Roald Dahl’s The Witches

Activities
A. Getting ready A2

1. First put these words in the right place on the picture.

pointed hat ● crooked nose ● black cloak ● broomstick

Black cloak
Pointed hat.

Crooked nose

Broomstick

2. Tick the right box.

Witches are in schools fairy tales gardening books science magazines

3. Now write a short presentation of witches.

Help box.
Verbs: have ● wear ● fly on ● look ● make...
Adjectives: scary ● spooky ● frightening ● ugly ● black ● dangerous ● ridiculous ● silly...

In witches have
They
They don't look totally like witches, because they are not like the scary images of witches that we have in our
heads, they are not ugly, not black and spooky, not frightening. They are not flying on a broomstick; they are
not wearing a black cloak. But the only weird thing is that the witch in the middle is wearing a kind of a
pointed hat. But usually, they are not looking too scary but silly except the witch in the middle.
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B. Listening
Listen and tick the words you hear.

silly dangerous ridiculous broomsticks dresses hats coats

cloaks fairy tales real ordinary extraordinary

C. Reading.
C.1.a. Read from “A young boy” to “catch” and finish these sentences.

The Witches is a story by Roald Dahl's.

Now there’s a new film adaptation.

The book and the film are about a young boy comes to face with real witches.

b. True or false?
True False
1. Roald Dahl’s witches wear distinctive clothes.
2. They don’t have special jobs.
3. Their houses are remarkable.
4. They’re ordinary women.
5. They pretend to be ordinary women.
6. Catching a witch is easy

2. Read the article to the end. Who are they?

This the Hero Boy

with his grandmother.
3. How to recognise witches. Tick what they have.

a. b. c.

d. e. f.

4. Are real witches good or bad?

I know they’re very bad
because they hate children and want to kill them.
5. a. Who are these mice?

The children who have been transformed to mice by the witches.

a. What happened to them?

These children ate from the witches sweet who transform children into
mice.

D. Imagine you want to stop the witches. Make a poster to

tell children to be careful.

Dangerous!!!
The children are in an extremely danger, with these witches outside, the children
aren’t totally safe. Take car, this is how to recognize witches: witches always wear
gloves to hide their long claws, they are bald, so they wear wigs, they have square
feet with no toes, they camouflage their feet with uncomfortable shoes, and they
have extra-large nostrils.
If you recognize one, do not hesitate, watch her and call the police until he come
and catch here.
This is an emergency, these witches are extremely dangerous, they want to kill our
innocent children.