Friday, January 30, 2026

Discuss:

The kids are afraid of “The Trunchbull”, why?
Have you met someone you were afraid of?
What can you do if someone decides something and you think it’s wrong?
Would you stand up to “The Trunchbull”? Why or why not?

Answer questions in work book:

1. When and why does Miss Honey go to the Wormwood’s house?

2. List three of the names the Wormwoods call Miss Honey.

Matilda; 6 & 7

Discuss:

How does Matilda cope with her awful parents?
Do your parents do awful things too? What would that be?
How do you cope with your parents when they are “not so cool”?
What makes a good parent?

Today we are also going to get to know Miss Honey (chapter 7, page 62 in your books)

We will listen to the chapters together and then you will answer these questions in your workbooks:

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

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

(Miss Honey)

3. Write the correct name in the sentences:

A)_________________________________ is the headmistress at Crunchem Hall.

B)_________________________________ is a nice and kind teacher.

C)_________________________________ is a small boy who can spell cat.

D)_________________________________ is a girl from Matilda’s class who says

she can read whole sentences.

Words from chapter 6: Matilda, chapter 6: The Platinum-Blond Man Flashcards | Quizlet

Words from chapter 7: Matilda, chapter 7: Miss Honey Flashcards | Quizlet

Listen here:

chapter 6:
chapter 7:

Friday, January 23, 2026

Matilda: ch. 5 & 6

Discuss:

How does Matilda cope with her awful parents?
Do your parents do awful things too? What would that be?
How do you cope with your parents when they are “not so cool”?
What makes a good parent?

Listen to/read chapters 5 and 6

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?

Work with words:

Matilda, chapter 5: Arithmetic Flashcards | Quizlet

Matilda, chapter 6: The Platinum-Blond Man Flashcards | Quizlet

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

It is time for you to begin thinking about what you would like to do in the future. You may already have a plan of what you want to do, you may end up sticking with that plan or you may change it - there is still a lot of time to decide what job you would like to have in the future. What is important is that you start thinking about possible career choices.

Over the next few lessons, we are going to work with jobs.

Today we will talk about what kinds of jobs there are and why we work.

Watch the clip below and fill out the form given to you.

Discussion!
Work in groups.
Talk about the questions below:

- At what age do people usually begin to work in your country? At what age do they retire?
-Do you think it is more important to make a lot of money or to enjoy your job?
-What are some prestigious occupations in your opinion?
-What makes people work? (Why do we work?)
- What is your dream job and why?

Pick one of the job titles from the list and describe it as well as you can to your classmate without saying the actual word. Have your classmate guess which job you are describing. Take turns describing and guessing.
Jobs, jobs, jobs! Flashcards | Quizlet
Some of you need more of a challenge. Work with these words instead:Job Titles Flashcards | Quizlet

Matilda: chapter 2 & 3

Work with words from chapter 2: Matilda Vocab Chapter 2 Flashcards | Quizlet

We will listen to chapter 2 together:Matilda: Chapter Two

Work with questions in your workbook.

Read/listen chapter 3: Matilda: Chapter Three
Answer questions for that chapter as well.

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Matilda

Work with these words here on Quizlet:

https://quizlet.com/384895357/matilda-flash-cards/?new

When you know the words... Pick 10 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.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Jobs: Future jobs & words for next week

Let's turn our focus to the future a little bit. What kinds of jobs will there be in 40 years from now? First, let us watch this clip:

Then, let's think and discuss.
What kind of jobs do you think we will have in the future? Work in pairs and use your imagination. Create jobs that you think we will have in 2058. I want you to write a description of the future jobs, but I also want you to be able to talk about it. Motivate why you think this would be your future job and explain why.

Work with words about jobs here: People at work Flashcards | Quizlet

and here: Jobs, jobs, jobs! Flashcards | Quizlet

You will have a vocabulary quiz on these words next week, Wednesday, January 21st. It’s important that you study the words.

Some of you need more of a challenge. Work with these words as well: Job Titles Flashcards | Quizlet