Free teaching resource for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. KS2 activities aligned to the national curriculum. Printable using Ctrl+P.
Ask pupils to invent a new room for Wonka's factory. They should describe: what is made there, how it works, what it looks, smells and tastes like, and what rules visitors must follow. Encourage use of Dahl's rich descriptive language.
Pupils write a letter from Wonka to the five Golden Ticket winners before the tour. What rules does Wonka give? What tone does he use — formal, mysterious, playful? Read the real letter in the book first for comparison.
Pupils take turns in the hot seat as one of the four bad children immediately after their removal from the factory. Questions from the class: What happened to you? Do you think it was fair? Has it changed you?
Give pupils ten words from the novel. Challenge them to use all ten in a short paragraph describing their own imaginary factory. Award points for accurate use and creative sentences.
Create a comparison grid: Charlie vs Veruca. How does each child behave? What do they want? How do they treat adults? What happens to them? What does this comparison tell us about what Dahl values?
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