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Students looking for corresponding pictures
The Treasure Hunt
To keep the students' interest going until the end, four objects from the MATILDA story -
GLUE, HAIR DYE, CHALK, Miss HONEY'S DOLL are hidden in the nearby stadium. (The hiding
place can also be a classroom, a corridor...) The students have 20 to 30 minutes to find the
objects. The student who finds one of the objects must tell the rest where in the story it is
mentioned and why it is important for the development of the story.
Teenagers enjoy learning about new things in groups or pairs, especially those who have a
short concentration span or have no idea as to how to go about reading and analysing texts.
Putting students into mixed ability groups often eases the fear that these students
experience in their minds as to whether they will be able to get the required tasks done at
all.
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