A guide for using james and the giant peach in the classroom literature unit teacher created materials by kathee gosnell 1994 01 01 kathee gosnell books amazonca. Show your students the video version of james and the giant peach discuss and or create a venn diagram to compare and contrast the movie with the book which one was better why draw a scene roald dahl developed fantastic images in this book have your students create a mural of the places the peach visited a timeline of the books main events that runs along the bottom of an extra wide . Teaching james and the giant peach by gay miller in book units writing james is a lonely boy who lives with cruel aunts after his parents die by a rhinoceros one day an old man appears in jamess backyard and gives him a bag of magical green crystals. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only not for public display 2 james and the giant peach by roald dahl suggestions and expectations this 70 page curriculum unit can be used in a variety of ways each chapter of the novel study focuses two chapters of james and the giant peach and is comprised of four different activities o before you read o vocabulary building . A guide for using james and the giant peach in the classroom this resource is directly related to its literature equivalent and filled with a variety of cross curricular lessons to do before during and after reading the book