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a p p r e c i a t i o n – f o r l e a r n e r s a g e d 1 3 t o 1 7
WORKSHOP PROCEDURE
Step 1: Forming groups:
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the names of the main characters in Matilda are written on four strips of paper each
= MISS HONEY
= TRUNCHBULL
= MR. WORMWOOD / MRS. WORMWOOD
= LAVENDER
= HOSTENSIA
= BRUCE BOGTROTTER
- the students each draw one strip from the bunch
- six groups of four students holding the same character name are formed
Step 2: Character analysis:
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each group studies their character making reference to the events in the story
Step 3: Finding objects that personify the chosen character:
- = MISS HONEY – honey, sweets, chocolate
- = TRUNCHBULL – a beating stick; a truncheon (a rubber stick); a bull with
stick
- = MR. WORMWOOD / MRS. WORMWOOD – two worms in a piece of wood
- = LAVENDER – the plant lavender; very soothing
- = HOSTENSIA – beautiful flower with big blossoms in white, pink or purple
- = BRUCE BOGTROTTER – a marsh, a swamp; a leg of pork, a horse
- Students in each group draw their chosen object on an A4 paper
- They write down the characteristics of the object and how it personifies the
character in question and why
Step 4: Drawing
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