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Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory
By Roald Dahl
Title chosen:
Mr Wonka was standing all alone just inside the gates of
the factory. What an extraordinary little man he was! He had a black top hat on his head. He
wore a tail coat made of a beautiful plum-coloured velvet. His trousers were bottle green. His
gloves were pearly grey and in one hand he carried a fine gold-topped walking cane. Covering
his chin, there was a small, neat, pointed black-beard – a goatee. Oh, his eyes – his eyes were
most marvellously bright. They seemed to be sparkling and twinkling at you all the time. The
whole face, in fact, was alight with fun and laughter.
How clever he looked! How quick and sharp and

full of

life! He kept making quick jerky little movements with

his

head, cocking it this way and that, and taking
everything in with those bright twinkling eyes. He
was like a squirrel in the quickness of his
movements, like a quick clever old squirrel from
the park.
Suddenly, he did a funny little skipping dance in the snow and he spread his arms wide
and he smiled at the five children who were clustered near the gates and he called out,
“Welcome,
“Will

my

you

little friends! Welcome to the factory!” His voice was high.
come forward one at a time please,” he called.

Charlie

and the Chocolate Factory
By Roald Dahl

BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEXT:
Who is the author of the text?


Who is the main character of the extract?
Is he the main character of the book?
What type of text is this?
- A description

- Informative

- A biography

GUESSING TIME!
Find the adjectives and names for the different elements of his clothes:

WILLY WONKA’S FACE!
What about his face? What is the description?

Complete the description about Willy Wonka: clever, quick, extraordinary, little, jerky

Willy Wonka is described as a(n)
,
He looks
and he is compared to a squirrel because he is
and
.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
By Roald Dahl
IMAGINE!
Willy Wonka is like the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, remember him?

man.


Using the picture, write your own description in the style of the text
(many adjectives to describe his physical characteristics and
personality and movements!)

ADJECTIVES
ACTIONS
Extraordinary little man
Beautiful plum-coloured
velvet
Bottle green
Pearly grey
Fine gold-topped
Small, neat, pointed

OBJECTS

BODY
character

Tail coat
trousers
gloves
Walking cane
goatee


black-beard
Marvellously bright
Sparkling twinkling
Black
Alight with fun and
laughter
clever
Quick jerky like a squirrel movements
Funny skipping
dance
wide
Spread arms

eyes
Top Hat
face
looked