Discuss: 

• How does Matilda cope with her awful parents? 
• What makes a good parent?

Listen to/read chapters  6: The Platinum-Blond Man and chapter 7: Miss Honey

Answer questions in workbook 

Arithmetic

1. Which words go with which person? (Miss Honey or Miss Trunchbull)

calm, frightening, strong, kind, rude, angry, dangerous, never shouts

Miss Honey:

Miss Trunchbull:

(The Platinum-Blonde Man)

2. What does Matilda do in revenge against her father?

Matilda: Chapters 4 & 5

Work with words from theese chapters:
https://quizlet.com/458290068/matilda-chapter-4-the-ghost-flash-cards/?new and here https://quizlet.com/262596750/matilda-chapters-5-and-6-flash-cards/

• Read chapters 4 and 5. 
• Answer the questions for these chapters in your workbook. 
• If you have time, answer the extra questions.

South Africa: Michael and Nandipha

First, some questions and answers about the history of South Africa: 

South Africa: The Rise of a Nation

Then, we are going to watch two clips with two different teenagers living in South Africa, Michael and Nandipha. 

... and after that, you are going to draw a Venn diagram (remember how to do that? If not, check the previous blog post) in which you compare your life with one of the persons. Consider such aspects as how you live, daily routines, and school.

Words: https://quizlet.com/454624017/south-africa-flash-cards/ 

Matilda

Matilda chapter 2
https://quizlet.com/387300546/matilda-vocab-chapter-2-flash-cards/?new

Matilda: Chapters 2 & 3

Mr. Wormwood, the great car dealer.

• Work with words from chapter 2:  https://quizlet.com/255699414/matilda-chapter-2-mr-wormwood-the-great-car-dealer-flash-cards/ 
• We will listen to chapter 2 together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc3Xw7bTR9M  
• Work with questions in your workbook. 
• Read chapter 3 on your own.
• Answer questions for that chapter as well. 

South Africa: Text

Cape Town with Table Mountain in the background 

Kruger National Park 

Soweto, Johannesburg 

Intro to South Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsVBOQOTw5I

Read this text about South Africa: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/south-afric

And answer questions about it here: https://forms.gle/o5EK6F4hxLKEdPnZA

Then compare South Africa to Sweden: https://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/SE/ZA 

Draw a Venn diagram in your notebook to collect your ideas, then answer the question in Classroom. 

Matilda, Chapter 1

Work with these words here on Quizlet:
https://quizlet.com/384895357/matilda-flash-cards/?new

When you know the words... Pick five of them to write into sentences in a document.

Discuss these questions with your deskmate:

• How old were you when you learned to read?
• What was the first book that you read?
• Do you remember your first day at school? What happened and how did you feel?
• Do you  think reading books is important? Why or why not?

Do you agree or disagree with the statements below? Why? Explain and give examples!

• I prefer reading books to watching TV.
• Parents should set a limit to how much TV children watch.

The British Isles: Film and Discussion

Bend it like Beckham: 

Jesminder (Jess) is an 18 year old British Indian girl from a family with traditional ideas. Jess loves football and her favorite football star, David Beckham. But her parents are unhappy that their daughter runs around in shorts chasing a ball. They want her to study to become a lawyer, learn to cook Indian food and marry a nice Indian boy. Will Jess follow her dream of becoming a professional footballer? 

Words from the movie: https://quizlet.com/242509748/bend-it-like-beckham-flash-cards/ 

Writing assignment after watching the movie: 

Now that you have seen the movie Bend it like Beckham, you are going to write a text about it. Down below you have topics to choose from. You are free to choose which one you would like to write about, but you need to write at least 250 words.

1)   A movie review: Give a short summary of the movie and write about your opinion of it. 

  You can practice writing a movie review and see the structure of it here: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/elementary-a2-writing/film-review

2)  A journal entry: Write about the day in the life of one of the characters in the movie.

Dear diary,

Today I… 

3) Describe an event: Choose one of the things that happened in the movie and describe it as well as you can.  

One of the events that I remember from the movie…