Got your Golden Ticket?! Then step inside the chocolate factory with your class, and experience the magic of the timeless Roald Dahl book, 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', with this set of 7 ready-to-teach reading comprehension lessons.

Using these seven 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' lesson plans, you and your class will read the book together. Children will become familiar with the characters, looking at how they are each portrayed and exploring their thoughts and feelings using the text. They will then look at how Roald Dahl creates images through his word choices, and use their knowledge of the story to predict what will happen next. Finally, children will have the opportunity to answer questions in character! This 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' activities pack includes detailed plans, engaging slide shows for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources - everything you need for seven enjoyable English lessons with your Year 3 class! Please be aware that, for copyright purposes, we are unable to provide the full text for this scheme of work. Extracts are provided where appropriate.

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Becoming Familiar with the Characters

Together as a class, you will read the first five chapters of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', and explore what the children have learnt so far about the main characters.

In their independent activities, they will answer a range of comprehension questions about the characters and events so far. In the alternative activity, children are challenged to put themselves in the shoes of Charlie Bucket, and write a short paragraph using what they know about him.

This 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' lesson plan comes with a set of slides for the teaching input, as well as differentiated activity ideas and printable resources.

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Exploring how Characters are Portrayed

After recapping on the characters they have met so far in the book, and the children's impressions of them, as a class you will then read the next three chapters together.

In their independent activities, children use given extracts to delve deeper into each of the four Golden Ticket winners' characters, and are encouraged to share their own opinions about them.

Included with this 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' KS2 planning pack is a detailed plan, an engaging slideshow for the teaching input, and differentiated, printable resources.

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Characters' Thoughts and Feelings

In this lesson, as a class you will read the next three chapters of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', where children will be encouraged to use the given extracts from the text to deduce and infer characters' thoughts and feelings.

In their independent activities, children will complete thought bubbles or diary entries for the character of Charlie. Alternatively, in groups, children are challenged to create a role-play to show the reactions of Charlie's family as he arrives home with the last Golden Ticket.

A detailed plan, a set of slides, differentiated activity ideas and printable resources are all inluded in this 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' KS2 Planning Pack.

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Creating Images through Word Choice

After reading the next five chapters of the book, children will analyse word choice in a selection of extracts, and discuss the imagery that is created through this use of language.

In their independent activities, children will draw pictures of either Mr Willy Wonka or the Chocolate Room, based on given extracts. In the alternative activity, your class are challenged to identify the meaning of given words from the text, and discuss why the author chose them, as well as what images they bring to mind.

As well as printable resources, this 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' KS2 Planning Pack includes a differentiated lesson plan and an engaging set of slides for the teaching input.

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Making Predictions

At the beginning of this lesson, children will first be asked to predict what they think will happen to Augustus Gloop, based on their knowledge of the story so far.

After reading the next four and a half chapters and discussing the events, children will then use their knowledge of the book so far to predict what might happen to Violet Beauregarde in the remainder of Chapter 21.

Resources in this 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' Activities Pack include a differentiated lesson plan, a set of slides for the teaching input, and printable worksheets.

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Answering Questions Accurately

After reading the next five chapters together, children will focus on what a good answer to a comprehension question should include, and then assess different answers to given questions together.

In their independent activities, children will hone their skills by writing, sharing, editing and improving answers to a variety of comprehension questions.

This 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' lesson plan comes with a set of slides for the teaching input, as well as differentiated activity ideas and printable resources.

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Answering Questions in Character

As a class, children will finish reading 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', and discuss the questions on the slides together.

In their independent activities, children are challenged to ask and answer questions in the role of the five children from the book. In the FSD? activity, children work in groups to create a talk show featuring the main characters, called 'After the Visit'.

Included with this 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' KS2 planning pack is a detailed plan, an engaging slideshow for the teaching input, and differentiated, printable resources.

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