Monthly Archives: February 2013

About Roald Dahl

About Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl wrote in a brick hut made especially for him.
He wrote on yellow paper with a pen.
He had a goat called Elmer.
He didn’t like cats but he loved dogs and birds and goats.
He was a hurricane pilot in World War II.
His favourite colour with yellow.
He loved chocolate but didn’t like chocolate cake.
Got the idea for Charlie and the chocolate factory when the chocolate factory Cadburys asked his class to test the new chocolate’s that they’ve made.
His motto was: My candle burns at both end
It will not last night
But ah my foes and oh my friends
It gives a lovely light.

Making My Peach

Making My Peach

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Stuff you will need to make my Peach:

Papier mache (need to mix flour and water together).
One balloon (try to make it round).
A place to work on.
Some torn up newspaper.
To make my giant Peach first I got a balloon and we blew it up and we tried to make it into a sphere after that I made some papier mache. I then covered the balloon with papier mache and left it to dry. While it was trying I made the animals out of air drying clay. It was very hard because, by the time we got to the last animal the clay had nearly dried. So we had to act quick. When the Peach was dry we painted it by mixing red and yellow paint together. At the same time we painted the animals. Once they were dry we added the details onto them. When they were dry we stuck them on to the Peach but the grasshopper and the worm and the centipede wouldn’t stay on the Peach so we had to use masking tape to hold them up.

My Roald Dahl Project.

My Roald Dahl Project.

For my Roald Dahl project I chose James and the giant Peach. James and the giant Peach is about a little boy, who lives with his two aunts. The book is very funny but very sad at the same time. James’s parents get eaten by a rhinoceros on the loose. He had to go and live with his aunts. His aunts always referred to him as, you little beast or you spoilt little brat. He lived with his two aunts on the top of a big hill. The house was surrounded by a fence, so he never had any friends to play with.

Why I Made The Peach.

I made the Peach because it would be very simple. It would also be fun, and I wanted an excuse, to get the papier mache out. Things that use Papier mache are always very fun, that is why I have used Papier mache for my Peach.