thumb? Roald Dahl never tells us, so now you can decide. Did it happen as a little girl or when she was older as a witchophile? Write about her encounter with a witch and how she lost her thumb by clicking on comments below this post. Once you have answered the question, raise your hand to have Mrs. Doerr read through your response to make sure it is a level 4 and then hit submit (as many times as you need to get the message "your comment will be visible after moderation") and then you can check out the neat info and games on Roald Dahl's site, or the reading games on primarygames.com. (Level 4 answers are necessary and you must show your level 4 answers to Mrs. Doerr before hitting submit in order to proceed to any games.) http://www.roalddahl.com/ http://www.primarygames.com/reading.php
I am small as an ant and big as a whale, I can soar through the air like a bird with a tail. I can be seen by day and not by night, I can be seen with a big flash of light. I follow whoever controls me by the sun, but I fade away when dark fell like a ton. What am I?
