Matilda Lesson Plan

Comparing and Contrasting Adaptations

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

Students will compare and contrast the novel, film, and musical of Matilda

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7

Structure:

Students should have listened to the soundtrack of Matilda: The Musical the previous night. You can screen the 1996 film adaptation of Matilda in class, or have students watch it independently before this activity.

Divide students into small groups and provide a three-column compare and contrast chart to each group, with different columns for the novel, the movie, and the musical, and different (large) rows for...