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sentences.
Step 4: Reading out loud
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a member from each group reads the group’s new ending out loud to the other
groups.
EXAMPLES OF STUDENTS’ AUTHENTIC WORKS
HORRIBLE ENDINGS:
1. After Matilda moved to Miss Honey’s they lived happily until Agatha came back.
Agatha broke into their house and started to hunt them through the woods. Agatha
fell into a cave and met a bear. The bear ate her.
2. Miss Trunchbull finds out that Matilda has a magic power and accuses her of being a
witch. In court, Matilda is found guilty as charged. The judge says that Miss
Trunchbull can do whatever she wants with Matilda. So she locks her up in an empty
room with no water or food. Nobody ever sees her again.
3. Miss Honey and Matilda get home. But little do they know that Miss Trunchbull is
there waiting for them. She runs towards Mathilda. Matilda tries to escape, but hits
her head on the table. Miss Trunchbull throws her out the window. Matilda breaks
her head and dies.
SAD ENDINGS:
1. Matilda goes to Miss Honey for tea and Mathilda´s parents come to pick her up.
Matilda wants Miss Honey to adopt her, but Matilda´s parents don’t let her. Her
parents take Matilda to Spain. But in Spain, she has problems making friends and
2. Miss Honey’s house explodes and both Matilda and Miss Honey die. Matilda’s
finding somebody