Magnus takes a visit to the classroom in the 20th chapter of Matilda. Or does he? After reading, learners interview the person in the hot seat to get a detailed account of what happened during this chapter. Then, they write individual newspaper reports detailing the events of what happened to the Trenchbull earlier that day.

Concepts

roald dahl, news articles, newspapers

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign groups ahead of time
• Bring in newspapers to use as a model

Classroom Considerations

• Requires that all class members have a copy of Matilda by Roald Dahl
• Assumes learners are familiar with parts of a newspaper and news paper articles

Pros

• Provides extension activities to take the activity further
• Newspaper activity can be done independently or in groups

Cons

• Not rubric is provided for the writing acitvity

Common Core

W.3.3.a W.4.3.a W.5.3.a W.6.3.a W.7.3.a