Charlie and the Chocolate Factory unit based on the book by Roald Dahl
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own children as needed. If you are using the curriculum in a multiple-family co-op group or a school class, you will
need to purchase the Classroom version of the curriculum.
While you can modify it to be used with other versions, this literature unit is meant to be used with the original
version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory is a novel by Roald Dahl. The story was inspired by Roald’s experience of
chocolate companies during his school days. Cadbury and Rowntree’s were England’s two largest chocolate makers, both
trying to steal trade secrets by sending spies into each other’s companies. This story tells of a poor boy named
Charlie who wins a golden ticket that enables him to visit Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory with four other children
from around the world. Wonka’s factory had been closed for 15 years prior to the public so this new tour was an
exciting event!
Inside the factory Charlie finds strange fantastical rooms, including a chocolate-mixing room that looks like a huge
garden, where everything is made of candy! “Accidents” happen to the other children as they progress through the
factory tour, leaving Charlie the only child left. But don’t worry, Wonka has a fun surprise for Charlie at the end of
the tour!
Cover image has been updated to read "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"
Each unit study contains educational lessons, activities and a fun lap book that your students will work on as they
progress through the book. They also include book reports, vocabulary, critical thinking, story time lines, and
comprehension. These studies are geared towards grades Kindergarten-4th, but can probably be adapted for older
students as well. I really designed these units to be a fun addition to reading the classics.
I designed the units to give students something fun to do along with the stories to help them remember what they’ve
learned in a fun hands-on way. The lap books included are wonderful for reviewing subject matter, and a great creative
interactive homeschooling tool.
In this unit students will create do a chocolate taste test, do some chocolate math, learn new vocabulary words, and
do a character analysis.
They’ll also make a fun chocolate bites recipe, write a few lines of their own version of the Oompa Loompa’s song,
and design their dream candy along with a recipe, and any unique features they can think of! They’ll also learn quite
a few valuable character traits along the way!
The units also include forms for predicting story plots, character analysis, identifying the protagonist and
antagonist, a story timeline, and a final book report on the novel.
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