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The Twits - The House, the Tree and the Monkey Cage Lesson PlanThe Twits - The House, the Tree and the Monkey Cage Lesson Plan
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Roald Dahl
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The Twits - The House, the Tree and the Monkey Cage

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A house with no windows and a garden full of stinging nettles make the perfect home for Mr. and Mrs. Twit. The seventh lesson in an 11-part unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl takes a closer look at the Twits' home described in Chapter 14 of the novel. The lesson ends with an activity that challenges learners to design a garden.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

roald dahl, fiction, children's literature, character analysis

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Extend the lesson by starting a class garden or by planting seeds in the classroom

Classroom Considerations

  • Assumes students have read to Chapter 14 of The Twits by Roald Dahl
  • Get prior approval to take scholars outside to explore an overgrown area

Pros

  • Incorporates textual evidence into a visual activity to help assess reading comprehension
  • Provides an opportunity for cross-curricular instruction through a discussion about what plants need to survive

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.3.3 RL.5.3 RL.6.3 RL.7.3

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The Twits: Novel Study

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CCSS: Adaptable
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The Twits - The Monkeys Escape

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Houses come in all shapes and sizes, but not all houses are safe from Mr. and Mrs. Twit. The 10th instructional activity in a unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl turns learners into architects. While designing houses for...
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The Twits - The Furniture Goes Up

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Work gets done faster when people work as a team. The ninth installment of an 11-lesson unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl combines character education with research skills and creative writing activities. The lesson ends...
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The Twits - The Twits Get the Shrinks

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Turn readers into investigative journalists. The 11th and final lesson that accompanies The Twits by Roald Dahl asks the question "What happened to Mr. and Mrs. Twit?" The lesson uses mind maps and group discussion to help answer...
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The Twits - The Glass Eye and the Frog

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What do a pair of stinky socks and a toy hamster have in common? The third lesson in an 11-part unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl uses silly objects to teach about figurative language. Zany pranks and role play make...
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CCSS: Adaptable
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The Twits - Mrs Twit

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"A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly." The second lesson in an 11-part unit that accompanies The Twits by Roald Dahl uses poetry to encourage positive character traits. Mrs. Twit has ugly thoughts, but those...
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CCSS: Adaptable
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The Twits - Mrs Twit Gets a Stretching

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A cork, a rubber snake, and a bucket of mud may not seem like the best materials for washing a car, but they are in The Twits. The fifth lesson in an 11-part unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl has readers role play...
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CCSS: Adaptable
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The Twits - Mr Twit Gets a Horrid Shock

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Mr. and Mrs. Twit do not treat each other very nicely. The sixth lesson in an 11-part unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl explores the way the characters talk to and treat one another. Role play and writing activities...
3rd - 7th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
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The Twits - The Wormy Spaghetti

Roald Dahl
What do spiders' legs and an octopus's eyeball have to do with metaphors? The fourth lesson in an 11-part unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl uses disgusting foods to teach about metaphoric writing.
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