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?
Right now we are reading The Witches by Roald Dahl.
This Roald Dahl classic tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven-year-old boy who has a run-in with some real-life witches! "In fairy tales witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy tale. This is about REAL WITCHES. REAL WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ordinary jobs. That is why they are so hard to catch." Witches, as our hero learns, hate children. With the help of a friend and his somewhat-magical grandmother, our hero tries to expose the witches before they dispose of him (goodreads.com).
Take a look at the book cover below and read the book synopsis (summary) on the back cover.
Would you be interested in this book just by looking at the outside covers?
Front Cover
Back Cover with Synopsis
Now watch the movie trailer for the feature film adaptation of the book by clicking on the You Tube link below.
Does the preview make you want to watch this movie?
Click on the link to visit Roald Dahl's website where you can play some games!
Once you are in the website the games can be found in the "treats" section.
