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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for The BFG

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Use The BFG by Roald Dahl to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

Roald Dahl's classic, The BFG, tells the story of an orphan named Sophie who has been kidnapped by a giant. Luckily for Sophie, the giant is a BFG. He is not like other giants who delight in eating human beings. This giant is a Big Friendly Giant who has a unique way with words. Students will delight in Sophie and the BFG's story while learning about figurative language and the ways authors use words to bring stories to life.
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Instructional Overview

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Instructional Overview

The instructional overview includes an instructional background for figurative language, a list of instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to The BFG Book Club.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RF.5.3RF.5.4RL.5.1SL.5.1aRL.5.2SL.5.1bRL.5.3SL.5.1cRL.5.4W.5.8RL.5.5W.5.9RL.5.6L.5.4aRL.5.7L.5.5RL.5.9L.5.6RL.5.10
TEKS Alignment
  • 5.6I5.8D5.1A5.10B5.7A5.9A5.1D5.10C5.7B5.9B5.6A5.10D5.7C5.9D(i)5.6B5.10E5.7D5.9D(ii)5.6C5.10F5.7E5.9D(iii)5.6D5.10G5.7F5.9E(i)5.6E5.13A5.7G5.9E(ii)5.6F5.13C5.8A5.9E(iii)5.6G5.13E5.8B5.9F5.6H5.13H5.8C5.1C5.10A
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Management Resources

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Management Resources

The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
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Meeting 1

In The BFG, author Roald Dahl uses figurative language to make the story come alive for his readers. The author's strong use of figurative language creates vivid mental images for the students as they read.
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Meeting 2

The BFG is a perfect text to use to practice identifying different types of figurative language. This Book Club meeting introduces students to metaphors and similes in the text and provides a system for tracking figurative language as they read.
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Meeting 3

Another type of figurative language that author Roald Dahl used in The BFG is personification. During this meeting, students will understand how the author used personification to give nonhuman objects human characteristics in order to help his readers create strong mental images.
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Meeting 4

Students will enjoy hunting for the many examples of onomatopoeia Roald Dahl included in The BFG. Group discussion focuses on words that are pronounced the way they are written and why readers can easily understand nonsensical words in the text.
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Meeting 5

This The BFG Book Club meeting focuses on identifying idioms. A group discussion using examples from the text will help students to understand why idioms can be confusing to understand.
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Meeting 6

Roald Dahl provides many examples of hyperbole in The BFG. Students will identify this type of figurative language and discuss how using exaggeration in writing helps to create strong mental images for readers.
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Meeting 7

This final Book Club meeting focuses student attention on the use of symbolism throughout the text. In addition, students will discuss how noticing figurative language improved their comprehension while reading The BFG.
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Vocabulary Connections with The BFG

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Vocabulary Connections with The BFG

This set of vocabulary development resources for The BFG highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book.  Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • L.5.4aL.5.5L.5.6
TEKS Alignment
  • 5.3B5.7E5.7F5.3A
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Focus Assessment and Rubric

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Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with figurative language.
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Running Record with The BFG

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Running Record with The BFG

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with The BFG. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Management Resources - Spanish

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The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
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About the Book

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Title: The BFG
Author: Roald Dahl
Genre: Fantasy
Themes: Adventure, Friendship
ISBN: 9780141378572
Publisher's Summary:
When Sophie is snatched from her bed in the middle of the night by a giant with a stride as long as a tennis court she is sure she's going to be eaten for breakfast. But luckily for Sophie, the BFG is far more jumbly than his disgusting neighbours, whose favourite pastime is guzzling up whoppsy-whiffling human beans. Sophie is determined to stop all this, and so she and the BFG cook up an ingenious plan to rid of the world of the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater and all their rotsome friends forever.
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