charlie and the chocolate factory book review template

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Title: charlie and the chocolate factory, author: roald dahl, what's the book about.

The book is about a boy called Charlie. His family is very poor – they don't have much money and they don't have much food.

There is a chocolate factory near Charlie's house. It is Willy Wonka's factory. Willy Wonka invites five children to visit the chocolate factory. The factory is amazing! One child wins a very special prize. Is Charlie the winner?

My favourite character

My favourite character is Charlie because he is very kind. I don't like the other children because they are horrible!

My opinion of the book

This book is great! I love the incredible chocolates and sweets in the factory.

Words to describe the book

• interesting

Star rating

I give Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 5 stars.

5 stars = Fantastic! 4 stars = Very good! 3 stars = OK 2 stars = Bad 1 star = Terrible!

Review by: Gabrielle (age 12)

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources Author: Roald Dahl

This page contains Charlie and the Chocolate Factory lesson plans, teaching resources, and fun student projects.

Above: Examples of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory projects that you can find on this page.

Below you will find short descriptions for the 4 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that are found on my website.

If you click on the underlined links at the bottom of each box , you will be taken to the area on the page that shows larger pictures of the project, banner , and the other worksheets that are included in each resource set.

1. Factory Group Project

Willy wonka's chocolate factory group project.

Your students will love completing this extra large and scrumdiddlyumptious group project together!

For this project, students work together to write descriptions and draw pictures about what happens to the four naughty children in the following factory rooms:

• Augustus Gloop: Chocolate Room
• Violet Beauregarde: Invention Room
• Veruca Salt: Nut Room
• Mike Teavee: TV Room

Students also write descriptions and draw pictures for the these characters:

Willy Wonka Charlie Bucket Oompa Loompas

These finished Willy Wonka projects measure 22 x 20 inches and they will make a dynamic and eye-catching display in your classroom or hallway.

Click below for more information about: Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory Group Project

2. Character Body Projects

Templates and Instructions For Creating 8 Character Projects

Your students will love creating large character body projects for these 8 characters:

• Willy Wonka
• Charlie Bucket
• Augustus Gloop
• Veruca Salt
• Violet Beauregarde
• Mike Teavee
• Grandpa Joe
• Oompa Loompa

Students use the directions sheet to fold and cut out a body for their characters.

Then, students customize their projects by designing their own heads, hands, and feet for their characters.

Students write about their characters inside the vest area and they glue descriptive adjectives on the character's arms, legs, and pants/skirt.

Click below for more information about: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 8 Character Body Projects

3. Wanted Posters

Templates For Creating Wanted Posters For 13 Characters

Students love creating wanted posters featuring characters from their favorite books.

This Charlie and the Chocolate Factory resource set contains Wanted Posters for these 13 characters from the story:

• Veruca Salt,
• Oompa - Loompa,
• Mrs. Bucket
• Grandma Josephine,
• Grandpa George
• Grandma Georgina.

Click below for more information about: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 13 Wanted Posters

4. Character Wheel

Templates For Creating a Wheel of 8 Characters

When this character wheel is assembled together, the project measures 16 inches by 16 inches .

Students write character description on the lined areas and draw pictures of the characters in the triangle areas.

These character wheels look impressive when the 8 wheel sections are glued together to form a circle. The assembled projects will make an eye-catching display inside your classroom!

The 8 characters that are featured in this wheel are:

• Violet Beauregarde,
• Oompa - Loompa

Click below for more information about: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Character Wheel

Keep scrolling this page to read a summary of the book and to view detailed descriptions and larger pictures for these projects.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Book Review

An extra large cooperative group project based on charlie and the chocolate factory.

My students love completing this fun group project together!

Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory Group Project Author: Roald Dahl

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This set of teaching resources includes two different bulletin board display banners:

This 5 page banner is included for free in this set of teaching resources.

This second banner is also included in this resource set.

• Mike Teavee: Television Room
• Oompa-Loompas

This Charlie and the Chocolate Factory group project display is from Lisa's Grade 4 classroom in Connecticut.

Below are examples of the four first draft worksheets.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Group Project: First Draft Worksheets

Below is an example of the assembling directions worksheets.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Assembling Directions Worksheet Pages 1 and 2 (Page 3 is not shown)

Below: There are specific directions written on the actual chocolate factory templates that show students where to cut and glue .

Example of assembling directions printed on the factory template worksheets.

Below are examples of the 10 chocolate factory templates . Due to the small size of the text, I removed the assembling directions that are written on these templates for this photograph example. On the actual factory templates, there are assembling directions written on the worksheets (see the photograph above for an example).

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Lesson Plans: 10 Factory Templates

Example of the 10 Factory Templates Assembled Together

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Group Project: Grading Rubric

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Color Factory Templates

Above : These 2 banners are included for free in this set of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory teaching resources.

Bulletin Board Display Accent Pieces

Above : My students show off their finished Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory group project.

Behind my students is a bulletin board display of their character body projects. These character body book report projects are available for purchase below .

8 Character Body Book Report Projects:

Willy wonka, charlie bucket, augustus gloop, veruca salt, violet beauregarde, mike teavee, grandpa joe, and an oompa loompa.

This 5 page banner is included for free in this set of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory teaching resources.

8 Character Body Projects For Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Author: Roald Dahl

This set of lesson plans includes teaching resources to make character body book reports for these 8 Roald Dahl characters : Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket, Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teavee, Grandpa Joe, and an Oompa Loompa

Click on the Add to Cart button above to purchase this set of teaching resources. You will be emailed a download link for this resource set so you can download and use it today !

Above: Classroom Display of Students Finished Character Projects Violet Beauregarde, Grandpa Jo, Veruca Salt, Mike Teevee

Above : Classroom Bulletin Board Display of Character Body Book Reports Note : The above examples are from a variety of different Roald Dahl books.

• For Willy Wonka , students explain why he decided to have his contest and why he gave his chocolate factory to Charlie at the end of the story.
• For Charlie Bucket , students describe his family, home, and how Charlie found the last Golden Ticket.
• For Grandpa Joe , students describe how he demonstrated that he cared about his grandson.
• For Augustus Gloop , students write a character description and explain how he found the first Golden Ticket.
• For Violet Beauregarde , students explain how Violet can improve her attitude, behavior, and actions.
• For the Oompa Loompa , students explain where Oompa-Loompas came from, what they look like, and why they now live in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.
• Directions for how to assemble the character body projects (2 pages)
• Directions for gluing the templates onto the character's body (1 page)
• First draft writing worksheets (3 pages)
• Final draft creative writing templates (3 pages)
• Group project grading rubric worksheet (1 page)

1. Assembling Directions (2 Pages)

• The character's body has a vest that opens up to show the shirt area, where students glue their longer writing sections .
• On the outside of the vest , students glue the pocket , which contains the character's name.
• There are 10 adjective boxes that are glued on the character's arms, pants, skirt, or legs.

Assembling Directions Worksheet For Willy Wonka Character Project The other 7 characters' worksheets are not shown.

2. Directions For Gluing Templates Onto the Character's Body

Gluing Directions Worksheet For Willy Wonka Character Project The other 7 characters' worksheets are not shown.

3. First Draft Writing Worksheets

• For Willy Wonka students describe his Chocolate Factory, the Golden Ticket Contest, and explain why Willy Wonka decided to give his Chocolate Factory to Charlie Bucket.
• For Violet Beauregarde students describe The Nut Room and what happened to her in that room, how she won the 3rd Golden Ticket, and advice to Violet on how she can improve her attitude, behavior, and actions.

First Draft Worksheets For Willy Wonka Project The other 7 characters' worksheets are not shown.

4. Final Draft Creative Writing Templates

Final Draft Templates For Willy Wonka Character Project The other 7 characters' final draft templates are not shown.

5. Grading and Evaluation Rubric

Grading Rubric For Willy Wonka Character Project

6. Eight Character Name Cards

7. bulletin board display banner, use these fun projects on roald dahl day.

Above: This student has dressed up as Charlie Bucket.

I hope that your students enjoy creating these Roald Dahl character projects as much as mine have over the years!

Charlie and the chocolate factory lesson plans for teachers.

Click on the chocolate bar on the right to view my other teaching resources and fun student projects for this scrumdiddlyumptious book by Roald Dahl .

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More Fun , Extra Large , and Scrumdiddlyumptious Projects For Roald Dahl's Books:

1. crocodile group project.

Your students will enjoy completing this extra large group project together.

For this fun cooperative group project, students work together to describe the four clever tricks that the Enormous Crocodile plans in order to eat the children in town.

There are also areas on the crocodile templates for students to draw pictures that represent the crocodile's four clever tricks.

Click below for more information about: The Enormous Crocodile Crocodile Group Project

2. Wanted Poster

The Enormous Crocodile is an ideal character for a wanted poster because of the nasty tricks that he plans in order to eat some of the children in the town.

For this fun project, students describe the crocodile's appearance, where he was last seen, and the reward amount.

Students love using their imaginations to create a crime that the crocodile committed and why he is wanted by the police.

Click below for more information about: The Enormous Crocodile Wanted Poster

3. Clever Trick #5

For this creative writing assignment, students pretend that they are Roald Dahl and write a story about a new idea for a clever trick .

Students create a new setting, introduce a new animal character, and write a story about the crocodile's 5th clever trick and his clever disguise.

Click below for more information about: The Enormous Crocodile Clever Trick #5

4. Crocodile Times Newspaper

Your students will enjoy pretending that they are newspaper editors and creating a Crocodile Times newspaper based on The Enormous Crocodile.

For this fun creative writing assignment, students write three newspaper articles and draw a comic strip for their Crocodile Times newspapers..

Click below for more information about: The Enormous Crocodile Crocodile Times Newspaper

5. Quiz and Worksheet Set

This resource set includes:

Quiz and these 8 Worksheets:

• creative writing worksheet
• character description worksheet
• adjectives worksheet
• wordsearch puzzle
• word scramble puzzle (shown above)
• secret message puzzle
• letter tiles puzzle
• simile worksheet

Click below for more information about: The Enormous Crocodile Quiz and Worksheet Set

6. Sandwich and Bookcover

1. Create a Yummy Enormous Crocodile Sandwich

Click below for more information about: The Enormous Crocodile Sandwich

2. Design a Bookcover For an Enormous Crocodile Creative Writing Assignment

Click below for more information about: The Enormous Crocodile Book Cover

1. ESIO TROT Group Project

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For this extra large and fun cooperative group project, students work together to describe the two main characters, the problem, and the solution.

Project Measurements: Width = 16 inches Height = 21 inches

Click below for more information about: ESIO TROT Group Project

2. Flip Book Writing Templates

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Are you looking for tortoise shaped creative writing templates? In this ESIO TROT set, there are 3 templates that are stapled together to form a flip book .

Project Measurements: Width = 9 inches Height = 5.5 inches

Click below for more information about: Flip Book Creative Writing Templates

3. ESIO TROT Sticker Charts

These fun Esio Trot sticker charts will motivate your students to come out of their shells and make steady progress towards a goal that you set for them.

Project Measurements: Width = 10 inches Height = 6 inches

Click below for more information about: ESIO TROT Sticker Charts

4. Tortoise Book Cover

Esio Trot Art Project:

Your students can create tortoise book covers for their Esio Trots assignments using these basic materials:

• light green construction paper measuring 9 inches by 24 inches (background)
• dark green construction paper measuring 9 inches by 12 inches (for turtle shell)
• medium green construction paper (for 9 scales to glue on the shell)
• gray construction paper (head and feet)

Click below for more information about: Esio Trot Book Cover

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me - Group Project

Below: There are also monkey and pelican templates to glue on top of the giraffe's head.

For this extra large giraffe group project, students work together to describe Billy, The Duke of Hampshire, and the three animals that make up the Ladderless Window Cleaning Company.

In addition to writing character descriptions, students write a 6 line rhyming poem in the same style that Roald Dahl uses throughout the story. There are also four areas on the giraffe templates for students to draw pictures that represent the characters and the poem that they wrote together.

Project Measurements: 36 x 21 inches

Click below for more information about: The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me Group Project

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[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]: A Review

Hi y’all!

I’m excited to share a review today of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. While I have read this book several times and seen the movie adaptations over the years, this is the first time I read this book aloud.

Such a fun read aloud with my kids! This was our first successful chapter book that we read start to finish together and it was such a joy to read it!

Initial Thoughts:

• It was so fun to return to a favorite childhood author as an adult and as a mother. I loved seeing my kids excitement about what would happen next. And I couldn’t resist when they asked for one more chapter 🙂
• There is just something magical about Roald Dahl’s stories paired with Quentin Blake’s illustrations. My kids loved seeing all the silly pictures of the characters doing crazy things.
• We are still talking about this book! I love that some of the scenes and characters have stuck with my kids over the past few weeks. It’s so fun to hear them ask “mom, do you remember that girl that turned into a blueberry?” or “mom, do you remember when that boy fell in the chocolate river?” or “mom, do you remember when Charlie won the factory?” I am so happy to be raising little bookworms like their mom 🙂

According to Goodreads, “ Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this Gold Ticket from Mr Willy Wonka! I shake you warmly by the hand! Tremendous things are in store for you!

One miraculous moment changes Charlie Bucket’s life forever. A boy who only gets to eat cabbage soup for breakfast, lunch and dinner finds a Golden Ticket that will take him into Willy Wonka’s magical chocolate factory.

Joining him on the tour are four horrible blighters: Augustus Gloop – a great big greedy nincompoop,  Veruca Salt  – a spoiled brat,  Violet Beauregarde  – a repulsive little gum-chewer and  Mike Teavee  – a TV addict.

With a chocolate river, crafty squirrels and mysterious Oompa Loompas, Mr Wonka’s chocolate factory is the strangest, most magnificent place Charlie has ever seen. What other surprises are in store for the lucky ticket winners? ”

Why this is a great read aloud: I think it best to start with why this book is a great read aloud for young kids. I wasn’t sure how this would go but Roald Dahl’s stories are timeless and perfect for younger listeners with shorter attention spans.

• Short chapters easy to read in one sitting : this was an important plus for me. When you know it won’t take too much time to read a chapter, I find I’m more willing to read especially right before bedtime. We’ve enjoyed a few of the Mrs Piggle Wiggle chapters but they are SO long that I start to feel like they are too long. I suppose the takeaway there is to break longer chapters into multiple parts.
• Great pictures – at least one per chapter : my kids loved seeing the pictures as we went along. I think that’s a big reason why this book is great for younger listeners. It keeps them engaged because they’re excited about seeing the pictures.
• Silly characters that are fun to do different voices for : I love reading in different voices and this book is perfect for it! From Augustus Gloop who is always eating to Mike TeaVee who talks at all the wrong times to Mr Willy Wonka himself who is hilarious, this book is a fun one to voice aloud.
• Unique setting with places/objects/experiences new to my kids : The magic of the chocolate factory really drew my kids in. They loved hearing about the chocolate river, how to make the meal gum, the chocolate TV, Oompa Loompas, the picky squirrels, and of course the great glass elevator. It was fun to explain what some new words meant and also fun to introduce them to magic –some things we can’t always explain. And magic is part of life.
• Easy to follow story : Roald Dahl is a master storyteller. And this story is perfect for young listeners because it’s not complex and not too long. It is just a great story and it’s fun to go with Charlie on his adventure.

Basically every character has such big personalities. It’s fun to compare them to each other and talk about why they act certain ways and how we would act differently. Mr Wonka was constantly making me laugh because he is so ridiculous and says the silliest things. I love Charlie because he is so good and truly childlike. Grandpa Joe is a great adult character because he still believes in the magic of Wonka and also in the magic of childhood. I enjoyed hearing how my kids reacted to each character as well.

Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory is a fantastic setting. There is something so magical and inviting about our tour of his factory with Charlie. As a kid, I always loved the chocolate room with the chocolate waterfall. My kids loved the pink candy boat they ride on and the great glass elevator. As an adult, I loved the logic behind Wonka TV this time. If only it was really that easy! It’s fun to discover each chapter and each new room of the factory. This book could be twice as long and still offer more surprises about what is inside Wonka’s factory.

The story is delightful and simple but the movie is more complex. We watched the classic Gene Wilder movie afterwards and while it’s certainly true to the essence of the book, it also complicates things. The subplot about the Slugworth stealing Wonka’s ideas and bribing kids and Charlie/Grandpa drinking the fizzy lifting drinks were both added to the movie. My kids didn’t quite get that. I think the book is great for a younger audience because the story is so simple. Charlie is simply the last kid on the tour (and by far the kindest and best behaved) so he wins!

What a fantastic novel to read aloud to my kids! We enjoyed our adventure with Charlie in Mr Wonka’s chocolate factory. I would like to read book two to my kids. But I don’t remember the details of it very well (except that the grandparents all turn into babies at one point) so I may need to read that again before we do that.

Since finishing this novel, we have also read aloud Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White and loved it as well. I highly recommend both as read alouds for young audiences. Regardless of your kids ages, I can’t speak highly enough of reading aloud to them! Find books that your family loves and start reading together.

What is your favorite Roald Dahl book? What are some of your favorite read alouds with the kids in your life?

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I read the book 2 months ago. I felt it as though I’m in the story being one of the lucky person to venture in the chocolate factory as I love eating chocolates. Moreover, it taught me the values that one should have in life. Learnt that appreciating life is the utmost principle in life.

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Thank you so much for your comment! I completely agree! It’s such a fun, magical ride but also teaches important lessons. Thanks for stopping by 🙂

hi .. Can I use your post as my teaching material ? Asking for your approval

Hi Purnee. Yes that is fine. I’m honored you want to use my work in your classroom. Thanks for reaching out! 🙂

I read this book a few years ago but it still is one of my favourites. There’s this friendly and comforting aura to it. Amazing review!

Thank you so much! It’s true. There is just something about this book. I’m so glad my kids enjoyed it like I remember loving it as a kid 🙂

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Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

This is one of my favorite children’s books, I’m glad to hear you enjoyed reading it with your kids! I just rewatched the movie, and while I love Gene Wilder’s portrayal and the children are fantastic (Charlie and Veruca especially) I’ve always hated the fizzy lifting drinks scene. It’s silly and out of character, and calls into question the entire ending. My DVD had some great interviews with the actors and directors, and I was happy to learn they worked closely with Dahl on the film.

That’s so fun to revisit the film. I agree. That scene doesn’t work for me too. And having just read the book, you’re right–it’s totally out of character for both Grandpa Joe and Charlie. I did read that Dahl wrote the screenplay which is neat. Always glad to hear that authors are involved in movie adaptations of their own books!

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Review

Illustrated by Quentin Blake

I may have not found a Golden Ticket to a sweet factory filled with wonder and delicious chocolate, but I have found the next best thing and have just finished reading the delightful classic children’s story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl .

Charlie and the Chocolate is the first book of two in the Charlie Bucket series.

Charlie Bucket is a sweet and kind boy who lives in a house with his parents and both sets of grandparents. They are a very poor family, but a very loving one. As their house isn’t very big, all four grandparents sleep in one room and all in the same bed. With only one income, Mr Bucket works in the toothpaste factory screwing lids onto tubes of toothpaste, and with seven mouths to feed their meals consist of lots of cabbage – imagine the putrid smells that must come from that house! (I’m glad that this isn’t a scratch and sniff book!)

Charlie lives in a town where the world’s largest, and most famous, chocolate factory is, you all know what it is – Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Charlie craved chocolate but as his family couldn’t afford luxuries, he had chocolate once a year on his birthday.

Wonka’s Factory is a secretive place, no employees are ever seen going in … or out! So when Willy Wonka places an advert in the paper announcing that 5 Golden Tickets have been placed in random chocolate bars to be won by 5 lucky winners, Charlie is hoping that with his birthday approaching he will be one of the lucky winners. Unfortunately, he wasn’t that lucky. But his luck eventually changes, and he wins the last of the 5 Golden Tickets to visit the mysterious and magical chocolate factory of Willy Wonka. Along with four other children, Augustus Gloop – a glutton for chocolate, Veruca Salt – a spoiled and selfish brat, Violet Beauregarde – a repulsive gum-chewer and Mike Teavee – a television fiend, they embark on a whimsical adventure full of surprises, dangers, and wonders.

Overall, this is a fantastic story, full of imagination and humour. A story of a wonderous trip around a sweet factory with chocolate rivers, lakes and waterfalls, edible grass and trees, flowers and bushes. Then there is the factory staff, the happy singing and dancing Oompa-Loopas from Loompaland, and that’s just the beginning. As readers salivate as they read through the pages of delicious sounding sweets and treats it is also a story that teaches some very important lessons about greed, selfishness, kindness and everybody getting exactly what they deserve.

As it is a Dahl story, it is packed with his unique dark humour and Gobblefunk language that has some excellent words such as Hornswogglers, Snozzwanglers and Wangdoodles. His writing is witty, funny and very engaging.

The characters are great, a mixture of loveable and loathsome and of course the very colourful and eccentric Willy Wonka himself. Willy Wonka can be quite rude at times; he has no time for people with bad manners or bad behaviour.

The chapters are a good length for young readers, keeping their interest and enjoyment.

As usual, the book is illustrated by the wonderful Quentin Blake. The illustrations are charming and add to the fun of the story.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a fun fantasy story with some excellent messages around greed and selfishness as well as kindness. I can highly recommend this book to anyone who loves chocolate, fantasy, or just a good fun read. This is a book that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. At nearly 60 years old (it was first published in 1964), the fact that children are still enjoying the story today shows just how timeless and fun it is.

Rating: 5/5

RRP: £9.99 (Paperback) / £4.99 (Kindle)

For more information, visit  www.roalddahl.com . Available to buy from Amazon here .

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