THE HITCHHIKER BY ROALD DAHL
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Grade Levels
7th - 10th, Homeschool
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSCCRA.R.1
CCSSCCRA.R.2
CCSSCCRA.R.4
CCSSCCRA.L.4
CCSSCCRA.L.5
Formats Included
- Zip
Pages
35 Slides / 19 Pages
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Description
Introduce students to "The Hitchhiker" by Roald Dahl with these ready-to-use short story resources.
Included in your download:
- 35 slide PowerPoint presentation: Use these slides to guide you through all elements of the lesson (author biography, discussion, analysis notes, activities, and much more).
- Figurative Language Sort: Students will sort quote cards from the story to reveal a mystery question (answer key included).
- Reading Questions: Students will dive deeper into literary elements by answering questions to show their understanding of characterization, theme, and foreshadowing (answer key included).
- Dialogue & Diction Analysis: Students examine quotes from each of the three characters and determine how the diction and dialogue reveal character (answer key included).
- Slang Vocabulary Activity: Students will examine the slang terms used in the story, infer their meaning using context clues, and indicate more modern slang terms used for these words today (answer key included).
- Postcard Writing: Students take on the role of the driver or the hitchhiker and send the other character a postcard after they part ways.
- Wanted Poster Project: Students imagine that the police are hot on the hitchhiker's tail after the story and are posting wanted posters. Students must use their understanding of the character and text evidence from the story to create their poster.
- Pickpocket Police Report: Students create a police report for the hitchhiker where they imagine that he has been caught after the story ends. They will include a description of the subject, evidence, witness testimonies, and more.
- Descriptive Writing Activity: Students use the description of the driver's car as inspiration to write about their own treasured item.
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Total Pages
35 Slides / 19 Pages
Answer Key
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Standards
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CCSSCCRA.R.1
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
CCSSCCRA.R.2
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
CCSSCCRA.R.4
Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
CCSSCCRA.L.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
CCSSCCRA.L.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
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