Wonka World!

We just finished our novel study on Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We all agreed that it is a delicious novel!

As we read the story, the students created a "Secret Book" to record observations on the characters in the story and how they changed throughout the book.
This is an example of a front cover.
Here is the Secret Book (still a work in progress!) The far left column is the name of each of the children in the story. Next to their name is an illustration of how the students visualized the character. The students wrote a paragraph describing how the character changed and then drew a picture of what happened to cause the change. The *secret* was a golden ticket hidden inside one of the folds of the book. (Sorry I didn't take a picture!)

The students recorded their reflections on the novel in a narrative journal. After reading each chapter chorally or in pairs, the students responded to questions and wrote down insights from the book.

We love to display our hard work in the hallway for other students to enjoy. We wrote poems about chocolate after learning about acrostics, diamantes, and haikus. Each student wrote all three kinds of poems about chocolate and chose their favorite to publish.
Looks delicious!
What if Willy Wonka had given away 6 golden tickets instead of 5? Who would have been the sixth ticket winner? Students created characters that could have been included in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They each had an annoying habit and a detailed description of how they found the sixth ticket. Then the students wrote articles and published their stories in our version of The Evening Bulletin.
As a creative writing activity, the students invented a new kind of candy for Wonka's factory. They designed the candy and its packaging, made up a slogan for marketing the candy, and invented a machine to create the candy.
We had a WONDERFULLY WONKALICIOUS time studying Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!