This Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lesson plan pack contains six full lessons, covering various elements from both the English and PSHE curriculum.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lesson resources

There are plenty of activities and ready-made resources to suit KS2 (and some for KS1), together with extracts from the text.

What children will learn

• Building a picture of a character using descriptive language
• Understanding how names can shape identity
• Using descriptive and persuasive language
• Expressing views and listening to others
• Finding evidence in the text to support answers
• Identifying ‘good’ and ‘poor’ behaviours
• Beginning to identify strategies to manage challenging behaviours
• Expressing opinions
• Considering both sides of an argument and respecting the opinions of others
• Drawing inference from the text and justifying this with evidence
• Writing from a different perspective
• Empathising with others
• Editing and improving work by using synonyms and wow words
• Writing a newspaper article, including the features of the genre
• Considering the impact of positive behaviour

This download contains:

• Six lesson plans
• Activity sheets
• Extracts from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Roald Dahl reading list

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