Letter Writing to Main Characters from ‘ Matilda ’ Middle School English 2 nd Grade, 2 nd semester 3. Chapter 10, Teamwork makes a difference & Matilda

Textbook, Ch.10 Teamwork- Motivation Handwritten letters vs letters Handwritten

Textbook, Ch.10 Teamwork- Review Kevin ’ s Letter

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Today ’ s Learning Points Write a friendly letter Talk about distinctive features of the main characters from ‘ Matilda Write a letter to one of them in accordance with a letter writing format and tell it to the class Textbook & Matilda

Matilda Moving to the book, ‘ Matilda ’ Writing a letter to one of the characters

Characters in the book Matilda Wormwood Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood Miss Honey Michael Wormwood Fred Miss Trunchbull Bruce Bogtrotter Mrs. Phelps

Matilda Amazing Love to read Extraordinary Brainpower Easily make friends Fantastic Brilliant Quick to learn Child genius Big brown eyes and hair

Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood Indifferent to Matilda Hated books Call Matilda ignorant and stupid Watch the television nasty Dishonest business man Treat Matilda badly Hooked on bingo Not concerning Matilda’s education Second car dealer

Miss Honey Never raise her voice Light brown hair Terrified by Miss Trunchbull Slim and fragile Blue eyes Lovely oval madonna face Matilda’s classroom teacher Mild and quiet Adored by children

Miss Trunchbull Once a famous athlete Strict discipline A giant in green breeches The Chokey inventor Cruel mouth Always shout and bark Dangerous violent adult Big muscles Small arrogant eyes

There are certain phrases that we must include when we write letters: If you know the name of the person you are writing to the letter should begin: Dear Miss/Ms/Mrs/Mr____ and end: Yours sincerely If you don ’ t know the name of the person you are writing to the letter should begin Dear sir or madam and end Yours faithfully

Matilda - Letter writing The Layout of a Friendly Letter Heading Centum Middle School Jasongdong, Haeundaegu 14/09/2010 Greeting Dear Miss Honey, Body Closing Faithfully yours Signature

Matilda - Letter writing Model Letter to Bruce Bogtrotter Crunchhem Primary School 14/09/2010 Hello Bruce, Faithfully yours When Trunchbull ordered you to eat every last bit of the cake, I was a little worried. I thought you might get sick. While watching you eating, we all knew you could make it, and you finally ate all of the cake and made the mighty Trunchbull crazy. You defeated her! Bruce, you influenced us to start protesting against Trunchbull. You are my hero and a hero to everybody at Crunchhem Primary School. Yoonju

Matilda - Letter writing If you are writing to Matilda: Do you want to ask her about her powers? Do you want to tell her that you think she should find a better way to show her parents how she feels? Do you want to talk about her unusual life? If you are writing to Miss Honey: Do you want to offer her some advice about how to deal with her aunt? Do you want to ask why she lets her aunt control her? Do you want to talk to her about her difficult life?

Matilda - Letter writing If you are writing to Miss Trunchbull: Do you want to ask why she hates her students so much? Do you want to ask why she is so awful to Miss Honey? Do you want to tell her what you think about her behaviour? If you are writing to Mr Wormwood: Do you want to ask him why he is so cruel to his daughter? Do you want to tell him what you think about the lies he tells to his customers? If you are writing to Mrs Wormwood: Do you want to ask why she isn ’ t interested in her daughter ’ s intelligence? Do you want to ask why she spends more time at bingo than with her family?