James and the Giant Peach Novel Study

Novel study for James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl! These no-prep activity printable worksheets include reading comprehension, vocabulary, characters analysis, cause and effect and making connections. There are also setting description activities, as well as engaging writing activities based on events in the book. Also included are fun cross curricular tasks based on the themes in the book. The unit also includes chapter questions with an answer key so you will be able to assess your students' understanding of the story.

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What's included:

★ Full teacher instructions and ideas for use

★ Student project cover page

Character Studies

★ James

★ Aunt Sponge

★ Aunt Spiker

★ The Centipede

★ The Glow-Worm

★ The Old-Green-Grasshopper

★ The Ladybug

★ The Silkworm

★ Miss Spider

★ The Earthworm

★ The Earthworm and the Centipede character comparison

★ Character Comparison

★ James character changes

Setting Descriptions Activities

★ Inside the Peach setting description plan and writing activity

★ New York setting description plan and writing activity

Reading Activities

★ Author research - all about Roald Dahl

★ Text to self connections

★ Text to text connections

★ Text to world connections

★ Cause and effect

★ Problem and Solution

★ James and the Giant Peach book review

Writing Activities

★ Create a 'Visit the Giant Peach' persuasive poster

★ Enter the Peach (dilemma exploration)

★ James' Diary

★ Journey Instructions

★ Write a weather report

★ Create your own Cloud-Men weather type

★ Weather riddles

★ Newspaper report article about the peach landing in New York

★ What makes a good team

Vocabulary Activities

★ Explore vocabulary in James and the Giant Peach (definitions)

★ Rhyming words

★ Parts of Speech

Cross Curricular Activities

★ Life Cycle of a Peach

★ Bug Fact File

★ Guide to New York

★ Floating and Sinking science experiment

★ Chapter summary activities

★ Chapter questions (answers included)

Both US and UK spelling options included.

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