Packet Page 6: Find and define Formidable (Scary/Strong) and Discipline (Rules/Order).
Theme: Meeting an Ally (Helper).
Predict: How will a teacher react to a student like Matilda?
Chapter 7: Miss Honey
Listen for: The advice Miss Honey gives the class about the Headmistress.
Question 4: Why do the children like Miss Honey?
Question 5: How does Matilda amaze her?
Analogy: If you are really good at something, should you show off or stay quiet? Why did Matilda stay quiet?
Packet Page 6: Find and define Menace (Danger/Threat) and Appalling (Awful).
Theme: Tyranny (Cruel Power).
Predict: How will the Headmistress treat Miss Honey?
Chapter 8: The Trunchbull
Listen for: The specific words Trunchbull uses to describe children.
Question 6: Why is her job strange?
Question 8: How does she react to Miss Honey's suggestion?
The Rhinoceros Analogy: If a giant animal charges at you, do you fight it or climb a tree? What is Miss Honey doing?
Packet Page 10: Find and define Underestimate (Value too low) and Intrigue (Interest).
Theme: Looks vs. Books.
Predict: Will the parents be happy to hear their daughter is a genius?
Chapter 9: The Parents
Listen for: The reason Mrs. Wormwood thinks she is better off than Miss Honey.
Question 1: Why does Miss Honey risk visiting them?
Question 2: Why aren't the parents impressed?
Values: Is it better to be rich/beautiful or smart/poor? Why do the Wormwoods think they are the winners?