I think this book will be engaging for my class as many of the students will have previously read a Roald Dahl book, and I wish to get to know my students better and thought I might explore autobiographies as a genre.
Dahl's recollections are mainly about his school days and I think my class will engage with the sense of adventure and mischievous nature of Dahl. I found this book very entertaining and hope my class does too. It is on the NSW Premier's reading challenge list for grades 7-9.
Just started to read this to my class, one or two have said they have read it before. I had the children predict what type of student they thought Roald Dahl was at school and what do they think his family life would have been. They had some interesting answers, but all supported from the many stories they have read and life experiences. We have just started to plan to write our own autobiography, and the children had fun discussing their earliest memories with their peers.
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