Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Novel Unit

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl is a low prep novel study that contains a variety of comprehension activities to support student reading of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and analyze Dahl’s fun writing style.

Many of the activity pages in the packet ask students to look for details in several chapters and then compare the findings. Students will make generalizations about the characters, work with vocabulary and review synonyms and antonyms, and create a news article for the final writing activity that is like the news article in the story.

Resource Includes:

Common Core Standards (4th grade)

Sample Pacing Chart

Discussion Topics

Character Chart

Chapter Vocabulary Lists

Reading Comprehension Questions

Define a Hero

Synonym/Antonym Activity

Identify Willy Wonka Warnings-- foreshadowing

Dahl Style Words

Summarize Oompa Loompa Songs

News Article Writing Activity

Reading Comprehension Test

Optional Research Activity about Dahl's writing style

**Teacher notes and answer keys included**

Did you see the bundle links above? Make sure to take a peek at The Missing Golden Ticket activity product. The Missing Golden Ticket is a book of fun trivia about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It contains things like a deleted chapter and earlier versions of character names.

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