Day 3

Matilda Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Perspectives on Roald Dahl

    Kind of Activity:

    Classwide Discussion

    Objective:

    Students will be able to interpret critical perspectives about the author and his work

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1

    Structure:

    Share with your students a text about Roald Dahl's noted antisemitism (see Ideas for Differentiated Instruction for text options). Take some time to make sure students understand the definitions of the terms used (and where they might be misused; again, see Ideas for Differentiated Instruction). What does "antisemitism" mean? How did Dahl express it?

    Depending on how they feel about Matilda, students may or may not have paid attention to the way that Dahl...

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