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Year 2 Reading Challenge – SUMMER 1

Mr Mahmood

Hi Year 2. In Summer 1, you will be introduced to the story, Fantastic Mr Fox. This extended story is written by an Author called Roald Dahl. Read about him, choose a challenge and answer the questions.

Bronze
When was Roald Dahl born?
Where was he born?
Name a book that he wrote.
How old was Roald Dahl when his father died?
How many books did Roald Dahl write?

Silver
Explain why  Roald Dahl had to give up being a pilot. 
What did he choose to do instead?
Did Roald Dahl want to write fiction or information texts?
Find evidence in the text above to prove this. 

Gold
Use your researching skills to find the titles of five of his books. 
Out of the five titles you have found, which one would you like to read? Why?
I would like to read…. because…

Greater Depth Challenge

Here is the book we will be reading.
Who is the illustrator of the book? What does an illustrator do?
What is the blurb? How could this be useful when choosing a book?
EXTRA CHALLENGE: Write a character description of Fantastic Mr Fox using expanded noun phrases.

70 responses to “Year 2 Reading Challenge – SUMMER 1”

  1. Shreya S.

    Gold
    1 Matilda
    2 James and the giant peach
    3 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    4 Witches
    5 Charlie and the Great. Glass Elevator
    I would like to read Witches because never read this book.

  2. Rosie C.

    Bfg
    Fantastic mr fox
    Mathilda
    The magic finger
    Charlie and the chocolate factory
    I would like to read the bfg because bfg stands for big friendly gint

  3. Ebrar Y.

    Bronze
    1.Roald Dahl was born in September 13th 1916.
    2.He was born in Wales.
    3.The big peach.
    4.When he was four years old.
    5.He wrote 19 children books.
    Silver
    1.Roald Dahl give up being a pilot because sadly had a trap in Egypt.
    2.He chooses to be a Aorther.
    3.fir

    1. Ms Khan

      Great work!
      Silver, Q1 – He had a crash.

  4. Ziad H.

    Bronze
    Roald Dahl was born on 13 September 1916 in Llandaff Wales. He wrote Charlie and The Chocolate Factory in 1964. He was 4 when his father died, and he wrote 50 books but 37 were made for children.

  5. Isabelle T.

    BRONZE:
    Roald Dahl was born on 13th 1916 in Wales. Two of the most famous creations were Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda. Roald was only 4 years old when his father passed away. He wrote 19 novels, 13 collections, 3 poems, 12 scripts, books edited 1 and 9 non-fiction.

    GOLD:
    1) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964).
    2) Matilda (1988).
    3)James and the Giant Peach (1961).
    4) Fantastic Mr. Fox (1940).
    5) The Witches (1983).
    I would like to read Matilda as I think it’s a fun and sad story in the same time. I saw this movie with my mom.

  6. Riya S.

    BRONZE
    1 Roald Dhal was born on 13 September 1916.
    2 He was born in Wales.
    3 Roald Dhal wrote the book The Enormous Crocodile.
    4 When Roald Dhal was four years old his father died.
    5 He wrote 19 children’s books.
    SILVER
    1Roald Dhal gave up being a pilot because in World War 2 a pilot crashed in Egypt and got hurt there badly.
    2 He chose to write magazines and newspapers.
    3 Roald Dhal wrote information text.
    GOLD
    1 Fantastic Mr Fox, the giant peach, Matilda, the magic finger, and the enormous crocodile.
    2 Would like to read Matilda because it looks interesting.
    GREATER DEPTH
    1 The illustrator is Quentin Blake.
    2 A person who draws the pictures in a book.
    3 A blurb is a short description of a book.
    4 A blurb could be useful because if you can’t choose a book just read the blurb.
    5 Fantastic Mr Fox is a sneaky, caring Dad. Bean is a tall, slim and a angry person.

    1. Ms Khan

      Some thoughtful answers.

  7. Haaniya I.

    Bronze:

    1.Roald Dahl was born on the 13th of September 1916.

    2.Roald Dahl was born in Wales.

    3.He wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

    4.He was 4 years old when his father died.

    5.He wrote 19 children’s books.

    Silver:

    1.Roald Dahl had was injured when he crashed his plane in Egypt.

    2.After the crash he moved to America and started writing.

    3.Roald Dahl wanted to write fiction books because he liked reading bedtime stories to his children.

    Gold:

    1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
    James and the Giant Peach.
    Matilda.
    The Big Friendly Giant.
    The Fantastic Mr Fox.

    2. I would like to read The Big Friendly Giant because he has funny ears.

    GD:

    1. Quentin Blake is the illustrator of The Fantastic Mr Fox and he drew the pictures.

    2. A blurb briefly describes the story. It helps give you have an idea of the book.

    3. Mr Fox is an tricky, cunning and clever fox who lives underground beside a tree with his wife and four children.

  8. Marceline C.

    Bronze
    Roald Dahl was born in 1916
    -He was born in Wales
    -He wrote the book charlie and the Chocolate factory
    Roald Dahl was four years old when his father died
    -He wrote 19 children’s books in his lifetime.

    Silver
    Because he had a crash.
    He chose to be an Author.
    He wanted to write fiction because he write stories.

    Gold
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    Charlie and the great glass elevator
    The Witches
    Matilda
    Magic finger

    I would like to read Charlie and the great glass elevator because I saw the picture in the cover and I really want to know what happens to the people in the elevator.

    Greater Depth Challenge
    The illustrator of the book is Quentin Blake.
    The illustrator draws and creates images for books and covers.

    The blurb is a summary at the back of the book that helps us find what the story is about

    Extrat challenge

    Mr fox is a sneaky, clever fox.
    He steals chicke for his children and his wife from Boggis, Bunce and Bean.
    He wears a purple jacket, and he has a blue spotty bow tie

  9. Sukhmanpreet K.

    Bronze: Roald Dahl was born in 1916 September 13th . He was born in Wales. He wrote Charlie and the chocolate factory. He was 4when his father died. He wrote 19 children’s books. Silver: he had to give up being a Pilot because he crashed into Egypt. He choosed to be an author. he wanted to write fiction texts because he writes like reading tales. Gold :I would like to read Charlie and the chocolate factory because it sounds
    fantastic.Greater depth: The illustrator is Quentin Blake . The blub is is a paragraph at the back of the book to give you a little bit of a think of what the story could be about. Extra challenge : been is a Smart’ Finn farmer who he thinks about what he says he might be the The thinnest one but the smartest to.

  10. Andrew T.

    gold:
    Charlie and The Chocolate Factory
    Matilda
    The BFG
    The Twits
    James and The Giant Peach

    I would like to read The BFG because I want to know why the giant wanted to be friendly and help other people.

    1. Ms Khan

      Have a look in our collection of Roald Dahl books for The BFG.

  11. Ameya R.

    Bronze:

    1. Roald Dahl was born on September 13th, 1916.
    2. Roald Dahl was born in Wales.
    3. Roald Dahl wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
    4. Roald Dahl was 4 when his father died.
    5. Roald Dahl wrote 19 children’s books.

    Silver:

    1. Roald Dahl flew planes in the Second World War and he was badly injured during a plane crash. After the crash, he gave up being a pilot and started writing.
    2. Roald Dahl wrote stories for magazines and newspapers. He loved telling his children bedtime stories and these stories gave him the ideas for his children’s books.

    Gold:

    The 5 titles of Roald Dahl’s books are

    1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
    3. Matilda
    4. The Witches
    5. Danny the Champion of the World

    I would like to read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory because I am curios to know what the story is about, may be its about a lot of chocolates.

    1. Ms Khan

      Thoughtful answers, Ameya!

  12. Inarah T.

    Bronze:
    Mr Roald Dhal was 13th September 1916.
    He was born in Wales
    He wrote James and Giant peace
    His Father died when he was four years old.
    He wrote 19 books.

    Silver:
    He had a crash in Egypt and he was badly injured.
    He wanted to be an author instead.
    He does not want to write a fiction books other than newspaper and magazines.

    Gold:
    Fantastic Mr Fox
    The James and Giant peach
    The Magic Finger
    The Charlie and chocolate factory
    The Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

    I would like to research the Charlie and the chocolate factory.

  13. Emaan A.

    Emaan Amin

    September 13th 1916
    Wales
    The magic finger
    Father died when he was 4
    19 books written

    1. Ms Khan

      Great you did extra homework!

  14. Oliwia B.

    Bronze

    Roald Dahl was born on the 13th September 1916.
    He was born in Wales.
    Roald Dahl wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
    He was four when his father died.
    He wrote 19 books for children.

    Silver

    Roald Dahl had to give up being a pilot because he was seriously injured in a crash.
    He choose to be an author.
    Firstly Roald Dahl wrote stories for newspapers and magazines and later he wanted to write fiction texts for children. Bedtime stories gave him the ideas for his children’s books.

  15. Haniya A.

    Silver

    1. Because he had a crash in Egypt and got injured.
    2. He started writing in newspapers and magazines
    3. Information texts
    4. Because he wrote stories for newspapers and magazines.

  16. Grace C.

    Bronze
    He was born on September 13th 1916.
    He was born in Wales.
    He wrote Charlie and the Chocolate factory .
    He was 4years when his father died.
    He wrote 19 books.

    Silver
    He had to give up being a pilot because he was badly injured in a plane crash.
    He chose to start writing stories.
    He liked to write fiction.
    He wrote stories for newspapers and liked telling bedtime stories which gave him ideas for writing children books.

    Gold
    Five books that Ronald Dahl wrote,
    1. Matilda
    2. Fantastic Mr Fox.
    3. The magic finger.
    4. Charlie and the chocolate factory.

    I would like to read Matilda because l only watched it on Netflix and l really want the book.

    Greater Depth
    Quentin Blake is the illustrator.
    An illustrator creates images and drawings to tell an idea.
    The blurb tells us the story in short.
    It is useful because l will have idea about the story then l can choose if l like to read it.

  17. Iver V.

    Bronze
    When was Roald Dahl born? 1916
    Where was he born? Wales
    Name a book that he wrote. Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Twists, Fantastic Mr Fox, Mr Stink, James, BFG and the Giant Peach.
    How old was Roald Dahl when his father died? 74 years old.
    How many books did Roald Dahl write? He wrote 19 years books.

  18. Zayaan M.

    BRONZE
    When he was 4.
    He wrote Charle and the chocolate factory.

  19. Amelia B.

    Greater depth:
    1)The illustrator of the book is Quentin Blake.
    2) The blurb tell you information about the book before your read it and it is useful because it helps you find out what the book is about to see if you would enjoy reading it.

    Extra Challenge:
    Mr Fox is a clever,cunning fox who steals food from the horrible farmers,Boggis,Bean and Bunce. He wears an old,purple jacket with a blue and white spotty bow tie. Fantastic Mr Fox has a great sense of smell so he can smell if the farmers are near.He is quite sly but he brings food for his little,young children and his wife.

  20. Rishaan C.

    Bronze

    Roald Dahl was born on 13th September 1916.
    He was born in Wales.
    He wrote Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
    Roald Dahl was 4 years old when his father died.
    Roald Dahl wrote 19 character books in his career.

    Silver

    Roald Dahl had to give up as a pilot because he had a bad injury.
    He chose to do writing in newspapers and magazines.
    Roald Dahl liked go write fiction. He loved telling bedtime stories to his children. This gave him the ideas for his children books.

    Gold

    The 5 titles of his books are

    The BFG
    Charlie and the chocolate factory
    Fantastic Mr Fox
    Matilda
    James and the giant peach

    I would like to read the BFG because I have never read the book and I find it really interesting because mod the giant.

    GD

    The illustrator is Quentin Blake
    The illustrator draws and colours the characters.
    The blurb is a little peel whilst you are reading the book.
    It is useful because it can help you to maybe choose to read the book or not.

    Fantastic Mr fox is a loving, caring dad.

  21. Pugalini A.

    BRONZE
    1. Roald Dahl was born in September 13th of 1916.

    2. He was born in wales.

    3.He wrote Fantastic Mr. Fox.

    4. Roald Dahl was four years old when his father died.

    5 .Roald Dahl wrote 19 children’s books.

    SILVER

    1. Roald Dahl gave up being a pilot because badly injured in crash in Egypt during the second world war.

    2. Roald Dahl started writing books.

    3. Roald Dahl wrote fiction books. Evidence from the text ‘ he loved to read story books to his children’.

    GOLD

    1.Fantastic Mr Fox (1968).

    2.The Magic Finger (1966).

    3.James and the Giant Peach (1961).

    4.Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972).

    5.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964).

    I would like to read the Fantastic Mr. Fox because it is interesting.

    Greater Depth Challenge

    1.Quentin Blake is the illustrator. An illustrator draws pictures in the book to make more fun.
    2. A blurb is a brief summary of the story, without giving too many spoilers away. This can be useful when choosing a book because you can read the blurb to see if you would like to read the book.

    3.Farmer have a planned to catch and get rid of Mr.Fox.

  22. Shreya S.

    Bronze
    Roald Dhal was born in September 13th 1916.
    Roald Dhal was in W

    1. Shreya S.

      Bronze
      Roald Dhal was born on September 13th 1916.
      Roald Dhal was born in Wales.
      Roald Dhal wrote the book Matilda.
      He was 4 when his father died.
      He wrote 19 children books.

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