Objective: The lesson ideas below use Roald Dahl’s storytelling to interest students in writing and imagining stories of their own.

Activity 1: Pretend you are Sophie. Write a letter to the Queen telling her why she should not be afraid to meet The BFG. Use examples from the story.

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Antarctic Math Objective: Use the book 365 Penguins to help facilitate students solving math/calendar problems.

Activity 1: In the book 365 penguins a new penguin arrived on each day of the non leap year. How many penguins did the family have on the following days:

• The first day of March.
• The last day of June.
• The 15th of September.
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Objective: The goal of this lesson is to help young readers visualize all the places they can enjoy reading. They will have fun making up new rhymes like those used by Dr. Seuss.

Activity 1: Create a list of place rhymes.

• Read Green Eggs and Ham out loud several times so that students begin to get a feel for the rhyme structure.
• Brainstorm a list of places that people like to read.
• Have students think of rhyming words for the places they like to read. e.g. mommy’s lap rhymes with nap.
• Have the students try to create rhymes like Dr. Seuss’ with their rhyming words. e.g. I like to read on mommy’s lap, I like to read after my nap.

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