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Danny the Champion of the World Classroom Questions
Danny the Champion of the World Classroom Questions
Danny the Champion of the World Classroom Questions
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Scene by Scene Classroom Questions are essential resources for teachers, designed to save time and lead to rewarding classroom experiences. The guides are broken down by scene or chapter to complement the text they accompany. These guides provide a clear list of questions for every stage of teaching the text. Classroom Questions guides contain b

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Release dateJan 20, 2017
ISBN9781910949665
Danny the Champion of the World Classroom Questions

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    Danny the Champion of the World Classroom Questions - Amy Farrell

    Chapter One

    ‘The Filling Station’

    Summary

    The narrator’s mother died when he was four months old. Since then, he has lived with his father in their old gipsy caravan behind their filling station.

    The narrator’s father lavished him with love and he was a happy, healthy child.

    The filling station is small, with two pumps, a wooden shed for an office and a fine workshop for repairing cars.

    They live in a real old gipsy wagon without electricity, and are very content there.

    Questions

    1. Why does the narrator live alone with his father?

    2. Where does the narrator live?

    3. What are your first impressions of the narrator’s father? Explain your point of view.

    4. Describe the filling station.

    5. Describe the gipsy caravan where they live. Would you like to live in a real gipsy caravan like this?

    6. Why is there no electricity in the caravan?

    7. How do they get their light and heat?

    8. How does the narrator have a bath?

    Does this sound pleasant to you?

    9. What is a lavatory?

    Where is their lavatory?

    What do you think of this?

    10. What makes thumping noises on the caravan roof sometimes?

    11. Is the narrator happy, living in the caravan?

    12. Do they sound like a happy family to you?

    Chapter Two

    ‘The Big Friendly Giant’

    Summary

    The narrator thinks that his father was the most exciting and marvellous father that any boy ever had.

    His father smiles with his eyes, not his mouth, and is a wonderful storyteller, making up bedtime stories every night.

    One story, that went on for at least fifty nights, was about The Big Friendly Giant and his magic powders.

    Danny asks his father if he has ever seen The BFG. His father tells him that he has only seen him once.

    Questions

    1. What opinion does the narrator have of his father?

    2. What makes his father appear serious?

    3. The narrator calls his father a marvellous story-teller.

    What makes him say this?

    What does this tell you about the speaker’s father?

    4. Have you heard of The BFG before?

    Give details if you have.

    5. What does his father do, as

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