DRAMA- Revolting Rhymes- Lesson 1 - 13th April 2020

                                                                  Revolting Rhymes Lesson 1

Learning Question: Who is Roald Dahl and what did he do?

What is a Revolting Rhyme?

Outcomes:

1. Understand information about Roald Dahl

2. Understand Revolting Rhymes

Who is Roald Dahl?

Roald Dahl was a British author who wrote children novels, poet, screenwriter and use to be a pilot for the fighter planes.

What jobs did Roald Dahl have?

He is a poet, a novelist a screenwriter and a fighter pilot he worked for Royal Air Force(RAF), he was also a spy

Examples of 5 books he wrote 

1.James And The Giant Peach

2.BFG

3.The Magic Finger 

4.Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

5.Fantastic Mr. Fox

What is Revolting Rhyme?

Revolting Rhyme is a collection of Roald Dahl poems.

They are a parody of traditional fold tales in verse.

Roald Dahl took 6 well-known fairy tales and gave them alternative endings.

EXTENSION

Example of a Revolting Rhyme

Little red riding hood, the little girl shoots the wolf that ate her grandma 

"The little girl smiles . One eyelid flickers . She whips a pistol from her knickers 

Bibliography

Article title:	Roald Dahl
Website title:	Biography
URL:	https://www.biography.com/writer/roald-dahl

Author	Second War
Article title:	11 things you might not know about Roald Dahl
Website title:	HistoryExtra
URL:	https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/facts-roald-dahl-books-life-when-die-born-characters/

Website title:	Dca.org.uk
URL:	https://www.dca.org.uk/assets/general/Revolting_Rhymes.pdf