Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

[bamagirl]

I have just started reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with my fifth grade class. We're getting ready for the release of the new movie! I have done a novel study with this book for the past few years, but I would like some fresh ideas. Please post any cute activities!

 

[Jennifer in OK]

Idea

A teacher I work with does a chocolate unit at the same time as reading the book. We have the book in the play format so the students try out for parts and then we act it out. You could have the students draw their own chocolate river room. You could have the students write about the character flaws that played a role in the downfall of the kids in the factory. Read aloud to the students another book by Roald Dahl or use this as a springboard for an author study. James and the Giant Peach and The Twits are 2 that my students like in addition to Charlie.

 

[hescollin]

chocolate covered cherries and more

Charlies Chocolate Factory covered chocolate cherries, cheery activities
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/chocolate/index.htm Wonderful site of activities for chocolate activities.
Dip cherries in chocolate for a special treat or buy a box of chocolate covered cherries. make sure there is one for each student. Most students have never tasted them.

 

[bamagirl]

Great Ideas!!

Thanks for the ideas, and the website looks great! Anybody else have some creative suggestions??? Please post them!

 

[Ruth Ann]

How do ypu find the literature books redone as plays? Your idea for selecting parts was great!!

 

[Ruth Ann]

How do you find the literature books redone as plays? Your idea for selecting parts was great!!

 

[Chocolate Fan]

Unit Ideas

I have taught Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for the past few years and it is my favourite unit. I use Wonka Dollars as my behaviour management technique which the children save and spend in a Wonka shop that I have running at times in the classroom. Its hard to know what ideas you would find most interesting but my unit culminates in a project where the children design a new candy bar - create a recipe, a wrapper, design the machine that would make it, advertise it in a magazine or write a jingle for a television ad etc.

 

[lindsey]

charlie and the choxolate factory

me and my fifith grade class are reding the bookand we all like it very much.

 

[Jennifer in OK]

Parts

Sorry it's taken awhile to reply. I wish I could tell you where they found the play format. They had bought the books before I was hired. Maybe they have them on amazon or some other site. I'll try to find something out.

 

[Jennifer in OK]

Info on Play

I looked yesterday and the publisher of the play is Puffin. It costs (at the time of purchse)$3.99.

 

[ucfvgirl]

Love it

I love the idea of Wonka dollars. I am going to give that a try. I am teaching English at a public middle school in South Korea and I have to teach a reading class for two weeks. I think the Wonka dollars is a great incentive. Thanks for the idea.

 

[herry]

here you go!!!!

hey i think that you should as a project tell them to pick a charecter and write an informational wrighting about them

 

[WTF]

English teacher

Oh, my goodness. I really hope that most of you are not English teachers, as your spelling and grammar is awful.

 

[TNF]

Rude

I hope you don't teach ANY children, as you are rude and innappropriate