by Francesc Espadero

Age group: 9-12 year old kids
Introduction: The aim of this project is to use English children’s literature in the classroom

Matilda is a children’s novel written by British author Roald Dahl. It was published in 1988 by Jonathan Cape in London, with 232 pages and illustrations by the notable illustrator Quentin Blake. The story is about Matilda Wormwood, an extraordinary child with ordinary and rather unpleasant parents. It was adapted into an audio reading by Joely Richardson, a film in 1996, a two-part adaptation for BBC Radio 4 (later re-broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra) starring Nicola McAuliffe as Matilda and narrated by Lenny Henry. In 2010 it was adapted into a musical.

Matilda by Roald Dahl in wikipedia

Before:

Watch the trailer and guess what is the story about.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUGHWje7liM[/youtube]

Answer these questions:

• Is the main character a boy or a girl?
• Is there an animal?
• Does she like her teacher?
• Does she like the school principal?
• Where does she live?

Speaking activity:
Watch the movie:

Part 1:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REkalwqS3a8[/youtube]

 Part 2:

[youtube]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I8IwQNP4C-4/mqdefault.jpg[/youtube]

Part 9:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FF5x8j2X9w&list=PL067CEBEF98C68CE9[/youtube]

Part 10:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UhT6Vcau2w&list=PL067CEBEF98C68CE9[/youtube]

 

Scenes:

Miss Trunchbull Swinging Amanda’s Pigtail’s

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcVnG4HrWBI[/youtube]

Matilda goes in the chokey

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_B_sHhzCfc[/youtube]

 

Matilda TV blows up

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0g2KRfbSkY[/youtube]

Matilda, the musical

MATILDA: THE MUSICAL (Broadway) – “Revolting Children”

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kn-fEuRB0Q[/youtube]

 Revolting Children lyrics

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN_62IO4zIk[/youtube]

 

Matilda The Musical – CBBC behind the scenes June 2014

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRIGPXPe8Aw[/youtube]

Meet the Matildas

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXI5bv2dLfA[/youtube]

 

The Four Broadway Matildas on ‘The Couch’

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFNF5OmK9po[/youtube]

 

Behind the scenes at Matilda the Musical (Principal)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwcFDCPJ3Yg[/youtube]

 

Behind the scenes at Matilda the Musical (Matilda’s mum)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezc9FVGm4kQ&list=PLWZrom8kqk3YDIjS05XGFTpdoY99nxCpb[/youtube]

 

Naughty – Matilda the Musical

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9yyiy7aqiE[/youtube]