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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for The Twits

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Use The Twits 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 story about two of the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world is sure to have your students laughing out loud. Use the constant trickery and the story of revenge as a springboard for examining cause and effect relationships in text. By taking the time to notice how the characters react to one another, readers will draw connections between the cause and effect relationships that move this classic story along.

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Instructional Overview

The instructional overview includes instructional background for cause and effect, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to The Twits Book Club.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

RL.4.3SL.4.1bSL.4.1aRL.4.10RL.4.9RL.4.7RL.4.6RL.4.5RL.4.4SL.4.1cRL.4.2RL.4.1W.4.8L.4.4aL.4.5cL.4.6W.4.9

TEKS Alignment

4.7G4.9D(ii)4.9D(i)4.9B4.9A4.8D4.8C4.8B4.8A4.9D(iii)4.7F4.7E4.7D4.7C4.7B4.7A4.6I4.6H4.9E(i)4.9E(ii)4.9E(iii)4.9F4.10A4.10B4.10C4.10D4.10E4.10F4.10G4.13A4.13C4.13E4.13H4.1A4.1C4.1D4.6A4.6B4.6C4.6D4.6E4.6F4.6G

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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

As students begin to read longer texts like The Twits by Roald Dahl, it is necessary to develop skills that help to sustain comprehension. One of these important skills, understanding cause and effect, is explored throughout this Book Club.

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Meeting 2

Exploring cause and effect relationships in The Twits will help students identify the main ideas presented by author Roald Dahl. Students will use their Reader's Notebook to track the main idea, supporting details, and cause and effect relationships while they read.

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Meeting 3

Discussion for this The Twits Book Club meeting focuses on the primary and secondary effects related to the cause. When students are able to identify these relationships, they are better able to understand what is happening in the story and why.

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Meeting 4

This meeting connects the idea that when we make a prediction while reading, we are predicting the effect of a cause. When reading The Twits by Roald Dahl, students can use the illustrations to make reasonable predictions about cause and effect relationships.

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Meeting 5

During this final The Twits Book Club meeting, students will use what they have learned about cause and effect relationships to help them identify the theme of the text.

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Vocabulary Connections with The Twits

This set of vocabulary development resources for The Twits 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.4.4a,L.4.5c,L.4.6

TEKS Alignment

4.7E,4.7F,4.3A,4.3B

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Focus Assessment and Rubric

Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with cause and effect.

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Comprehension Assessment with The Twits

This 9 question Common Core aligned assessment can be used to determine students' overall comprehension of The Twits and their mastery of the Common Core State Standards.

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Running Record with The Twits

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with The Twits. 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

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

Title: The Twits

Author: Roald Dahl

Genre: Fantasy

Themes: Laugh Out Loud

ISBN: 9781101653012

Publisher's Summary:

Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything—except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge.

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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for The Twits