KRYVYI RIH STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

English Philology Department

Anglophone Literary Practice

(29.06.23-12.07.23)

READING RECORD BOOK

Nadiia Hryhorenko
PED-21

Kryvyi Rih – 2023

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CONTEXT

BOOKS READ……………………………………………………………….. 3

AUTHOR’S BIO……………………………………………………………... 4

READING LOG……………………………………………………………… 7

BOOK REVIEW……………………………………………………………… 26

POST-READING ACTIVITIES……………………………………………... 35

Activity Page 1……………………………………………………………. 35

Activity Page 2……………………………………………………………. 36

Activity Page 3……………………………………………………………. 36

Activity Page 4……………………………………………………………. 38

Activity Page 5……………………………………………………………. 39

Activity Page 6……………………………………………………………. 40

Activity Page 7……………………………………………………………. 40

Activity Page 8……………………………………………………………. 41

Activity Page 9……………………………………………………………. 42

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BOOKS READ:
Title and Author Time Audiobook Rating
Taken
to Read

“Click Clack the Rattle Bag”, 40min 11min

Neil Gaiman

“Other people”, Neil Gaiman 20min 9min

“The Landlady”, Roald Dahl 40min 25min

“The Enormous Crocodile”, 35min 20min

Roald Dahl

“The Tortoise and the Hare”, 13min

Roald Dahl

“George's Marvellous Medicine”, 80min

Roald Dahl

“Goldilocks and the Three 10min 6m10s

Bears”,
Roald Dahl

“Snow White & the Seven 10min 7 min

Dwarfs”, Roald Dahl
“Revolting Rhymes”, 15m40s
Roald Dahl
“A Christmas Carol”, Charles 5days 3h30min
Dickens
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AUTHOR’S BIO:
Research the author and create a fact file on the interesting things you’ve found
out.

Name:Neil Richard Date of Birth:10 november 1960

Surname:MacKinnon Gaiman Date of Death:--------

Place of Place of Living:USA,outside Minneapolis

Birth:Porchester,England

Family: wife Amanda Palmer, 4 children

Education:He never received a formal collegiate education.He did attend a number

of primary and boarding schools in England, including Ardingly College and
Whitgift School.

Writing Genres:Fantasy,horror,science fiction,dark fantasy,comedy.

Most Famous Books: The Sandman, Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust,

Coraline, The Graveyard Book, Good Omens, The Ocean at the End of the Lane.

Interesting Facts:

He has a writing shed. Gaiman had a gazebo built to use when writing.

Gaiman’s novel Anansi Boys was written with a Waterman Ideal fountain pen.

He’s a beekeeper. Gaiman began beekeeping in the spring of 2007.

He has an unpublished novel in his attic. Gaiman wrote it when he was only
twenty-one years old.

Gaiman used to be a journalist.

He has a huge personal library! Gaiman’s home basement is filled with thousands
of books and comic books.

He’s friends with musician Tori Amos. Gaiman has written Amos into his novel
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Stardust as a talking tree. And she’s mentioned Gaiman in several songs including
“Tear In Your Hand,” “Space Dog,” “Horses,” “Carbon,” and “Sweet Dreams.”
Gaiman is the godfather of Amos’s daughter Tash.
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AUTHOR’S BIO:
Research the author and create a fact file on the interesting things you’ve found
out.

Name: Roald Date of Birth:13 september 1916

Surname: Dahl Date of Death:23 november 1990

Place of Birth:Cardiff? Wales Place of Living:Oxford,England

Family: Spouse - Patricia Neal(m.1953-div.1983),Felicity Crosland(m.1983).

Children: Olivia, Tessa,Teo,Ophelia,Lucy

Education:The Cathedral School, Llandaff

St Peter's School

Weston-super-Mare

Repton School

Writing Genres:horror literature, mysticism, fantasy and children's literature

Most Famous Books: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)

James and the Giant Peach (1961)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (1970)

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)

The Enormous Crocodile (1978)

Interesting Facts:

1. Dahl wrote many of his stories in a little shed at the bottom of his garden
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2. He was a fighter pilot in World War II

3. Dahl wrote for around four hours every single day

4. Dahl was a spy.During World War II he passed intelligence to MI6 from

Washington.

5. Dahl invented over 250 new words. There’s even an official Oxford Roald Dahl
Dictionary to help you tell your snozzcumbers from your snozzberries.

6. Many of Dahl’s characters were based on people he’d met in real life

7. Dahl was born in Wales, but his parents were Norwegian

8. In 1971, a real man named Willy Wonka wrote to Roald Dahl.He was a postman
from Nebraska.

AUTHOR’S BIO:
Research the author and create a fact file on the interesting things you’ve found
out.

Name:Charles John Date of Birth:7 February 1812

Surname:Dickens Date of Death:9 June 1870

Place of Birth:Portsmouth, Place of Living: England

England

Family: wife: Catherine Dickens, 10 children

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Education:

In 1821, Dickens attended the Giles Academy in Chatham for about one year.
Later, when he was twelve, he attended the Wellington House Academy in
London. At fifteen, family problems required him to return to work, and so his last
"schooling" was again, self-taught.

Writing Genres:novel, short story.

Most Famous Books:

The Pickwick Papers,Oliver Twist,Nicholas Nickleby,The Old Curiosity

Shop,Barnaby Rudge,A Christmas Carol,David Copperfield ,Little Dorrit

Interesting Facts:

Dickens went to work in a factory aged 12.

He dreamt of being an actor.

He wrote his first novel when he was only 24.

He didn't grow a beard until he was in his fourties.

He founded his own charity.

He wrote A Christmas Carol in just 6 weeks!

READING LOG:
Date Title/Author Pag Comments(a page, New words
es characters’ names and (word-
Rea features, main events) transcription-
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d translation)

29/06 “Click Clack the 8 In this story, we see two nod

Rattle Bag”, Nail characters - the narrator is a
[ˈnɑd]
young guy who came to his
Gaiman
girlfriend's new house and кивати
the girl's younger brother.
The girl herself is not present
in the story, it is only said
about her that she went out to
get take-out food. This house
is old, creepy, with poorly
working electricity and
binding stairs.

exaggerate

[ɪɡˈzædʒɝˌeɪt]

перебільшува
ти

shruggie

знизати
плечима

precocious

[pɹiˈkoʊʃəs]

скоростиглий

soberly

[ˈsoʊbɝɫi]
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тверезо

creak

[ˈkrik]

скрипіти

threadbare

[ˈθɹɛdˌbɛɹ]

потертий

saberly

мудро

soberly

[ˈsoʊbɝɫi]

тверезо

READING LOG:
Date Title/Author Pages Comments(a page, New words
Read characters’ names and (word-
features, main events) transcription-
translation)

30/06 “Other people”, 3 The first page. The main fluid |ˈfluːɪd|
Neil Gaiman character falls into hell.
рідина
He is sure that in front of
him is a demon with torn multitude

skin, without signs of ['multɪtju:d]

gender. безліч
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brazier
['breɪzjə]жаро
вня

The second page. The reassuring

demon begins to torture ['ri:ə'ʃu(ə)rɪŋ]
the narrator with 211
заспокійливи
torture devices. He says
й
that this is not the most
terrible thing that will gaze

happen to him. [geɪz]пильний

погляд

The narrator remembered sorrow

all his lies, which he once ['sɔrəu]смуток
told someone, all the
harm he caused to other relish ['relɪʃ]
people. задоволення,
насолода

The third page. It seemed resignation

to the narrator that a ['rezɪg'neɪʃ(ə)n
thousand years had
]смиренність,
already passed. He
покора
realised all the mistakes
he had made during his fondness
life. After that, the demon
['fɔndnɪs]ніжн
disappeared. He realised
ість
that this demon was
himself. And now he will shredding
torture himself who just
['ʃredɪŋ]різанн
arrived.
я,шматування
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implement
['ɪmplɪment]зн
аряддя,
інструмент

forgetful
[fə'getf(ə)l]
забудькувати
й

evasion
[ɪ'veɪʒ(ə)n]
ухиляння

consequence
['kɔnsɪkwəns]

наслідок,резу
льтат,висново
к

crouch
[krauʧ]
присісти

READING LOG:
Date Title/Author Pages Comments(a page, New words
Read characters’ names and (word-
features, main events) transcription-
translation)

3/07 Roald Dahl “The 5 Billy Weaver is a briskly

Landlady” seventeen-year-old youth ['brɪsklɪ]
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who has travelled by train бадьоро,жвав

from London to Bath to о
start a new job. Looking
swanky
for lodgings, he comes
['swæŋkɪ]
across a boarding-house
шикарний,хва
and feels strangely
лькуватий
compelled by its sign
saying "Bed and neglect

Breakfast". (page 1-2) [nɪ'glekt]занед

баність

Billy rings the doorbell hearth[hɑ:θ]

and the landlady
домашнє
immediately opens it for
him.It turns out that вогнище,топк
staying overnight in this а
house is cheap and Billy
congenial
decides to stay.(page 2)
[kən'ʤi:nɪəl]пі
дхожий

The landlady shows Billy boarding

the room and leaves him house
to unpack.
['bɔ:dɪŋhaus]п
The names in the visitor's
ансіонат,готе
book seem familiar to
him and he tries to ль
remember where he could
threshold
have heard them.(page 3)
['θreʃ(h)əuld]

поріг
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A boy gets sick after earnestly

drinking tea with poison. ['ɜːnɪstlɪ]
(page 5)
переконливо

harmless
['hɑ:mlɪs]суми
рний,нешкідл
ивий

whiff [wɪf]

запах

READING LOG:
Date Title/ Pa Comments(a page, characters’ New words
Author ges names and features, main events) (word-
Re transcription-
ad translation)

3/07 “The 41 grinner

The story begins in a river, where
Enormous ['grinə]
the big crocodile (the title character)
Crocodile”, зубоскал
is telling a slightly smaller
Roald Dahl
crocodile, called the "not-so-big paddle ['pædl]
one", that he wants to leave his dirty
пливти,веслу
home and eat some real children for
вати
his lunch. The small crocodile
objects, because real children taste gulp

"tough and chewy and nasty and [gʌlp]великий

bitter" in his opinion compared to ковток

real fish, and because of what crawl

happened the very last time the big [krɔ:l]повзанн
crocodile ever tried to eat real
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я
children. The bigger crocodile
leaves the big, deep, muddy river horrid ['hɔrɪd]
anyway, and announces his
страшний,жах
intention to first visit Humpy-
ливий
Rumpy the hippopotamus on the
river bank, then Trunky the elephant grumpy

in the jungle, then Muggle Wump ['grʌmpɪ]

the monkey, and finally the Roly- сварливий,бу

Poly Bird in an orange tree. The ркотливий
four jungle animals are all feeling
waddle
horrified and disgusted with the big
['wɔdl] хода
crocodile, thereby insulting him on
перевальцем
the spot, hoping that he will fail
miserably and will himself be killed nibble
permanently, after which the reptile ['nɪb(ə)l]обгри
himself briefly and unsuccessfully зати
attacks first Muggle-Wump the
beastly
Monkey in his tree (filled with nuts)
['bi:stlɪ]огидн
and Roly Poly Bird himself in his
ий,бридкий
(newly-built) nest.
sniff
[snɪf]сопіти,п
ирснути

dribble ['drɪbl]

пускати
слину

tremendous
[trɪ'mendəs]
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жахливий,стр
ашний,пригол
омшливий

whoosh
[wu(:)ʃ]свист

READING LOG:
Date Title/Author Pa Comments(a page, characters’ New words
ge names and features, main (word-
s events) transcription-
Re translation)
ad

4/07 “The Tortoise 12 The Tortoise and the Hare is bizarre

and the Hare”, based on a tortoise and a rabbit [bɪ'zɑ:]чудний
Roald Dahl that decide to compete each other ,дивний,
in a race. The Hare thinks he is чудернацький
going to beat the Tortoise because
wheeze [wi:z]
he can run faster. The Tortoise
thinks he can also beat the Hare. важке

This story of the Tortoise and the дихання,зади

Hare, is the vile version, as the шка

Tortoise goes to Rat for help in thoroughbred

winning the race, by having ['θʌrəbred]
wheels attached to him. However, бездоганно
Rat calls the Hare to see if he вихований
wanted to know Tortoise's plot of
villainy
winning the race by paying him to
['vɪlənɪ]
know the secret. The rat had plot
of having the Tortoise to lose. To лиходійство
conclude, the tires connected to
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the Tortoise became flat and Hare

stepped on a bunch of nailed that
nauseating
were placed by Rat. Therefore,
['nɔ:zieitic,-
neither the Tortoise nor the Hare
si-]
won the race and the Rat is sitting
down counting how much profit огидний

he earned from both animals.

READING LOG:
Date Title/Author Pages Comments(a page, New words
Read characters’ names and (word-
features, main events) transcription-
translation)

4/07 “George's 96 While eight-year-old George grumpy

Marvellous Kranky's parents are out ['grʌmpɪ]
Medicine”, grocery shopping, his сварливий,
Roald Dahl grandmother bosses him буркотливий
around and bullies him. She
idle
intimidates him by saying
[aɪdl]ледарюв
that she likes to eat insects
ати
and he wonders briefly if
she's a witch. To punish her marvellous

for her regular abuse, he ['mɑ:v(ə)ləs]д

decides to make a magic ивовижний,

medicine to replace her old чудовий

prescription one. He collects suspicious

a variety of ingredients from [sə'spɪʃəs]підо
around the family farm. зрілий

filthy
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['fɪlθɪ]огидний

After cooking the ingredients grip

in the kitchen, George gives [grɪp]стискан
it as medicine to his ня
grandmother, who grows as
grumble
tall as the house, bursting
['grʌmb(ə)l]
through the roof. When she
doesn't believe it was him бурчання

who made her do so, he mischief

proves it to her by feeding ['mɪsʧɪf]зло,
the medicine to one of his лихо,шкода
father's chickens, which
grows ten times its original
size.

As they return home, Mr.

and Mrs. Kranky can't
believe their eyes when they
see the giant chicken and
grandmother. Mr. Kranky
grows very excited at the
thought of rearing giant
animals. He has George feed
the medicine to the rest of
the farm's animals, causing
them to become giants as
well. However, his
grandmother begins
complaining about being
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ignored and stuck in the

house, so Mr. Kranky hires a
crane to remove her from it.
Her extreme height has her
sleeping in the barn for the
next few nights.

The following morning, Mr.

Kranky is still excited about
George's medicine and
announces that he and
George shall make gallons of
it to sell to farmers around
the world, which would
make his family rich. George
attempts to recreate it but is
unable to remember all the
ingredients.

At the end of the story, the

grandmother drinks a cup of
George's new experimental
medicine and begins to
shrink until she disappears
completely.

READING LOG:
Date Title/Author Pa Comments(a page, New words
ges characters’ names and (word-
Re transcription-
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ad features, main events) translation)

5/07 “Goldilocks and 4 “Goldilocks and the Three brazen

the Three Bears”, Bears” is one of the poems ['breɪz(ə)n]
Roald Dahl featured in Revolting Rhymes поводитися
which reflects familiar fairy безсоромно
tales for the modern child’s
bowel
imagination.
['bauəl]кишка

The storyteller here casts toad

Goldilocks's break-in of the [təud]підлесн
bears’ home in a criminal ик,дитинка,ж
light and completely upends абенятко
the conventional perspective
louse
of the fairy tale. Thus,
[laus]воша,тл
Goldilocks becomes Dahl’s
я
most powerful symbol for the
way the meaning of a story is brimful

often deceptively dependent ['brɪm'ful]повн

upon how it is being told. ий до країв

delinquent
[dɪ'lɪŋkwənt]п
равопорушни
к

tot
[tɔt]дитинка,
карапуз,
малюк

distressing
[dɪs'tresɪŋ]важ
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кий,невтішни
й

gilded
['gɪldɪd]позол
очений

treasure
['treʒə]цінна
річ

dainty
['deɪntɪ]витон
чений,граціоз
ний

lousy
['lauzɪ]огидни
й,зачуханий

filthy
['fɪlθɪ]брудни
й, огидний

eider-down

пухова
стебнована
ковдра

skunk
[skʌŋk]скунс,
негідник
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READING LOG:
Date Title/Author Pages Comments(a page, New words
Read characters’ names and (word-
features, main events) transcription-
translation)

5/07 “Snow White & 10 A new interpretation of nuisance

the Seven the fairy tale Snow White ['nju:s(ə)ns]дл
Dwarfs”, Roald and the Seven Dwarfs, in осада,прикріс
Dahl which Snow White steals ть
a magic mirror from her
shifty ['ʃɪftɪ]
stepmother to help the
хитрий
dwarves earn back their
lost money. sublime
[sə'blaɪm]вер
шина

gambling
['gæmblɪŋ]аза
ртна гра

READING LOG:
Date Title/Author Pages Comments(a page, New words
Read characters’ names and (word-
features, main events) transcription-
translation)

5/07 “Revolting 15 A detailed description of

Rhymes”, the children who are the
Roald Dahl characters in Charlie and
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the Chocolate Factory.

READING LOG:
Date Title/Author Pag Comments(a page, characters’ New words
es names and features, main (word-
Rea events) transcription-
d translation)

6/07- “A Christmas 80 endeavour

A Christmas Carol is an allegory
11/07 Carol”, [ɪn'devə]
about a penny-pinching
Charles спрроба,зусил
misanthrope, Ebenezer Scrooge,
Dickens ля
who on Christmas Eve receives
an unexpected visit from the haunt
spectre of his long-dead business [hɔ:nt]місце,я
partner. Jacob Marley warns ке відвідують
Scrooge that three further spirits привиди,
will haunt him. сховище,
пристанок

ironmongery
Stave one.
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['aɪən'mʌŋg(ə)r
ɪ] ковальська
A Christmas Carol opens on a справа,
bleak, cold Christmas Eve in торгівля
London, seven years after the залізними
death of Ebenezer Scrooge's виробами.
business partner, Jacob Marley.
wisdom
Scrooge, an ageing miser, dislikes
['wɪzdəm]муд
Christmas and refuses a dinner
рість,філософ
invitation from his nephew Fred.
ія, знання
He turns away two men who seek
a donation from him to provide ancestor
food and heating for the poor and ['ænsəstə]
only grudgingly allows his попередник,
overworked, underpaid clerk, Bob родоначальни
Cratchit, Christmas Day off with к.
pay to conform to the social
solemnity
custom.
[sə'lemnɪtɪ]уро
That night Scrooge is чистість,серй
visited at home by Marley's озність
ghost, who wanders the Earth
covetous
entwined by heavy chains and
['kʌvɪtəs]скуп
money boxes forged during a
ий,жадібний
lifetime of greed and selfishness.
Marley tells Scrooge that he has a gladsome
single chance to avoid the same ['glædsəm]

fate: he will be visited by three радісний,

spirits and must listen or be задоволений,в

cursed to carry much heavier еселий

chains of his own.

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indignantly[ɪn'
dɪgnəntlɪ]обур
ено,гнівно

exceedingly
Stave two
[ɪk'si:dɪŋlɪ]
The first spirit, the Ghost of надзвичайно,
Christmas Past, takes Scrooge to дуже,до межі
Christmas scenes of Scrooge's
mutter ['mʌtə]
boyhood, reminding him of a
time when he was more innocent. бурмотання

The scenes reveal Scrooge's squeak

lonely childhood at boarding [skwi:k]
school, his relationship with his писк,скрип
beloved sister Fan, who died
young while giving birth to Fred,
and a Christmas party hosted by
his first employer, Mr Fezziwig,
who treated him like a son.
Scrooge's neglected fiancée Belle
is shown ending their
relationship, as she realises that
he will never love her as much as
he loves money. Finally, they
visit a now-married Belle with
her large, happy family on the
Christmas Eve that Marley died.
Scrooge, upset by hearing Belle's
description of the man that he has
become, demands that the ghost
remove him from the house.
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Stave three

The second spirit, the Ghost of

Christmas Present, takes Scrooge
to a joyous market with people
buying the makings of Christmas
dinner and to celebrations of
Christmas in a miner's cottage
and in a lighthouse. Scrooge and
the ghost also visit Fred's
Christmas party. A major part of
this stave is taken up with Bob
Cratchit's family feast and
introduces his youngest son, Tiny
Tim, a happy boy who is
seriously ill. The spirit informs
Scrooge that Tiny Tim will die
unless the course of events
changes. Before disappearing, the
spirit shows Scrooge two
hideous, emaciated children
named Ignorance and Want. He
tells Scrooge to beware the
former above all and mocks
Scrooge's concern for their
welfare.

Stave four
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The third spirit, the Ghost of

Christmas Yet to Come, shows
Scrooge a Christmas Day in the
future. The silent ghost reveals
scenes involving the death of a
disliked man whose funeral is
attended by local businessmen
only on condition that lunch is
provided. His charwoman,
laundress and the local undertaker
steal his possessions to sell to a
fence. When he asks the spirit to
show a single person who feels
emotion over his death, he is only
given the pleasure of a poor
couple who rejoice that his death
gives them more time to put their
finances in order. When Scrooge
asks to see tenderness connected
with any death, the ghost shows
him Bob Cratchit and his family
mourning the death of Tiny Tim.
The ghost then allows Scrooge to
see a neglected grave, with a
tombstone bearing Scrooge's
name. Sobbing, Scrooge pledges
to change his ways.

Stave five.
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Scrooge awakens on Christmas

morning a changed man. He
makes a large donation to the
charity he rejected the previous
day, anonymously sends a large
turkey to the Cratchit home for
Christmas dinner and spends the
afternoon at Fred's Christmas
party. The following day he gives
Cratchit an increase in pay, and
begins to become a father figure
to Tiny Tim. From then on
Scrooge treats everyone with
kindness, generosity and
compassion, embodying the spirit
of Christmas.
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BOOK REVIEW:
Book Title:”Click Clack The Rattle Date started:29/06
Bag”
Date finished:29/06
Author:Neil Gaiman
No. of pages: 8

Five points that summarise the plot:

1.The narrator stayed with his girlfriend's brother in their new house.

2.The little boy asked the storyteller to tell him a scary, but not so scary story.

3.The narrator took the boy to bed.

4.It was a creepy house with rickety stairs and malfunctioning electricity.

5.The girl was not in the house during the story - she went to get take-out food.

Profile of main character (1): Profile of main character (2):

Name:---- Name:----
Appearance (use adjectives): Appearance (use adjectives):
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an adult not scary

responsible Role:boy
Role:narrator

Did you enjoy this book? What were the best and worst things about the book?
Yes, I enjoyed this book. It is intriguing.
Marks out of ten:_10___

If you could change one thing about the book, what would you change?
I would add more characters, give them names and describe their appearance -
that's what I lacked in this story.
BOOK REVIEW:
Book Title:“Other people” Date started:30/06
Author:Neil Gaiman
Date finished:30/06

No. of pages:3

Five points that summarise the plot:

1.The man went to hell.

2.In hell he meets a demon.

3.The demon tortures him with 211 instruments of torture.

4.The man remembers all the lies he once told other people, all the evil he once
caused others.

5.He realises that the demon is himself.

Profile of main character (1): Profile of main character (2):

Name:------ Name: —--
Appearance (use adjectives): Appearance (use adjectives):
naked arrogance
Role:Demon pride
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Role:Man

Did you enjoy this book? What were the best and worst things about the book?
I didn't like this book because it is too violent. I don't like descriptions of torture.
Marks out of ten:__5__

If you could change one thing about the book, what would you change?
I would write her a happy ending.
BOOK REVIEW:
Book Title: “The Landlady” Date started: 3/07

Date finished:3/07
Author: Roald Dahl
No. of pages:5

Five points that summarise the plot:

1.Billy Weaver has travelled by train from London to Bath to start a new job.

2.Billy decides to stay in a boarding-house.

3.The names in the visitor's book seem familiar to him and he tries to remember
where he could have heard them.

4.Billy gets sick after drinking tea with poison.

5.The Landlady turns out to be a maniac who makes stuffed animals out of people
and animals.

Profile of main character (1): Profile of main character (2):

Name: The Landlady Name:Billy Weaver
Appearance (use adjectives): Appearance (use adjectives):
middle-aged woman a young guy
not harmless
briskly
she was also quite obviously a kind and
generous soul Role:a young guy who becomes a
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Role:maniac victim of a maniac

Did you enjoy this book? What were the best and worst things about the book?
It was an intriguing book. I did not expect such an ending. I was missing some
characters.
The ending in the adapted version of the book turned out to be the most terrifying
for me - when the landlady comes to the room with stuffed boys.
Marks out of ten:__7__

If you could change one thing about the book, what would you change?
I would add a character who would prevent the landlady from killing Billy.
BOOK REVIEW:
Book Title:”The Enormous Date started:3/07
Crocodile”
Date finished:3/07
Author:Roald Dahl
No. of pages:41

Five points that summarise the plot:

1.The Enormous crocodile is telling a "not-so-big one", that he wants to leave his
dirty home and eat some real children for his lunch.

2.The Enormous crocodile crawls out of its river and goes in search of children to
feast on.

3.He meets various animals and tells them about his plans to eat the children.

4.The animals prevent the enormous crocodile from carrying out his cunning plans.

5.The elephant launches the enormous crocodile straight into the sun.
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Profile of main character (1): Profile of main character (2):

Name: The Enormous Crocodile Name:Trunky The Elephant
Appearance (use adjectives): Appearance (use adjectives):
beastly big
grinner brave
artful
angry Role:positive character
Role:negative character

Did you enjoy this book? What were the best and worst things about the book?
Yes, I liked this book. The best part of it was how different animals, knowing
about the cunning plans of the crocodile, prevented him from carrying them out.
Marks out of ten:_10___

If you could change one thing about the book, what would you change?
I wouldn't change anything here.Unless I gave the crocodile another chance - a
chance to change for the better and become good.
BOOK REVIEW:
Book Title:”The Tortoise and the Date started:4/07
Hare”
Date finished:4/07
Author:Roald Dahl
No. of pages:12

Five points that summarise the plot:

1.The Tortoise is upset because the Hare has invaded his favourite dining spot –
Mister Roach’s vegetable patch.

2.He challenges the Hare to a race and produces a contract that says the loser will
stay away from the vegetable patch.

3.The Tortoise offers to pay Mr.Rat to build a small motor-car that can be
concealed within the Tortoise's shell.
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4. Hare pays Mr.Rat to learn of Tortoise’s scheme.

5.The Rat replaces both the Hare and the Tortoise. The races end in a draw.

Profile of main character (1): Profile of main character (2):

Name:Tortoise Name:Hare
Appearance (use adjectives): Appearance (use adjectives):
slow fast

Did you enjoy this book? What were the best and worst things about the book?
Yes, I liked this book. It is interesting and instructive. The bad thing about her is
that the Rat did not get what he deserved.
Marks out of ten:_9___

If you could change one thing about the book, what would you change?
I would like that, contrary to Rat's plans, both Hare and Tortoise were able to
finish. However, the Hare should still win, since he is naturally faster than
Tortoise.
BOOK REVIEW:
Book Title:“George's Marvellous Date started:4/07
Medicine”
Date finished:4/07
Author:Roald Dahl
No. of pages:96

Five points that summarise the plot:

1.George stays at home alone with his grandmother. She says many nasty things to
him.

2.A boy makes medicine for his grandmother from everything he finds on the farm.

After drinking the medicine, the grandmother grows in size.

3.The boy's parents return home.

4.George and his father try in vain to replicate the recipe for the medicine.
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5.Grandma takes another experimental medication, shrinks and disappears

completely.

Profile of main character (1): Profile of main character (2):

Name:George Name:Grandma
Appearance (use adjectives): Appearance (use adjectives):
kind grumpy
hot-tempered
obedient
unpleasant
imaginative Role:negativ

Role:positive

Did you enjoy this book? What were the best and worst things about the book?
Yes, I really enjoyed this book. I liked the description of how George made the
medicine the most. The worst part of the book was when Grandma told me how
she liked to eat worms, slugs and bugs.
Marks out of ten:__10__

If you could change one thing about the book, what would you change?
I would have changed the ending - instead of disappearing altogether, I would have
wanted Grandmother to be cured of all her illnesses and become kind.
BOOK REVIEW:
Book Title:“Goldilocks and the Three Date started:5/07
Bears”
Date finished:5/07
Author:Roald Dahl
No. of pages:4

Five points that summarise the plot:

1.Goldilocks penetrates the home of bears.

2.Goldilocks tastes the bears' porridge.

3.Goldilocks breaks the little bear's chair.

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4.Goldilocks climbs into the beds of the bears wearing muddy shoes.

5.Goldilocks escapes from the bears' home.

Profile of main character (1): Profile of main character (2):

Name:Goldilocks Name:-----
Appearance (use adjectives): Appearance (use adjectives):
curious
mischievous Role:
Role:protagonist
Did you enjoy this book? What were the best and worst things about the book?
I really liked this book for its new perspective, its new interpretation of an old fairy
tale.
Marks out of ten:__10__

If you could change one thing about the book, what would you change?
I wouldn't change anything. I would only describe the bears themselves and their
characters in more detail.
BOOK REVIEW:
Book Title:“Snow White & the Seven Date started:5.07
Dwarfs”
Date finished:5.07
Author:Roald Dahl
No. of pages:10

Five points that summarise the plot:

1.Snow White's mother dies and the king marries another woman.

2.One day, the Queen discovers that she is no longer the most beautiful in the
world, but Snow White.

3.The Queen orders Snow White to be taken to the forest and killed.

4.Snow White lives with Dwarfs.

5.Snow White steals a magic mirror from her stepmother to help the Dwarves.
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Profile of main character (1): Profile of main character (2):

Name:Snow White Name:Queen
Appearance (use adjectives): Appearance (use adjectives):
beautiful arrogant
domestic assuming
dependent evil
weak character. Role:antagonist, negative
Role:protagonist, positive

Did you enjoy this book? What were the best and worst things about the book?
I didn't really like this book, namely the fact that the supposedly positive character
"steals". And I also think it's out of place that the Dwarves are fond of gambling.
Marks out of ten:__7__

If you could change one thing about the book, what would you change?
I would change everything about it.
BOOK REVIEW:
Book Title:“Revolting Rhymes” Date started:5/07
Author:Roald Dahl
Date finished:5/07

No. of pages:15

Five points that summarise the plot:

1.Augustus Gloop

2.Mike Tevea

3.Violet Beauregarde

4.Veruca Salt

5.

Profile of main character (1): Profile of main character (2):

Name: Name:
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Appearance (use adjectives): Appearance (use adjectives):

Role: Role:

Did you enjoy this book? What were the best and worst things about the book?
Marks out of ten:__6__

If you could change one thing about the book, what would you change?

BOOK REVIEW:
Book Title:“A Christmas Carol” Date started:6/07
Author:Charles Dickens
Date finished:11/07

No. of pages:80

Five points that summarise the plot:

1.At night Scrooge,an ageing miser, dislikes Christmas, is visited at home by
Marley's ghost.

2.The first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past, takes Scrooge to Christmas scenes
of Scrooge's boyhood, reminding him of a time when he was more innocent.

3.The spirit(Ghost of Present) informs Scrooge that Tiny Tim will die unless the
course of events changes.

4.The third spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, shows Scrooge a Christmas
Day in the future.

5.Scrooge awakens on Christmas morning a changed man.

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Profile of main character (1): Profile of main character (2):

Name:Ebenezer Scrooge Name:
Appearance (use adjectives): Appearance (use adjectives):
jealous
greedy
hard-hearted Role:
Role:protagonist

Did you enjoy this book? What were the best and worst things about the book?
Yes, I enjoyed this book. The best thing about it is that Scrooge changes radically
at the end and becomes a completely different person - kind, generous, friendly and
attentive to others.
The most terrible thing is how he was in the beginning - stingy, greedy, hard-
hearted.
Marks out of ten:__9__

If you could change one thing about the book, what would you change?
I would add some romantic stories at the end. I would like Scrooge to be able to
reunite with his beloved woman.

POST-READING ACTIVITIES
Activity Page 1
Write about a memory or experience of your own that is similar to something from
one of the books you have recorded in your reading record so far.

Book Title: “Revolting Rhymes”

Author:Roald Dahl
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Your own experience:

I would like to discuss the recommendation given in the story about Mike Teavee.
At the beginning, the narrator says that children should not be allowed to watch
television because they cannot be torn away from it. Indeed, I had a similar
situation with my young son. As soon as I put a mobile phone in his hands, he was
completely obsessed with it. He could not stop playing games on the phone, did
not respond to our requests to turn it off.And when we finally managed to take the
phone away from him, I decided that I should never give it to him again until he
was older and it became a necessity.I told him that the phone was lost. And very
soon my son stopped thinking about the phone altogether - he remembered his
toys. He became interested in playing with his old cars and dinosaurs again. He
remembered his books, which were already covered with dust on the shelf.

So, I think we can agree that it is better not to give a child who cannot control the
time he spends watching TV or with gadgets the opportunity to do so at all.

Activity Page 2
Storyboard – when you have finished a whole book can you create a storyboard of
below featuring the main parts of the story? Hint: Don’t forget to write a caption at
the bottom of each image.
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Stave 1. Marley’s Ghost.

Stave 2. The first of the threeStave
spirits.
3. The second of the three sp
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The end.

Stave 5. The end of it.

Stave 4. The last of the spirits.

Activity Page3
Write down some thoughts on what you have read so far.

What have you enjoyed reading and why?

I really liked Ronald Dahl's fairy tales. I had never read them before. His
interpretation of Goldilocks is unsurpassed. And you really start to look at this
little girl not as a defenceless child, but as a little nasty and bad-mannered thief.

What’s your favourite genre and why?

My favourite genre is modern prose. I like it, because modern prose is a fairly
broad genre encompassing philosophical, historical, psychological, mystical,
detective, fantasy, love novels, thrillers, short stories, and short stories. Every
reader, regardless of age and interests, will find a book that will make them rethink
many things.

Who is your favourite character and why?

Out of all the books I read during this practice, I can definitely single out George
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from Ronald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine.

This boy won me over with his composure while talking to his grandmother; his
obedience when his mother asked him to look after his grandmother and give her
medicine when she left the house.

And, of course, he impresses with his imagination.

Has anything you’ve read surprised you? Why?

Yes, I was surprised by Neil Gaiman's Other People and The Hostess. I thought
they were too violent (this is my subjective opinion). I don't like reading about
torture or maniacs.

What is your favourite book and why?

“Goldilocks and the Three Bears” by Roald Dahl is my favourite of the readings
during this practice. The storyteller here casts Goldilocks's break-in of the bears’
home in a criminal light and completely upends the conventional perspective of the
fairy tale. Thus, Goldilocks becomes Dahl’s most powerful symbol for the way the
meaning of a story is often deceptively dependent upon how it is being told.

Activity Page 4
Write an alternative (different) ending to a book you have read.

Book Title: “Other people”

Author: Neil Gaiman
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Your own ending:He saw that the demon had disappeared. The door was open. He
came out of hell and straight into his city. Suddenly he woke up!

Mark was very impressed by this dream. He had the impression that it was
really happening. He realised how much harm he had done to people around him.
And he decided to meet everyone and ask for forgiveness for his words and
actions.

Mark got out of bed, washed, dressed, and made himself breakfast. He sat at
the table and looked out the window. The weather was beautiful, the sun was
shining and there was a gentle breeze.

Then he promised himself that he would only do good things from now on.

After breakfast, Mark first went to the bookstore where his beloved Emily
worked. He asked her to forgive him.

He knew that he had caused her a lot of trouble.

Emily was very touched by her lover's sincere repentance. But still, she said
that she needed time to forget what had happened.

This is how it happens when you have a dream that completely turns your
whole life upside down. And you can't live the same way anymore. This is exactly
what happened to our character's life.

Activity Page 5
When you have completed a book imagine you have a 10 minute interview with
the author, what questions would you ask them?

Book Title: “The Tortoise and The Hare”

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Author:Roald Dahl

1.Who is your favourite character in this book?

2.Have you thought about adding any more characters?

3.How did you come up with the idea for this story?

4.How can the Tortoise even think of competing in speed with the Hare?

5.Have you met such people as Mr. Rat in your life?

6.In your opinion, how can people like Mr. Rat be taught?

7.Do you think the Hare did the right thing when he paid Mr. Rat?

8.What could be an alternative ending to this story?

9.Do you think it will be easy for a child to understand the moral of this story?

Activity Page 6
Imagine your favourite book is being turned into a film. Who would play the main
characters and why? What would be the main song on the soundtrack? Why?

Book Title:“George's Marvellous Medicine”,

Author:Roald Dahl

Write your ideas below:

Thomas Sangster (as a child) could have played George. He has cute features, he
looks kind and naive.

Emma Thompson could play the grandmother.

Father - Colin Firth

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Mother - Keira Knightley.

Soundtrack - 30 Seconds To Mars - Rescue Me

Activity Page 7
Write a diary entry for one of the characters at an important point in the story.

Book Title: “The Enormous Crocodile”

Author:Roald Dahl

Write your ideas below:

A whole life flashed before the eyes of the enormous crocodile as it flew
through space, among the stars and different planets. He could not understand why
he had not been able to carry out his cunning plans. After all, he had thought of
everything in advance. But every time he did, someone got in the way. He had seen
so many delicious and juicy children everywhere, but he had never been able to eat
any of them.

Yes, his plans were cunning and well thought out, but he never realised that
he had made the biggest mistake at the very beginning, when he had just crawled
out of the river and told everyone he met about his intentions.

Activity Page 8
Create a quiz/crossword/word search based on the book featuring at least ten
questions or words to find.
1. What did the boy do before he asked his sister's boyfriend to tell him a story
and put him to bed?(homework)
2. What story did the boy ask to tell him?(scary, but not too scary)
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3. What stories does the boy consider the best of the scary ones?(stories about
Click-clack the Rattlebag)
4. What is the narrator afraid of?(spiders)
5. What stories does the narrator write?(scary stories)
6. Who are not afraid of the narrator and the boy?(vampires)
7. Who are the best monsters ever?(Click-clacks)
8. What is look like what you aren’t expecting?(Click-clacks)
9. Into which room did the boy drag the narrator?(attic)
10.What did the narrator's girlfriend go to buy?(wine and an Indian takeaway)
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Activity Page 9
Create a new character for the book. Describe them in detail and explain how
they’d fit in to the storyline.

In my opinion, another character in this book could be a detective. Let's imagine

that he knocked on the door of the boarding house with a request to accept him as a
guest. The landlady cannot refuse him, because he is a very persistent and
attractive young man.