The BFG Book Club Focused on Figurative Language
The BFG Book Club Focused on Figurative Language
Roald Dahl’s classic, The BFG, tells the story of an orphan named Sophie who has been kidnapped by a giant. Luckily for Sophie, the giant is a BFG. He is not like other giants who delight in eating human beings. This giant is a Big Friendly Giant who has a unique way with words. Students will delight in Sophie and the BFG’s story while learning about figurative language and the ways authors use words to bring stories to life.
- Included in this resource
- Lesson plans for 7 book club meetings focused on Figurative Language
- Chapter by chapter discussion questions and key vocabulary
- Book Club calendar
- Conversation prompts
- Student self-evaluations forms
- Reading response board
- Culminating activity
- Instructional focus assessment, answer key, and rubric
- Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book The BFG by Roald Dahl. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Roald Dahl’s classic, The BFG, tells the story of an orphan named Sophie who has been kidnapped by a giant. Luckily for Sophie, the giant is a BFG. He is not like other giants who delight in eating human beings. This giant is a Big Friendly Giant who has a unique way with words. Students will delight in Sophie and the BFG’s story while learning about figurative language and the ways authors use words to bring stories to life.
- Included in this resource
- Lesson plans for 7 book club meetings focused on Figurative Language
- Chapter by chapter discussion questions and key vocabulary
- Book Club calendar
- Conversation prompts
- Student self-evaluations forms
- Reading response board
- Culminating activity
- Instructional focus assessment, answer key, and rubric
- This set of instructional resources is for use with the book The BFG by Roald Dahl. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Book Club resources
The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
The instructional overview includes an instructional background for figurative language, a list of instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to The BFG Book Club.
In The BFG, author Roald Dahl uses figurative language to make the story come alive for his readers. The author's strong use of figurative language creates vivid mental images for the students as they read.
The BFG is a perfect text to use to practice identifying different types of figurative language. This Book Club meeting introduces students to metaphors and similes in the text and provides a system for tracking figurative language as they read.
Another type of figurative language that author Roald Dahl used in The BFG is personification. During this meeting, students will understand how the author used personification to give nonhuman objects human characteristics in order to help his readers create strong mental images.
Students will enjoy hunting for the many examples of onomatopoeia Roald Dahl included in The BFG. Group discussion focuses on words that are pronounced the way they are written and why readers can easily understand nonsensical words in the text.
This The BFG Book Club meeting focuses on identifying idioms. A group discussion using examples from the text will help students to understand why idioms can be confusing to understand.
Roald Dahl provides many examples of hyperbole in The BFG. Students will identify this type of figurative language and discuss how using exaggeration in writing helps to create strong mental images for readers.
This final Book Club meeting focuses student attention on the use of symbolism throughout the text. In addition, students will discuss how noticing figurative language improved their comprehension while reading The BFG.
Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with figurative language.
More about this resource
Book Title:
The BFG
Book Author:
Roald Dahl
Grade Level:
5
Genre(s):
Fantasy
F&P Guided Reading Level:
U
DRA Level:
50
Reading Recovery Level:
Theme(s):
Adventure, Friendship
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TEKS
| Common Core Alignment: | RL.5.1, RL.5.2, RL.5.3, RL.5.4, RL.5.5, RL.5.6, RL.5.7, RL.5.9, RL.5.10, RF.5.3, RF.5.4, SL.5.1a, SL.5.1b, SL.5.1c, W.5.8, W.5.9, L.5.4a, L.5.5, L.5.6 |
| Vocabulary Connections: | L.5.4a, L.5.5, L.5.6 |
| TEKS Alignment: | 5.1C, 5.1A, 5.1D, 5.6A, 5.6B, 5.6C, 5.6D, 5.6E, 5.6F, 5.6G, 5.6H, 5.6I, 5.7A, 5.7B, 5.7C, 5.7D, 5.7E, 5.7F, 5.7G, 5.8A, 5.8B, 5.8C, 5.8D, 5.9A, 5.9B, 5.9D(i), 5.9D(ii), 5.9D(iii), 5.9E(i), 5.9E(ii), 5.9E(iii), 5.9F, 5.10A, 5.10B, 5.10C, 5.10D, 5.10E, 5.10F, 5.10G, 5.13A, 5.13C, 5.13E, 5.13H |
| Vocabulary Connections: | 5.7E, 5.7F, 5.3A, 5.3B |
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