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Year 2 Reading Challenge – Summer 1 2023

Mr Carter

Hi Year 2. In Summer 1 we are going to share the story, Fantastic Mr Fox, written by Roald Dahl. Read about him below. 

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Bronze
When was Roald Dahl born?
Where was he born?
Name a book that he wrote.
How old was Roald Dahl when his father died?
How many books did Roald Dahl write?

Silver
Explain why  Roald Dahl had to give up being a pilot. 
What did he choose to do instead?
Did Roald Dahl want to write fiction or information texts?
Find evidence in the text above to prove this. 

Gold
Use your researching skills to find the titles of five of his books. 
Out of the five titles you have found, which one would you like to read? Why?
I would like to read…. because…

GD

Here is the book that we will be reading.
Who is the illustrator of the book above? What does illustrator mean?
What is the blurb? How could this be useful when choosing a book?
Use the internet to find out about the characters in the story. 
Write a character description of Fantastic Mr Fox using expanded noun phrases.

61 responses to “Year 2 Reading Challenge – Summer 1 2023”

  1. Freya S.

    September 13th 1916

  2. Huzaifah J.

    Bronze
    1. Roald Dahl was born on September 13th 1916.
    2. Roald Dahl was born in Wales.
    3. One of the books Roald Dahl wrote was Charlie and the chocolate factory.
    4. Roald’s father died when he was four years old.
    5. Roald Dahl has written a total of 19 books.
    Silver
    1. Roald Dahl had to give up being a pilot because of his injuries in a crash in Egypt.
    2. He decided to move to America and started writing for newspapers and magazines.
    3. Roald Dahl wanted to write fiction books for children.
    4. Roald Dahl loved telling his children bedtime stories and these bedtime stories gave him the ideas for his children’s books. His first published children’s book was James and the giant peach, which was published in 1961.
    Gold
    1. Five of Roald Dahl books:
    Matilda
    Charlie and the chocolate factory
    The twits
    The BFG
    James and the giant peach
    2. I would like to read Charlie and the chocolate factory because I want to find out more about the amazing yummy things in the chocolate factory and if Charlie passes the tests and lives there.
    GD
    1. The illustrator of the book is Quentin Blake. An illustrator draws or creates pictures for a book.
    2. A blurb is a short description of a book that is found on the back cover, this helps to attract the readers into buying the book
    3. The characters in fantastic Mr fox are:
    MR FOX is incredibly clever, smart, understands and speaks many different language and can be overly confident
    MRS FOX is married to Mr Fox and is kind and loyal to her husband. She is also the mother of his flour children. She is a good mother and makes sure that her children are always taken care of. Mrs Fox also cooks all of the food that Mr Fox poaches from the farmers.
    THE SMALL FOXES live in the burrow. The four are eager to help their father, they want to assist him in any way that they can.
    FARMER BOGGIS is a very mean and massively obese chicken farmer. He eats multiple chicken every day, as well as buckets of dumplings. Mr Fox steals from him by sneaking into the chicken coops and getting chickens.
    FARMER BUNCE is an overweight midget farmer, he is intelligent and rich. He raises ducks and geese, and keeps thousands on his land. Farmer Bunce tries to trap Mr Fox in his burrow.
    FARMER BEAN raises turkey and apples on his land, although he cares more for the apples. Farmer Bean is the smartest of the three farmers and he comes up with a plan to trap the fox family. Framer Bean eats no food, instead he eats gallons of hard apple cider which he makes himself.
    BADGER lives under the ground with his family and are affected by the farmers.
    RAT is a mean character that lives in the cellar and drinks Farmer Bean’s apple cider.
    4. Character description of Mr fox
    Intelligent cunning fox
    Long pointy nose
    Thin grey whiskers
    Clever fast fox
    Soft brown fur
    Sharp thin ears

  3. Aiyla S.

    Bronze
    When was Roald Dahl born?
    Road Dahl was born 13th September 1916

    Where was he born?
    He was born in Wales

    Name a book that he wrote.
    Fantastic Mr Fox
    Charlie and the Chocolate factory

    How old was Roald Dahl when his father died?
    Roald Dahl was 4 years old when his father died

    How many books did Roald Dahl write?
    He wrote 19 children’s books.

    Silver

    Explain why Roald Dahl had to give up being a pilot.
    He had a crash in Egypt and was badly injured

    What did he choose to do instead?
    He moved to America and started writing

    Did Roald Dahl want to write fiction or information texts?
    He wanted to write fiction

    Find evidence in the text above to prove this.

    Roald Dahl loved telling his children bedtime stories which gave him the idea for his children’s books.

    Gold
    Use your researching skills to find the titles of five of his books.
    Out of the five titles you have found, which one would you like to read? Why?
    I would like to read…. because…

    1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    2. BFG
    3.Fantastic Mr Fox
    4.Matilda
    5.The Enormous Crocodile

    I would like to read Matilda becuase it’s about a girl who enjoyed learning

  4. Neron O.

    Bronze
    He was born in 13 September 1916
    Wales
    Charlie and the chocolate factory
    He was 4 years
    He wrote 19 books

    Silver
    Because he had a plane crash
    He started writing books
    He wanted to write fiction books and information texts
    He liked telling bedtime stories and most of his books were made into films

  5. Huzaifa S.

    (Bronze)

    1) Roald Dahl was born on September 13th 1916.
    2) Roald Dahl was born in Wales.
    3) Fantastic Mr Fox
    4) Roald Dahl was 4 years old when his father died.
    5) Roald Dahl wrote 19 books.

    (Silver)

    1) Roald Dahl had to give up being a pilot because during the second world war his plane got crashed and he was badly injured.

    2) Roald Dahl choses to go to other countries instead.

    3) First, Roald Dahl started off writing texts for newspapers and magazines. He then moved on to write fiction books.

    The evidence to prove this in the story is where Mr Roald Dah loved telling his children the bedtime stories.

  6. Orevaoghene O.

    September 13th 1916
    Wales
    Fantastic Mr fox
    Four years old
    Six

  7. Sanya S.

    Bronze:
    Roald Dahl was born September 13 1916
    Roald Dahl was born in wales
    He was 4
    He wrote 19

  8. Zakariyah A.

    The illustrator is Quentin Blake.the illustrator draws the pictures.The blurb is the front cover. It is useful when choosing a book because it tells you what the story or book is about.
    Fantastic Mr Fox is very clever and cunning and he uses very clever ways to trick food from the three mean,horrible,nasty farmers .

  9. Warizah I.

    Bronze challenge
    Roald dhal was born on 13th September 1916
    He was born in Wales
    Fantastic MR FOX
    He was 4 years old
    He wrote 19 books
    Silver challenge
    Because his plane crashed in Egypt
    He wanted to travel other countries
    He wanted to write fiction books
    he loved telling bedtime stories and most of his books was made into films.
    Gold challenge
    Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
    James And The Giant Peach
    Fantastic Mr Fox
    Matilda
    The magic finger

  10. Manuela M.

    Bronze
    13th September 1916
    Wales
    Giant peach
    4 years old
    19 books
    Silver
    Because he was badly injured
    He decided to write books
    He wanted to write fiction books.
    He loved telling his children bedtime stories.
    Gold
    Fantastic Mr Fox
    The Giant Peach
    Matilda
    The magic fingers
    Charlie and the chocolate factory
    I would like to read Fantastic Mr Fox because it’s a very interesting story and I like foxes.

  11. Iqra A.

    Bronze
    When was Roald Dahl born?
    A: Roald Dahl was born in September 13th 1916.
    Where was he born?
    A: He was born in Wales.
    Name a book that he wrote.
    A: He wrote a book called the fantastic fox.
    How old was Roald Dahl when his father died?
    A:When he was 4 year old his father died.
    How many books did Roald Dahl write?
    A: He wrote 19 children book’s.

    Silver
    Explain why Roald Dahl had to give up being a pilot.
    A: Roald Dahl had to give up being a pilot because when he flying his in world war ll he crashed his plane and he got badly injured.
    What did he choose to do instead?
    A: He choose to go to other countries instead.
    Did Roald Dahl want to write fiction or
    information texts?
    A:Roald Dahl want to write fiction books.
    Find evidence in the text above to prove this.
    A: He wrote stories for the newspaper.

  12. Roshaan K.

    Roshaan has completed reading challenge and noted. Thanks!

  13. Shayan S.

    Bronze
    Roald Dahl was born at September 13th 1916.
    He was born in Wales.
    Fantastic MR FOX
    His father died when he was 4 years old.
    He wrote 19 books

    Silver
    Because his plane crashed in Egypt.
    He wanted to travel around the world and he decided to write books.
    He wanted to write fiction books.
    he loved telling bedtime stories and most of his books was made into films.

    Gold
    Fantastic MR FOX
    The BFG
    James and the giant peach
    The Witches
    Matilda

  14. Salman O.

    Bronze:
    When was Roald Dahl born?
    He was born on September 13th 1916
    Where was he born?
    He was born in Wales.
    Name a book that he wrote.
    James and the Giant Peach
    How old was Roald Dahl when his father died?
    He was four years old
    How many books did Roald Dahl write?
    He wrote 19 children’s books

    Silver
    Explain why Roald Dahl had to give up being a pilot.
    Because he was badly injured
    What did he choose to do instead?
    He started writing newspapers
    Did Roald Dahl want to write fiction or information texts?
    He wanted to write fiction sotries.
    Find evidence in the text above to prove this.
    He loved telling bedtime stories.

  15. Kayla P.

    Bronze Challenge:

    When was Roald Dahl born?
    Roald Dahl was born on September 13th 1916

    Where was he born?
    He was born in Wales

    Name a book that he wrote.
    He wrote James and the Giant Peach

    How old was Roald Dahl when his father died?
    He was 4 years old when his father died.

    How many books did Roald Dahl write?
    He wrote 19 books.

    Silver Challenge:

    Explain why Roald Dahl had to give up being a pilot.
    Because he had a plane crash in Egypt and was badly injured.

    What did he choose to do instead?
    He moved to America and started to write.

    Did Roald Dahl want to write fiction or information texts?

    At first he stated off writing information texts for newspaper and magazines. He then started to write fiction books.

    Find evidence in the text above to prove this.

    The evidence from the text is that when he first started he started to write stories for newspaper and magazines which suggests this is information texts. But then he used to love telling bedtime stories to his children which gave him the idea to write his own children fiction books.

    Gold Challenge:

    Use your researching skills to find the titles of five of his books.

    Five of his books are:

    Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
    James And The Giant Peach
    Fantastic Mr Fox
    George’s Marvellous Medicine
    The Enormous Crocodile

    Out of the five titles you have found, which one would you like to read? Why?

    I would like to read Charlie And The Chocolate Factory because it is about Chocolate and I love eating Chocolate

  16. Hassanati H.

    done

  17. Haris S.

    Gold one of his books is james and. the giant

  18. Esa I.

    Bronze
    was born September 13th 1916.
    He was born in Wales.
    He wrote chitty chatty bang bang.
    Roald Dahl was 4years old when his father died.
    He wrote 19 children book.
    ———————————————

  19. Khadija B.

    Bronze
    When was Roald Dahl born? september 13th 1916
    Where was he born?wales
    Name a book that he wrote.matilda
    How old was Roald Dahl when his father died?4
    How many books did Roald Dahl write?19

    Silver
    Explain why Roald Dahl had to give up being a pilot. because he got badly injured in a crash
    What did he choose to do instead? write books
    Did Roald Dahl want to write fiction or information texts? information texts
    Find evidence in the text above to prove this. “he didn’t want to write children’s books, instead he wrote stories for newspapers and magazines”

  20. Elgin A.

    Sliver Challenge:
    He had to give up being a pilot because he had a crash in Egypt , which he started to write magazines at first which were information texts , but after he had children he read them bedtime stories which inspired him to write his own stories .
    Gold challenge:
    -The BFG
    -The twits
    -The magic finger
    -Maltida
    – Fantastic Mr Fox
    I would like to read the most The BFG because I find learning about giants interesting since we already know a bit when we learned about jack and the beanstalk , so I think it would be fun . And also he is a nice giant .

  21. Maryam K.

    Roald Dahl was born in September 13th 1916
    He was born in Wales
    A book he wrote was Fantastic Mr Fox
    He was 4 years old when his father died
    He wrote 19 books

    Silver
    He gave up being a pilat because in the second world war he was badly injured.
    He chose to be a writer in America
    He wanted to write information texts .

  22. Hudaa M.

    GD
    1.Quentin Blake
    2. An illustrator means a person writing the pg.
    3. A blurb is a spoiler of the story to tell you a little bit of the story.
    4. A blurb is useful because it can tell you about the story.
    5. Small,little foxes.
    Fat, ugly boggis.
    Mean, tall bean.
    Short, mean bunce.

  23. Nichollas B.

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    Hi Year 2. In Summer 1 we are going to share the story, Fantastic Mr Fox, written by Roald Dahl. Read about him below.

    Roald-Dahl-text
    Bronze
    When was Roald Dahl born?
    Where was he born?
    Name a book that he wrote.
    How old was Roald Dahl when his father died?
    How many books did Roald Dahl write?

    Silver
    Explain why Roald Dahl had to give up being a pilot.
    What did he choose to do instead?
    Did Roald Dahl want to write fiction or information texts?
    Find evidence in the text above to prove this.

    Gold
    Use your researching skills to find the titles of five of his books.
    Out of the five titles you have found, which one would you like to read? Why?
    I would like to read…. because…

    GD

    Here is the book that we will be reading.
    Who is the illustrator of the book above? What does illustrator mean?
    What is the blurb? How could this be useful when choosing a book?
    Use the internet to find out about the characters in the story.
    Write a character description of Fantastic Mr Fox using expanded noun phrases.

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    Muhammed I.
    22/04/2023 / 12:21 PM
    REPLY
    Bronze
    Roald dahl was born on September 13 1916.
    He was born in wales.
    One book that he wrote was The BFG.
    His father died when he was 4.
    He wrote 19 books.

    Zenat N.
    22/04/2023 / 8:46 AM
    REPLY
    Bronze
    When was Roald Dahl born?
    13 September 1916
    Where was he born?
    Wales
    Name a book that he wrote.
    He wrote fantastic mr fox
    How old was Roald Dahl when his father died?
    4years
    How many books did Roald Dahl write?
    He wrote 19 children’s book

    Done by Hasnaa,Shaheer

    Bilal U.
    21/04/2023 / 4:52 PM
    REPLY
    Bronze
    Roald dhal was born 13th September 1916.
    He was born in wales.
    He wrote Fantastic mr fox.
    His father died when he was 4 years old.
    Roald dhal wrote 19 children’s books.

    Silver
    Roald dhal had to give up being pilot because he was seriously injured in a plane crash in Egypt.
    He chose to do writing newspapers and magazines.
    Roald dhal wanted to write fiction and non fiction and information texts.

    Gold
    I would like to read Fantastic mr fox because the front cover looks interesting and colourful.

    GD challenge
    The illustrator of the book is Quentin blake.
    Illustrator means somebody who wrote the pictures of the book.
    The blurb is the paragraph at the back of the book. It tells a little bit about the book.
    Mr fox lives in a burrow and he goes on long big adventures around the world. He also can speak different animal languages. He is furry, clever and smart because his name is fantastic mr fox.
    He has a genius characteristic and he uses it to steal food from the nasty evil farmers to feed his own family of foxes and all the other animals who are in the woods.

    Bronze
    Roald Dahl was born on September 13th 1916.
    He was born in Wales.
    Fantastic Mr Fox.
    Roald Dahl was four years old when his dad died.
    He wrote 19 children’s books.
    Silver
    because, in the second world war and he was badly injured in a crash in Egypt.
    He moved to America and started writing.
    Yes
    He wrote stories for news papers and magazines

  24. Muhammed I.

    Bronze
    Roald dahl was born on September 13 1916.
    He was born in wales.
    One book that he wrote was The BFG.
    His father died when he was 4.
    He wrote 19 books.

  25. Zenat N.

    Bronze
    When was Roald Dahl born?
    13 September 1916
    Where was he born?
    Wales
    Name a book that he wrote.
    He wrote fantastic mr fox
    How old was Roald Dahl when his father died?
    4years
    How many books did Roald Dahl write?
    He wrote 19 children’s book

    Done by Hasnaa,Shaheer

    1. Nichollas B.

      Bronze
      Roald Dahl was born on September 13th 1916.
      He was born in Wales.
      Fantastic Mr Fox.
      Roald Dahl was four years old when his dad died.
      He wrote 19 children’s books.
      Silver
      because, in the second world war and he was badly injured in a crash in Egypt.
      He moved to America and started writing.
      Yes
      He wrote stories for news papers and magazines

  26. Bilal U.

    Bronze
    Roald dhal was born 13th September 1916.
    He was born in wales.
    He wrote Fantastic mr fox.
    His father died when he was 4 years old.
    Roald dhal wrote 19 children’s books.

    Silver
    Roald dhal had to give up being pilot because he was seriously injured in a plane crash in Egypt.
    He chose to do writing newspapers and magazines.
    Roald dhal wanted to write fiction and non fiction and information texts.

    Gold
    I would like to read Fantastic mr fox because the front cover looks interesting and colourful.

    GD challenge
    The illustrator of the book is Quentin blake.
    Illustrator means somebody who wrote the pictures of the book.
    The blurb is the paragraph at the back of the book. It tells a little bit about the book.
    Mr fox lives in a burrow and he goes on long big adventures around the world. He also can speak different animal languages. He is furry, clever and smart because his name is fantastic mr fox.
    He has a genius characteristic and he uses it to steal food from the nasty evil farmers to feed his own family of foxes and all the other animals who are in the woods.

  27. Dhonshan R.

    Bronze
    Roald Dahl was born on September 13th 1916.
    He was born in Wales.
    Fantastic Mr Fox.
    Roald Dahl was four years old when his dad died.
    He wrote 19 children’s books.
    Silver
    because, in the second world war and he was badly injured in a crash in Egypt.
    He moved to America and started writing.
    Yes
    He wrote stories for news papers and magazines.
    Gold
    I like you
    Matilda
    Charlie and the chocolate factory
    Winnie-the-pooh: Winnie-the-pooh
    How to catch easter bunny.
    I would like to read ”I like you” because meaningful heading.
    `

  28. Dhonshan R.

    Bronze
    Roald Dahl was born on September 13th 1916.
    He was born in Wales.
    Fantastic Mr Fox.
    Roald Dahl was four years old when his dad died.
    He wrote 19 children’s books.
    Silver
    because, in the second world war and he was badly injured in a crash in Egypt.
    `

  29. Nabira M.

    Bronze
    Roald Dahl was born on 13 September 1916.
    Roald Dahl was born in Wales.
    He wrote fantastic Mr fox 🦊.
    Roald Dahl was 4 years old when his father died.
    He wrote 19 books in his Lifetime.

  30. Amina I.

    Bronze
    Roald Dahl was born on 13 September 1916.
    Roald Dahl was born in Wales.
    Fantastic Mr Fox he wrote.
    Roald Dahl was 4 years old when his father died.
    He wrote 19 books in total.

    Silver
    Roald Dahl had a pilot injury in Egypt so that is why he moved America.
    Roald Dahl chose to be a writer.
    He wrote information text first. This is because he wrote magazines and news paper.

    I would like to read Fantastic Mr Fox because it is funny and made me laugh.

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