The magic finger kindle edition by roald dahl, quentin blake. Free the magic finger study unit worksheets for teachers to print. This grossly imaginative tale is told from the viewpoint of a highly opinionated eightyearold girl, the. The magic finger through the looking glass childrens. She tries to talk them out of it, but the greggs only laugh at her. In the magic finger, thats exactly what happens to one family. The magic finger is the story of an 8 year old girl who has a special power, whenever someone upsets her she is able to use her magic finger to punish them. Roald dahls the magic finger is a rollicking account of a hunting trip that goes amuck.
Roald dahl began work on the magic finger, originally called the almost ducks, in the early 1960s. Ready to use great for whole class, guided reading groups, literature circles, and more. It is talk about a finger can do a lot of magic and great things. The magic finger kindle edition by roald dahl, quentin. Roald dahl began work on the almost ducks, as the magic finger was originally known, in 1962. A little girl who had a magic finger she turned her teacher in to a ratty mouse and her next door neighbours into animals too. Ivereading he ping you choose books for chi dren lovereading.
This is a novel study for the magic finger by roald dahl. By far the best comprehension packet ive come across in a very long time. If youre studying themes from the magic finger with your class, here we have three lesson plans for literacy, drama and pshce. The book the magic finger is a very fantastic, interesting and fun story. When shes very, very angry, the little girls magic finger takes over. The book report from the black lagoon by mike thaler hubby is not a good reader it takes him 30 minutes to read a stop sign. Book punch provides interactive, stepbystep writing prompts to help students comprehend and think about books commonly read in schools. The magic finger by roald dahl is a story about a girl with a magic finger.
Jun 27, 2017 when the magic finger is upon you, extraordinary things begin to happen. All she does know is that when she gets cross, her finger tingles, a sort of flash comes out of her, and the person she points at, the person she is cross with, experiences something unpleasant. When someone made her cross, she would point at them and make them into interesting things. The magic finger novel study interactive notebooking looking for a lowprep and fun way to engage your students in the reading of roald dahls classic book the magic finger. Then one day the greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her magic finger on them. The person who wrote the book is roald dahl, while the person who illustrated the book is quentin blake. Oct 02, 2017 these are ready made comprehension questions based on the book the magic finger by roald dahl. She doesnt think its right for people to hunt animals for fun and when she gets angry, her finger takes control. The dog owner begins to yell and threaten to beat him for being a bad dog. The dog runs through the audience and ends up on the stage. Her magic is activated when she gets angry and sees red. In the magic finger, the gregg family learns what its like to be hunted wild animals after the neighbor girl uses her magic finger to turn them into birds.
When she gets annoyed at someone, she points her finger at the person and then strange things happen. The magic finger by roald dahl once upon a bookcase. These plans will encourage your students to develop empathy. In the story, an unnamed eightyearold girl tells the story of her neighbours, the gregg family. Goodreads members who liked the magic finger also liked. The magic finger by roald dahl is a slim book about a girl who gets magic powers and what happens next. Feedback from happy educators who have purchased this novel unit. The magic finger novel study is a common core standard aligned book unit to be used with the magic finger by roald dahl. The magic finger read by kate winslet well, that did it. The magic finger is a childrens story published by roald dahl in 1966. The magic finger by roald dahl book unit by book units by. Each question is page linked and there are two copies of the questions on each card ready to be trimmed for pupils to use. Read the magic finger, by roald dahl, because it is funny, surprising, and youll never want to put it down. The magic finger workbook has comic style worksheets and novel study activities for the story by roald dahl.
To the girl who lives next door, its just plain horrible. Best of all, if after reading an e book, you buy a paper version of the magic finger. The magic finger a resource guide for teachers and parents. Ordinarily neighbors would just have to agree to disagree, but this little girl has a magic finger and when she turns it on the gregg family the feathers begin to fly. Of course, the magic finger would be great anyway, but blakes illustrations make them the full package. To ensure teachers that can get results quickly, we have created lesson plan aids for each book covered. This girl gets very angry at people and the magic in her finger happens to change their lives in funny ways. The magic finger magic fingers, roald dahl, roald dahl day. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. The magic finger comprehension packet magic fingers. Reading tasksthe magic finger by roald dahl tes resources. Here are two additional topics students can write about.
See the reading check writing prompt below and the list of questions that. You can find a list of the cookies we use and what we use them for here, where you will also find information about how to change your cookie settings at any time. So i read whatever i was given to read grudgingly that is until i discovered fantastic mr fox and the magic finger by roald dahl. I remember i even spent some of my free class play time listening to the audio book of the magic finger on the casette player. Finger iai 141 302291 their problems a puffin book. The greggs like to hunt, but the girl cant stand to see animals killed just for fun. The teacher told hubby to do a book report on robin hood. Different editions were illustrated by william pene du bois, tony ross, and quentin blake. I will use my magic finger to change my skin color to red and yellow and pink and blue and orange and purple and pink. Roald dahls the magic finger character descriptions lucy. She lives next door to the gregg family who like to hunt for fun and this makes her very angry. The magic finger through the looking glass childrens book. The main character, a little girl who never reveals her name, has a magic index finger that causes things to.
The theme of the magic finger is the importance of developing compassion. It is like people cut down too many trees to induce the pollution to get seriously. Books similar to the magic finger goodreads share book. She really cant control it, and now its turned the greggs into birds.
The magic finger is one of the fingers on her hand, which glows red when she is angry and zaps the person who has enraged her. This edition of the book hs a lot of goodies in the last pages, including quotes from dahl, his favourite things, a timeline of important events in his life, and more. Roald dahl began work on the almost ducks, as the magic finger was originally known, in 1962, and it was published in 1966. Students can complete this within a book or novel study, following a guided reading lesson as independent work, or even as.
The magic finger is a story about the gregg family and the narrator, a 10 year old girl with a magic finger. The magic finger audiobook extract read by kate winslet by penguin books uk from desktop or your mobile device. This is a great book for kids, because the magic that her finger makes creates some shocking situations. Multiple choice quiz questions based on roal dahls book, the magic finger who is the narrator. Dec 26, 2011 the magic finger is a story about the gregg family and the narrator, a 10 year old girl with a magic finger. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. Different editions were illustrated by william pene du bois, tony ross, and quentin blake sypnosis. When shes very, very angry, the little girls magic finger takes over, she really cant control it, and now its turned the greggs into birds. Color by finger paint magic and make a stunning drawing.
Mr and mrs gregg william gregg philip gregg and a little girl next door. When she sees that poor deer, the girl really loses her temper and she puts the magic finger on mr. The magic finger a resource guide for teachers and parents synopsis. Being dedicated hunters, the greggs ignore the girls words. Teach your students about this book using a text lesson that summarizes the text.
Later editions have been illustrated by pat marriott, tony ross, and quentin blake. She lives next door to the gregg family who like to hunt for fun and this. It was also astonished me that how can we human allow ourselves going hunting just for fun. Have you ever wanted to change what other people are doing to the point that you wished you could use magic on them. May 04, 2012 the magic finger by roald dahl is a slim book about a girl who gets magic powers and what happens next. I also borrowed this book from the library, but i have not had the chance to read it yet. As the story opens, the gregg family lacks compassion. The book is called the magic finger, and its by the great roald dahl. This is a 12 day unit designed to cover your common core standards using a fun and engaging text. In the story, the little girl has a magic finger that can change things.
The main character, a little girl who never reveals her name, has a magic index finger that causes things to happen when she gets mad. The story is about an eightyearold girl, whose name is never mentioned, who has a magic finger. The magic fingerthe book report from the black lagoon. And when the magic finger is put on the gregg family for shooting some ducks, only the inventive imagination of roald dahl. Before they know it, the greggs are living in a next, and thats just the beginning of their problems summary from book image from. After roald had finished his publishers, wary of offending the powerful us gun lobby, sat on the manuscript until their option to publish had expired. I like it that the gregg family changed their name to the egg family. Its one of his more violent and disturbing childrens books there were certain illustrations in. The magic finger by roald dahl goodreads share book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Behind the scenes the magic finger lewis family playhouse. Isabelle sniatecki the end author information roald dahl the book author is roald dahl. The magic finger written by roald dahl published by puffin all text is of the author and illustrator please print off and read at your leisure. Magic finger, and the independent followup worksheet, students may continue the writing process after publishing their paragraphs from book punch.
When the magic finger is upon you, extraordinary things begin to happen. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Apparently the magic finger is something she has always had, and she has no idea why or how it works. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the magic finger. The magic finger, roald dahl the magic finger is a fantasy story written by roald dahl in 1962. And the person at whom she is angry with, is the target of the magic finger. Without reading the story, look at the illustrations of the characters at the front of the book. The little girl who lives next door to the gregg family does not like hunting something that the gregg family does an awful lot. The magic finger by roald dahl the magic finger was a funny book. Paint by finger coloring games will help you finger color like a real finger painter free. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Lewis family playhouse study guide roald dahls the magic finger. This packet contains questions for the entire text of the magic finger by roald dahl level n. Hundreds of builtin tips help learners write clear responses to the literature they are reading book punch is easy to use.
This novel study divides the magic finger into six sections for study. She s funny, happy and she s unique because she has a magic finger that nobody else has and she taught a family a very big lesson with this magic finger. Free the magic finger worksheets and literature unit for. Find books like the magic finger from the worlds largest community of readers. It is a story that speaks very much of roalds own strong feelings against animal cruelty. Study guide roald dahls the magic finger lewis family. The magic finger is a fantasy story written by roald dahl in 1962. His collections of short stories have been translated into many languages and have been best. This novel study divides the magic finger into six sect. The magic finger by roald dahl is an early independent reading book that broaches the subject of animal rights. There is a quiz and vocabulary for each section and 2 common core standards are taught in each section. The magic finger comprehension packet by deana jones tpt. The magic finger level nguided reading comprehension questions get ready for your guided reading groups with less prep. Oct 12, 2015 does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version.