7. At school he excelled in sports. He was captain of the school fives and
squash teams. He also played in football teams.
FIVES
It is an English
sport. In fives a
ball is hit
against the walls
of a special
court using a
gloved or bare
hand
8.
9.
10. During his years at Repton School, Cadbury, the chocolate company,
would occasionally send boxes of new chocolates to the school to be
tested by the pupils
11. Dahl would dream
of a chocolate bar
that would win the
praise of Mr
Cadbury himself
12. This was the inspiration for his children’s book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’(1964)
13. He served as a fighter pilot in the British Royal Air Force during the World War Two
14. Roald Dahl died on 23
November 1990, at
the age of 74. He was
buried in Great
Missenden
Buckinghamshire,
England
15. Sets of stamps have been issued featuring Quentin Blake’s original
illustrations of Dahl’s books.
16.
17. In 2002 Cardiff’s Oval Basin Plaza was renamed ‘Roald Dahl Plass’.
Plass is the Norwegian word for place or square
18.
19. In June 2005, The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Center in the
author’s home village Great Missenden was officially opened
MUSEUM
20.
21. He played with language and
created a lot of words and
expressions:
HUMAN BEAN
(Human Being)
SCRUMDIDDLYUMPTIOUS
(Excellent, Splendid,
Delicious)
CATASTEROUS
(Really bad)
…and more
22. There are a lot of films
based on Roald Dahl books.
These are the TOP FIVE
1. Matilda (1996)
Director: Danny DeVito
MATILDA
23. 2. James and the Giant Peach
(1996)
Director: Henry Selick
PEACH
27. Now it is your turn to speak about Roald Dahl (5-minute talk)
Topics:
1. Roald Dahl Biography.
2. Roald Dahl Books (Characters, story…)
3. Films based on Roald Dahl books.
4. Recipe and pictures of something made of chocolate (chocolate cake,
brownies, chocolate chip cookies, etc)
Films and Books
a. Matilda
b. James and the Giant Peach
c. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
d. Fantastic Mr Fox
e. The BFG
28. This project will be a:
1. Powerpoint presentation or similar presentation
2. Poster
3. Timeline: You can type ‘School Timelines’ in Google Images and you will get
great examples of timelines
29. Now are you ready to draw or write your most imaginative dream in the
jar to keep it safe?
