What you have learnt so far about:

1. Reviewing The Wish so far… • What you have learnt so far about: • Roald Dahl’s writing style? • b) The central character in The Wish?

2. Enjoying the story Read the rest of the story – which reading strategies help us to clarify any misunderstandings in vocabulary? Consider the emotions the boy goes through in the story – highlight where the changes occur and annotate them on your story.

3. ‘Show’ not ‘Tell’ Roald Dahl is highly skilled in the art of ‘show not tell’. This means describing a characters feelings through narrative details rather than by simply stating the facts. Example: ‘Ellie was nervous.’ (Tell) ‘Her palms were sweating, making her grip on the pen difficult. Whenever the door opened, she swung around suddenly to see who it might be.’ (Show) Try to find examples of where Dahl does this in the text.

4. The greater the detail of the image painted, the more intense the effect… If you carry a knife you’re more likely to get stabbed yourself

5. Homework – 7th September – Year 7 CHJ Consider the emotions in the table below, jot down all the physical symptoms that might be associated with that emotion and then try to craft the best sentence you can to describe that emotion. Physical symptoms Emotion Sentence