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.

Concepts

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

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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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