P8. “Well done, everyone!” he announced, as his assistant Miss Prig helped him to his feet. “Oh, that tooth was a stubborn little blighter!” Just then Alfie realised something. He still had toothache. The dentist had taken out the wrong tooth!

P6. Nevertheless, even with a lengthy human chain and an army of yanker, the tooth stayed well and truly put. By this time poor little Alfie was in great distress. The pain of having his tooth pulled out was a hundred times worse than the toothache. However, Mr Erstwhile was determined to finish what he had started. Sweating profusely, the thirsty dentist took a large swig of mouthwash, and gripped on to the forceps as tightly as he could.Join Alfie and Gabz on this fabulous adventure, as they investigate the strange events happening in their home town! Children are leaving their teeth for the tooth fairy and waking up to findodd things under their pillows! Alfie and Gabz are determined to get to the bottom of the mystery - but no-one could have dreamedwhat they'll discoverwhen they come face to face with the demon dentist herself, in this hilarious and thrilling story! To ask “Do you like …?” you say, “Magst du…?” and add the food or drink word in, eg, Magst du Tee? Magst du Heisse Schokolade? We did this with the fruits in Year 3. The book is very funny and it has lots of made up words which you can use later. For example 'chocolated' which we might use instead of covered in chocolate. Some of us like using weird words such as jellytastic: so if you went to a TV show and were trying out different types of jelly, the best jelly would be jellytastic and would win the best jelly in the universe.

Strange things are happening in the dead of night. Children who put a tooth under the pillow for the tooth fairy wake to find... a dead slug; a live spider; or hundreds of earwigs creeping beneath their pillow. Evil is at work, but who is behind it? Could it be the Demon Dentist? What is the purpose of the acidic toothpaste - if the dentist wants teeth and the toothpaste destroys them, what good is that?!

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Today, you are going to practise writing persuasive sentences before using them in your persuasive letter to Alfie next week. Make sure you have your work from yesterday to help you.

It also sets up a grandly realised if ultimately rather tragic finale and, for those who haven’t read the book, young children may find these themes a little surprising in an otherwise colourful and playful story. But the big confrontation is well managed with just enough jeopardy to create excitement and give this sequence some big dramatic moments to finish the story in style. P9 “Good …” continued Mr grey, in his monotonous voice. “ A bit less of the old though, thank you, Gabriella. Now as a special treat for you, with a talk about looking after your teeth, here is the town’s new dentist. P-p-p-please give a huge school welcome to the lovely Miss R-R-Root…” I think David Walliams' best books for kids are the ones that are obviously personal to him (and very touching) or funny without trying stupidly hard to be funny, without villains, that are character-driven, that don't aim towards an over-the-top Indiana Jones chase sequence and lose their unique feel. Dad gave up his job as a coal miner because he was very ill and the doctors said that just one more lungful of coal dust would kill him. David Walliams is the New York Times bestselling author of Demon Dentist, The Midnight Gang, and Grandpa's Great Escape. His novels have sold over eighteen million copies worldwide and have been translated into over fifty-three languages. David’s books have achieved unprecedented critical acclaim—with many reviewers comparing him to his all-time hero, Roald Dahl. In addition to being a bestselling author, David is an actor, comedian, and television personality. In 2017, he was awarded an OBE for services to charity and the arts. He lives in the UK.In a certain light she looked very old. Her features were narrow and pointy, and her skin pale as snow. However, the dentist had painstakingly painted on so much make-up that is was impossible to tell how old she really was.

P3. The dentist yanked and yanked and yanked with his huge steel forceps. But the tooth wouldn’t come. Mr Erstwhile even rested his foot up on the chair by Alfie’s head to lever himself against it to help wrench the wretched tooth out. Still it wouldn’t come. The ancient dentist then enlisted the help of his even older dental nurse. Miss Prig was instructed to hold on to him and tug as hard as she could. Even then the tooth wouldn’t come. Soon the hefty receptionist, Miss Veal, was asked to step into the room to help. Miss Veal weighed more than Mr Erstwhile and Miss Prig put together. But even with all her Ballast, the tooth wouldn’t come. Este livro está cheio de ilustrações, o que faz com que se leia de uma assentada e o faça ideal para meninos da idade de Alfie e Gabz (a amiga (namorada??) deste). A fantastic show for all the family, with fun music, great sets and lovable characters'' ILoveManchester.com This week, we are going to be revising our knowledge of the suffixes -tion, -sion, -ssion and -cian. A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning.

Winnie

The dentist is a really scary witch. Quite a perfect halloweenish witch. And she has a cat named Fang. I just love such evil characters!