Roald Dahl

Lesson 5
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ELA

Unit 6

3rd Grade

Lesson 5 of 19

Objective


Describe Mr. and Mrs. Twit.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: The Twits by Roald Dahl  pp. 3 – 10

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

Describe Mr. and Mrs. Twit. What evidence does Roald Dahl include to help the reader better understand them?

Key Questions


  • What details did we learn about Mr. Twit? What does this tell us about him? 

  • Display the sentence, "Mr. Twit was a foul and smelly old man." How do we know? 

  • What caused Mrs Twit to become ugly? 

Vocabulary


revolting

adj.

very unpleasant

ordinary

adj.

normal or usual

cling

v.

to hold tightly onto something

horrid

adj.

horrible

pity

n.

a feeling of sympathy for someone or something

innocent

adj.

not guilty

revenge

n.

action against someone to get back at them for something they did

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.3.3 — Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

Supporting Standards

L.3.4.a
RF.3.3
RF.3.4
RL.3.1
RL.3.4
RL.3.10
SL.3.1

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Describe Mr. and Mrs. Twit’s relationship and how they treat each other.

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