Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
Charlie Bucket's family is so poor they live on cabbage soup. When Willy Wonka hides five Golden Tickets in his chocolate bars, the lucky finders win a tour of the most amazing factory in the world.
- Length
- About 30,000 words
- To read it
- About 20 days
- Stage
- Key Stage 2
Reading time at 1,500 words a day, the pace we start from until we know your child’s own.
Where it is taught
Why Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is on the list
- Year 4, Core. The books most schools teach in this year. A good place to start.
Reading it here
What your child does with it
- 1
Choose it and set a finish date
You get a suggested target from the length of the book and your child's reading pace.
- 2
Check in along the way
A longer book has short check-ins every week or two, so it keeps moving and nothing is forgotten.
- 3
Answer two questions
When they finish: a review of the book, and a deeper question about how it works.
- 4
Get it marked, and redraft
Every answer is marked against the rubric for their year, with a reason for every score.