Author research

LI - Novel Study. Matilda

LI attached to comprehension tasks. 

LI introduced during session and on needs basis.

We are doing novel studies and we are reading Roald Dahl books and the book i'm reading is called Matilda. and we had to read the novel and do one activity and blog about it and the activity i did was author research. I had to write about Roald Dahl about his family how he became and author and what was his life before he was an author and facts about him. 

Fun facts

1. Roald Dahl was a fighter pilot in WW1
2. He invented over 250 new words
3. Many of his characters in books were based on people he had meet in real life 
4. He spent over four hours writing every single day.
5. Did you know that Dahl was a spy