Books

The Roald Dahl Omnibus

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Information

• First editions:
  • Dorset Press, 1986, U.S.A.
• Contains:
  • "B***h"
  • "Dip in the Pool"
  • "Edward the Conqueror"
  • "Galloping Foxley"
  • "Genesis and Catastrophe"
  • "Georgy Porgy"
  • "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • "Man From the South"
  • "Mr. Feasey"
  • "Mr. Hoddy"
  • "Neck"
  • "Nunc Dimittis"
  • "Pig"
  • "Poison"
  • "Royal Jelly"
  • "Rummins"
  • "Skin"
  • "Taste"
  • "The Champion of the World"
  • "The Great Automatic Grammatizator"
  • "The Great Switcheroo"
  • "The Landlady"
  • "The Last Act"
  • "The Ratcatcher"
  • "The Soldier"
  • "The Way Up to Heaven"
  • "The Wish"
  • "William and Mary"

Teaser

"Ever since his stories first appeared, people have been telling and retelling each other Roald Dahl's sometimes shocking and always unpredictable plots. Dahl's stories are a brilliant and bizarre assortment of terror–tinted gems, polished by a master and set together to mesmerize the fearless and freeze the marrow of the innocent. Bawdy, funny, touching, and downright outrageous, there's simply no one else like Roald Dahl. This volume collects 28 classic stories selected from Switch B***h, Kiss, Kiss, and Someone Like You – perfect bedtime stories for sleepless nights from one of the world's best–loved writers for adults and children."

Teacher Resources

• "Dip in the Pool"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
  • Additional Classroom Question
    • Suggested question to tack on the end of Jocelyn Allen's Classroom Activities
• "Galloping Foxley"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • Wide Reading Coursework
    • Various activities that involve comparing this story to Thomas Hardy's "The Withered Arm", Charles Dickens's "The Signalman", and Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Speckled Band"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a reading jigsaw, ranking features of the perfect murder, and vocabulary matching task
• "Pig"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a range of reading tasks, divided into story sections
• "Poison"
  • Online Games
    • Online matching, concentration, and flash card games with concepts from the book
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes vocabulary, plot summary, and creative writing
• "Taste"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
  • Classroom Ideas
    • Includes some ideas for teaching grammar
• "The Landlady"
  • Exploring Foreshadowing Through Letter Writing
    • A letter writing activity exploring foreshadowing based on the story
  • Online Crossword Puzzle
    • Online puzzle focussing on word definitions, synonyms, and antonyms
  • Foreshadowing and Dramatic Irony
    • Includes several activities, links, and handouts
  • Writing Letters-to-the-Editor
    • Includes ideas for learning to write letters based on the story
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a making your own story exercise (using extracts from Dahl's story) and questions
• "The Way Up to Heaven"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story
• "The Wish"
  • Classroom Activities
    • Includes a number of questions and exercises pertaining to the story