A fun reading lesson for grade 3 and 4 students that explores the idea of interesting characters and how we can describe characters through descriptive language. Students use post it notes to identify adjectives from the book The Twits by Roald Dahl.

6 Lessons

Grade: 3-4

Character Study - Meet The Twits

This mini unit will explicitly step students through the different language features that can be used to create characters. This unit uses ‘The Twits’ by Roald Dahl and allows students to explore the language features and techniques he uses to create vivid and interesting characters. Students will then apply these skills into writing vivid character descriptions of their own. These lessons can also be completed as a stand alone lesson and adapted to another text of choice.

A fun reading lesson for grade 3 and 4 students that explores the idea of interesting characters and how we can describe characters through descriptive language. Students use post it notes to identify adjectives from the book The Twits by Roald Dahl.

6 Lessons

Grade: 3-4

Character Study - Meet The Twits

This mini unit will explicitly step students through the different language features that can be used to create characters. This unit uses ‘The Twits’ by Roald Dahl and allows students to explore the language features and techniques he uses to create vivid and interesting characters. Students will then apply these skills into writing vivid character descriptions of their own. These lessons can also be completed as a stand alone lesson and adapted to another text of choice.

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Essential Question/s

What techniques do authors use to create an interesting character?

General Capabilities

Literacy
Critical and Creative thinking

Lessons

6 Lessons

Lesson 1

A fun reading lesson for grade 3 and 4 students that explores the idea of interesting characters and how we can describe characters through descriptive language. Students use post it notes to identify adjectives from the book The Twits by Roald Dahl.

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Reading | Writing

The Twits - Describing Characters

Grades: 3-4

Explore the use of adjectives to build character descriptions.

Lesson 2

A fun reading lesson for grade 3 and 4 students that explores characterisation and how we can describe character appearance and traits through descriptive text and imagery. Here we’ve drawn up some of the traits of Mrs Twit from the book The Twits by Roald Dahl.

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Reading | Writing

The Twits - Character Profile

Grades: 3-4

Summarise key ideas about characters.

Lesson 3

A fun reading lesson for grade 3 and 4 students that explores the idea of comparing characters by thinking of their physical appearance and character traits. Here we’ve shown an example of a Venn Diagram comparing Mr and Mrs Twit from The Twits by Roald Dahl.

Lesson
Reading | Writing

The Twits - Comparing Characters

Grades: 3-4

Compare and contrast characters in a story using a Venn diagram.

Lesson 4

A fun reading lesson for grade 3 and 4 students that explores the idea of describing characters through descriptive language and imagery. Here we’ve drawn up an example of zooming in on the character Mrs Twit from the book The Twits by Roald Dahl.

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Reading | Writing

The Twits - Zoom In

Grades: 3-4

Create vivid descriptions of a character from a book.

Lesson 5

A fun reading lesson for grade 3 and 4 students that explores the structure of a chapter. Students analyse Roald Dahl’s writing and then write their own trick. Here is an example of the Glass Eye trick from the book The Twits by Roald Dahl.

Lesson
Writing

The Twits - Character Actions

Grades: 3-4

Students invent their own chapter based on the author’s style of writing.

Lesson 6

A fun reading lesson for grade 3 and 4 students that explores the idea of interesting characters through descriptive language and imagery. Students get to recreate their character through collaging. Here is an example of Mr Twit from the book The Twits by Roald Dahl.

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Reading | Writing

The Twits - Character Description

Grades: 3-4

Create vivid descriptions using interesting language.

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