Roald Dahl: The Greatest Secrets

Activities

• Children can list memorable things that have happened to them. How can they weave them into an idea for their own humorous story?
• Encourage the class to keep a notebook and jot down details of the world around them.
• Keep a class scrapbook of pictures of things, people and places, which interest or fascinate the class in some way. The pictures can be annotated with thoughts and ideas.
• With a partner, children plan a story by drawing a story map showing the key incidents and twists and turns of the plot.