4. Playing Pranks (practical jokes)

5. Pair up the bubbles to make practical jokes. - be prepared to explain how the prank works $10 coin $10 coin Toilet seat Toilet seat sugar Salt shaker Computer mouse Cling wrap Cling wrap Tape and a bit of paper Super- glue Super- glue

7. Is there any danger with playing pranks? - what would you need to be careful about? Make sure nobody gets hurt! (feelings matter too)

8. The Twits

9. Read the following quotes from the story and predict what the story will be about. A “It gave her great pleasure to watch him eating worms” B “The next day, to pay Mr. Twit back for the frog trick, Mrs. Twit sneaked out into the garden and dug up some worms.” C “Hey, my spaghetti’s moving!’ cried Mr. Twit, poking around in it with his fork.”

12. Some people have criticized parts of Roald Dahl’s stories for being too mean-spirited and gruesome. - What do you think was ‘gruesome’ about this selection from The Twits ? But Dahl said young people like the gruesome parts of his stories. -What do you think? -Is Dahl’s sense of humour too mean? Or is it just funny?

13. Brainstorm in your groups just funnytoo mean-spirited Now, turn to page 27 of your Guiding Notes -Write least 80 words explaining whether you think Dahl’s sense of humour is just funny or too mean.