The BFG
by Roald Dahl
The students and I have just completed Roald Dahl's book, The BFG. This was a delightful adventure tale about a little girl named Sophie. Sophie saved the world from the giants who made a delicious habit out of kidnapping and eating little children from all over the world. She couldn't have done this without the help of the Big Friendly Giant.
As a culminating activity for this wonderful read, the students in our class wrote acrostic poems about the tale. Here are just a few.
| Luke wrote: The BFG Tramping around the world blowing dreams into bedrooms. Hiding Sophie in his ear. England is where Sophie was raised. "BFG" Sophie called through the Queens window. Filling his house with whizzpoppers. Giving the giants snozzcumbers.
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Jordan wrote: The BFG The BFG was 50 feet tall and had no knowledge. He lived in a cold cave. Every morning he would go out and catch dreams. BFG lived in Giant Country with nine other giants. Frobscottle made him whizzpop. Giants only got to eat human beans and snozzcumbers.
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| Jozy wrote: The BFG The Big Friendly Giant Hated snozzcumbers, but Enjoyed frobscottle. Big, bad Fleshlumpeater liked to eat human beans. Giants are all different sizes.
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Kelsey wrote: The BFG The Big Friendly Giant kidnapped Sophie from England. He carried her around in his big Ears. The BFG blew whizzpoppers and Sohpie thought they were gross. Frobscottle was a drink that Sophie liked. He Gave Sophie snozzcumbers and she did not like them.
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| Emily wrote: The BFG The Big Friendly Giant had a keen sense of hearing. He finds dreams and puts them in jars, Eats snozzcumbers (and gets sick of them), Becomes a hero Forever, and Goes to capture nine bad giants.
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Zach G. wrote: The BFG The Big Friendly Giant Had a collection of dreams; Enormous, Bottled dreams. He Faced the disgusting giants and Gave them quite a fright.
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Dana wrote: The BFG The Big Friendly Giant. He loved to do whizzpoppers, hated to Eat snozzcumbers, But loved Frobscottle. The BFG was Gentle not like the Fleshlumpeater, Childchewer and the other seven giants.
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Caitlin wrote: The BFG The Big Friendly Giant Has gigantic Ears that can hear the ants and ladybugs Before you can say whizzpoppers. Friendly Sophie sits in the BFG's ear while Going to meet the Queen.
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| Trever wrote: The BFG The Big Friendly Giant Has big ears. Everyone can see him from a mile away. Big Friendly Giant is a Frizzle Giant.
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Sean wrote: The BFG The Big Friendly Giant Hid Sophie in her blanket. Every jar had a label. But nobody knew where giant country was. Frobscottle made the BFG fly like a rocket. Gross snozzcumbers.
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| Erica Rose wrote: The BFG The Friendly Giant got caught by Sophie He had big Ears with a Big tall body. The Friendly giant went to the Queen's Gate with Sophie.
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Kiley wrote: The BFG The BFG is fifty feet tall and very old. He catches dreams and blows them into bedroom windows of children while they are asleep. Enormous ears the size of semi-truck wheel!!!!!!!! Big bottle of Fizz Whizzer (P.S. BIG explosion!) Fast, fast, fast running BFG Good at hiding.
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