CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST

BOY (KINDERGARTEN)

1. What happened to Dahl’s family in 1920? Would this have likely happened today? Explain.
2. How did Dahl’s mother respond to that incident?
3. How did Dahl get to kindergarten?

BOY (PAPA AND MAMA)

1. On page 11, Dahl discusses how both his grandfather and father were much older when they became a father. How would it feel to have your father/grandfather so much older than you? Do you think it would be good or bad? Why?

2. What “ingenious instrument” did Dahl’s father invent? Why?
3. What is a shipbroker?
4. What significant event happened to Dahl’s father after moving to Cardiff?
5. What are the “glorious walks” Dahl’s father insisted on having?

FILM GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

FILM

VALENTINE'S DAY

BOY BY ROALD DAHL