Writting in the style of Roald Dahl

To complete our study of the significant author Roald Dahl, we have planned and written our own stories in the style of Roald Dahl. We discussed Roald's style and decided on some writing tips. We decided that Dahl's books were popular because:

• they make you laugh
• they make you squirm
• they keep you enthralled
• they make you think
• they hook the reader
• they make you suspicious

We also noted the different ways in which Dahl started his stories - did he get straight into the action like in the BFG or did he introduce the characters like in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

We also discussed how Dahl's stories were full of DAD - Description, action and dialogue.

We tried to use as many Dahl-like features in our stories as possible and we have done very well.

We also put into practise what we have been learning about punctuating dialogue and writing complex sentences. What a lot we had to think about!

Here are some extracts from our stories-

Humphrey wandered around until he heard a thumping sound. It was coming nearer and nearer every second, Humphrey was terrified. Now he could hear tiny voices getting louder and louder chanting, "hup, two, three, four'' repeating it again and again and again. Quickly he raced behind a tree but it was too late they, whoever ''they" were, had spotted him! like a bolt of lightning, he hid fully behind the tree then, gradually peered round just to find ...hamsters!

By Alanah

The evil twins put a slimy worm under the nice twins pillow but what was going to happen in the morning when the twins find out? "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! Get it off! Get it off!" screamed Casey. "It's going in my hair"

"I have one too," yelled Kirsty. "Get it out, get it out! I smell the work of the Tweevils here!"

By Lucie