Boy - Medium Term Plan

This medium-term English teaching plan is centred around Roald Dahl's autobiographical work "Boy," providing a comprehensive set of activities that delve into the author's childhood tales. The plan comprises a series of ten lessons, each equipped with PowerPoint presentations and worksheets to facilitate learning. The first lesson introduces the concept of an autobiography, encouraging students to create a Roald Dahl spider diagram and complete a fact file based on the information gleaned from his biography and a video clip. The subsequent lesson shifts focus to family trees, with students examining examples before constructing Roald Dahl's family tree and later creating their own as homework.

As the plan unfolds, students explore a variety of themes and skills. In one lesson, they engage with synonyms and create their own sweet story inspired by Dahl's 'Thwaites sweets stories', followed by a session where they critically assess their peers' narratives. Another lesson has them studying the features of drama scripts, comparing them to prose, and performing their dramatisations of 'The Great Mouse Plot'. The plan also includes activities such as designing a holiday brochure for Norway, based on Dahl's experiences, and writing letters home from the perspective of a young Dahl on his first day at school. The unit culminates with students discussing their favourite episodes from "Boy," revisiting the conventions of autobiography, and writing their own autobiographical accounts, some of which are shared aloud with the class.