Reasons for selection and synopsis
Mr Twit is a foul and smelly man with bits of cornflake and sardine in his beard.
Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye.
Together they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not to meet.
Down in their garden, the Twits keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his family locked in a cage.
But not for much longer, because the monkeys are planning to trick the terrible Twits, once and for all . . .
Before reading…
Ask the children to look at the front cover. What do you think the book will be about?
What things can you see on the front cover?
What sort of story will it be? Who might enjoy it?
Now read the blurb – where any of your predictions correct?
How do the reviews on the back persuade you to read the book?
How might the book have got its title?
Hairy Faces and Mr Twit
Vocabulary
What’s the difference between cutting and trimming?
Define ‘sprouted’ – why do you think the author chose this word?
Define ‘revolting’.
What is a ‘twit’?
Infer
Why might men not want you to know what their face looks like?
Why does Mr Twit have a large beard?
What can we learn from Mr Twit’s personal hygiene?
Predict
Predict what Mrs Twit will be like.
Explain
Why did the author italicise ‘what’?
What is the effect of all the questions?
Retrieve
Why would washing a big beard be hard work?
What is Mr Twit’s face covered in?
How old is Mr Twit?
When does Mr Twit wash his beard?
Summarise
Pick one word to describe Mr Twit and explain why you chose it.
Dirty Beards and Mrs Twit
Vocabulary
Define ‘smudgy’.
What is a bristle?
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At the start, the twits play nasty tricks on each other like the horrible sight of Mrs Twit’s awful glass eye staring at Mr Twit or the frog hiding in the bed sheets frightening Mrs Twit all the way to the dreaded shrinks. These terrible tricks lead all the way to the monkeys who were forced to stand on their heads for hours on. The birds were also like the monkeys ( being forced to do something ( this time not to sit or roost on either the monkey cage or the big dead tree) ). At the end the twits were turned upside down and got the dreaded shrinks ( for real ( not a joke)) after being tricked that the living room was upside down after the hugtight sticky glue stuck all the things from the floor of the room to the ceiling tricking the twits to think that they were standing on the ceiling looking down at the floor while the hugtight sticky glue stuck the twits on their heads for hours on end.