James and the Giant Peach Worksheets

by Roald Dahl

Reading Level R · Lexile 870L · ATOS 4.8

Orphaned James escapes his cruel aunts aboard a giant magical peach with a crew of oversized insect friends. A whimsical Roald Dahl adventure.

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James and the Giant Peach vocabulary words and comprehension questions

64 vocabulary words and 48 comprehension questions across 16 sections: Chapters 1-2: James and the Cruel Aunts · Chapters 3-4: The Magic Crystals · Chapters 5-7: The Peach Begins to Grow · Chapter 8: The Giant Peach as a Spectacle · Chapters 9-10: Into the Peach · Chapters 11-13: Meeting the Giant Creatures · Chapter 14: The Peach Breaks Loose · Chapters 15-16: The Aunts Are Squashed · Chapters 16-18: The Peach Reaches the Sea · Chapter 19: The Sharks Attack · Chapters 20-22: Harnessing the Seagulls · Chapters 22-26: Lifting Into the Sky · Chapter 27: The Cloud-Men · Chapters 28-31: Escaping the Cloud-Men · Chapters 32-37: Landing in New York City · Chapters 38-39: Celebrated and Happy.

Vocabulary words include selfish, miserable, mischief, desolate, luminous, marvelous, rustling, whisper, vanished, swell, enormous, spellbound, crafty, glimpse, swarm, greedy, tunnel, curious, mysterious, crawl.

Sample questions

How does James become an orphan?
Who does James have to live with after his parents die?
How do Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker treat James?

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