The magic finger

If you could have a magic power, what would it be and how would you use it? In this book we'll meet a girl who has a magic finger and we'll learn about what happens when she uses it!

Förväntan och resultat

Du kommer att få läsa en bok på engelska, på så vis kommer du att utöka ditt ordförråd och förbättra din engelska läsförståelse. Du kommer också att träna din förmåga att skriva och uttrycka dig på engelska genom att svara på frågor om boken, både muntligt och skriftligt.

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Undervisning och övning

Du kommer att läsa boken "The magic finger" av Roal Dahl som läxa hemma, några sidor varje vecka. Du kommer att få svara på frågor om boken och analysera texten skriftligt. Vi kommer även att samtala och diskutera innehållet i boken i klassen.

 

Examinationsuppgift & bedömning

Du kommer att få visa dina kunskaper genom att:

• skriftligt svara på frågor om boken.
• delta i diskussioner.

Uppgifter

The magic finger - before reading

What you you think this book is about?

Choose two questions and write at least 5 sentences for each question:

A. If you could have any magical power, what would you have? How would you have use it?

B. Do you believe people should be allowed to hunt animals? Why or why not?

C. If you could become any animal for a day, what would you like to become? What would be good and bad about being this animal?

D. Discuss something you regret doing. Why do you regret this? If you could do it again, what would you do different?

The magic finger: Page 7-15

Answer the questions:

1. Who are Philip and William?

2. Who is Mrs Winter?

3. What does the Gregg family love to do more than anything else?

4. What do Philip and William do when the girl tries to talk them out of hunting?

4. What happened to the teacher, Mrs Winter?

5. What is special about the girl's finger?

5. Why did she put her magic finger on Mrs Winter?

The magic finger: page 16-25

Answer the questions:

1. What happened when Mr Gregg tried to shoot the four ducks who were flying very low? What was Mr Gregg's explanation to what happened?

2. Why was Mr Gregg outdoors late at night?

3. What did Mr Gregg see in the sky when he was outdoors late at night?

4. What had happened to the Gregg family when they woke up the next morning?

5. Who did they think was responsible for what happened to them?

6. How many birds did they shoot?

The magic finger: page 26-39

1. Who moved into the Gregg family's house?

2. What did the ducks look like?

3. What did the Gregg family build in a tree?

4. What did the ducks do in the Gregg family's house? Write down four things they did?

5. What did the Gregg family have for dinner?

6. What is a nest?

7. Living in a tree. Benefits? Disadvantages?

The magic finger: page 41-53

1. What was the weather like when the Gregg family slept in the tree?

2. What did they say when they looked down from the nest in the morning?

3. Mr Gregg gave a promise to the ducks. What was that?

4. What was Mr Gregg going to do with their guns?

5. What happened after Mr Gregg gave his promise?

The magic finger: page 54-63

1. Why did the Gregg family smash all their guns, give food to birds and change their name to Egg?
2. Their bath tub was full of feathers. Why?
3. What do you think the message of this book was?
4. What have you learned from reading The Magic Finger?
5. What did you think of the book?