Hey girls,
One of the novels that I have just currently finished reading is Matilda by Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl is an fantasic author, and the highlight of my primary schooling years, was to race through the library and grab any of the books that I hadn't read yet.
Matilda of course is about a girl who is exceptionally bright and loves to read books. She also overcomes many obstacles throughout her journey. It is evident throughout this book that Dahl follows a typical narrative structure. In the beginning chapters the readers are introduced to the characters, which is the orientation. The story is further developed when the readers are introduced to the mean headmaster, as well as discovering that Matilda has supernatural powers. (problem & climax) Matilda and her favourite teacher end up resloving the situation which leds to a happy ending of the story. Due to this novel having a typical narrative structure, it could be used as a teaching resource, to aid students follow this structure.
Another thing that I noticed about this novel, was that it was very easy to read, and also included short sentences. Roald Dahl books allow students to challenge themselves, as some of the books that he has written are very easy for students but then others challenge the students. A good way to see if the book is too hard for the child is to get them to read one or two pages of the book, and if they make heaps of mistakes then the book is clearly to hard to the student to read individually.
His books also include short paragraphs and pictures, which I think is a wonderfuly writting technique. By having short paragraphs and pictures within the novel, will keep the reader engaged and it will make them feel like they are not just continously reading one big paragraph at a time.
This is the actual website for Roald Dahl and it also has some teaching notes too, so I suggest that you check this website out.
http://www.roalddahl.com/
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