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tells Miss Honey what she did, and then she gives her teacher a little magic show, which
results in Miss Honey inviting little Matilda to tea.
It turns out Miss Honey is really poor. She tells Matilda about her past. After her mom died,
her mean aunt straight up ruined her life. In fact, Miss Honey suspects that the aunt might
have killed her father, and stolen all Miss Honey's money.
Matilda decides to use her telekinetic powers to help Miss Honey, so she practices and
practices and practices until finally the day comes when she can get some serious revenge.
The Trunchbull visits Miss Honey's class again. The Trunchbull is acting as abusive as ever
when she's interrupted by a piece of chalk that's writing on its own. It writes that the
Trunchbull has to stop cheating Miss Honey, give the things she stole back, and get rolling.
Soon we find out the Trunchbull obeyed Matilda's instructions. Miss Honey moves home and
starts living a decent life again. And Matilda, who visits her every day, gets moved up to the
school's highest class.
One day, Matilda finds out that her parents are planning to move to Spain, ASAP. Matilda
doesn't want to go with them. She moves in with Miss Honey, where the two live happily
(and smartly) ever after.
4.2 The Dictionary workshop – expanding vocabulary
Learner audience: students from 13 to 17 years of age
by Eva Šuštaršič, teacher at lower secondary school level, Slovenia, and
Mateja Penko, teacher at primary level, Slovenia
OBJECTIVES
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to learn as many new words from the book, Matilda, as possible in at least two
languages or more
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to make up short gap fills with the newly-acquired words showing they have truely
mastered them
to review the events of the story
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