Tekmovanje V Znanju Angleščine in Nemščine Za

TEKMOVANJE V ZNANJU ANGLEŠĆINE IN NEMŠĆINE ZA UĆENCE 9. RAZREDOV OSNOVNE ŠOLE

VODNIK

Uredila in zbrala: Barbara Lesnićar

KAZALO

1. Shema tekmovalne naloge na šolski ravni….…………………………………………….4

2. Shema tekmovalne naloge na državni ravni …………………………………………….5

3. Zgledi nalog ...…………………………………………………………………………….12

4. Priloga 1 …………………………………………………………………………………17

5. Priloga 2……………………………………………………………………………...……28

6. Priloga 3 …………………………………………………………………………………..41

TEKMOVANJE IZ ANGLEŠĆINE

VODNIK

Tekmovanje je namenjeno ućencem zakljućnega razreda osnovne šole, ki se za jezik posebej zanimajo in izkazujejo nadpovprećno raven obvladovanja ustne in pisne komunikacije v anglešćini.

Tekmovalne naloge imajo za podlago ućni naćrt za osnovno šolo. V smislu vzpodbujanja kreativnosti in medkulturne ozavešćenosti so tekmovalne naloge tako na šolski, kot na državni ravni zasnovane na literarnem delu “Matilda ”, Roald Dahl. Šolska raven temelji na preverjanju poznavanja vsebine prebranega dela in vsebuje naloge iz bralnega razumevanja, rabe jezika in pisnega sporoćanja. Državna raven prav tako temelji na prebrani literarni predlogi, vendar iz nje zgolj izhaja.

Tekmovanje vsebuje naloge iz bralnega razumevanja in pisnega sporoćanja. Prav slednje je med daleć najbolj zahtevnimi zmožnostmi, saj zahteva poznavanje in uporabo besedišća, slovnićnih struktur, kakor tudi zmožnost koherentnega pisanja na ravni odstavka in sestavka.

Od tekmovalcev prićakujemo, da bodo pisali tudi kreativno. Vse zgoraj našteto so sicer cilji, ki so predvideni na podroćju razvijanje pisnega sporazumevanja v zadnjem triletju devetletne osnovne šole, seveda predvsem za tretjo raven zahtevnosti, vendar naloge takšnega tipa pomenijo nadgradnjo ućnega naćrta, saj pisanje na osnovi literarne predloge v osnovni šoli ni predvideno.

1. Shema tekmovalne naloge na šolski ravni

Opis Ocenjevanje

Bralno naloge, ki na podlagi navodil, razumevanje preverjajo ki jih pripravi tekmovalni odbor (v nadaljevanju ućenćeve TK) za anglešćino, ocenjevalec je ućitelj mentor. zmožnosti branja in bralnega razumevanja

Raba jezika Naloge, ki na podlagi navodil, preverjajo ki jih pripravi TK za anglešćino, ocenjevalec poznavanje in je ućitelj mentor. rabo slovnice in besedišća

Pisno naloge, ki na podlagi navodil, sporazumeva preverjajo ki jih pripravi TK za anglešćino (ocenjevalec je nje ućenćevo ućitelj mentor). zmožnost pisnega sporoćanja

2. Shema tekmovalne naloge na državni ravni

Opis Ocenjevanje

Bralno naloge, ki na podlagi navodil, razumevanje preverjajo ki jih pripravi TK za anglešćino, ocenjevalec je ućenćeve ućitelj mentor. zmožnosti branja in bralnega razumevanja

Pisno naloge, ki na podlagi navodil, sporazumeva preverjajo ki jih pripravi TK za anglešćino (ocenjevalec je nje ućenćevo ućitelj mentor). zmožnost pisnega sporoćanja

Bralno razumevanje

Z nalogami bralnega razumevanja ućenci pokažejo, da znajo prebrati in razumejo:

• avtentićna ali delno prilagojena angleška besedila

Viri besedil so : ćasopisi, najstniške revije, prospekti, knjige, internet itd. Teme izbranih

besedil se navezujejo na prebrano literarno delo (Matilda).

Tekmovalci lahko preberejo katerokoli izdajo literarnega dela: slovenski prevod,

prirejeno in skrajšano besedilo, besedilo v celoti. Mentor ga izbere na podlagi

poznavanja znanja in interesov tekmovalcev.

Organizacija

Navodila za reševanje nalog bralnega razumevanja so v anglešćini. Vsaka naloga vsebuje rešen prvi primer. Ućenci ne uporabljajo slovarjev.

Vrste besedil

Besedila so informativna, pripovedna, in opisna. So ustrezno ćlenjena in jasno

strukturirana. Izbira dolžine besedil se spreminja glede na podspretnost, ki se preverja, in

glede na nalogo. Dolžina besedila za preverjanje bralnega razumevanja je je od 200 do

500 besed.

Vrste besedil:

° krajše pripovedi, zgodbe, basni, ° razglednice, zasebna pisma, ° poroćila o dogodkih in dejavnostih, ° navodila, ° opisi poti ali smeri, ° pravljice ° kratki življenjepisi, ° ćlanki iz mladinskih ćasopisov na doloćeno temo, ° besedila iz spleta.

Dejavnosti:

• odgovarjanje na vprašanja • povezovanje besedil z naslovom • razvršćanje in urejanje pomešanih povedi ali odstavkov • dopolnjevanje besedila • upoštevanje navodil (iskanje poti na zemljevidu, …) • izpolnjevanje table

• …

N.B.: Zgoraj so navedene možne vrste nalog za preverjanje bralnega razumevanja. To pa seveda ne pomeni, da bodo vse vrste nalog zajete v tekmovalni nalogi vsakokrat in/ali da bodo uporabljene vedno v enakem vrstnem redu.

Ocenjevanje

Vrste nalog in vprašanj za preverjanje bralne zmožnosti so ' zaprtega tipa', kar omogoća objektivno ocenjevanje. Vsak pravilni odgovor je vreden po 1 (eno) toćko. Naloge ocenjujejo ućitelji mentorji. Pri ocenjevanju uporabljajo vnaprej pripravljena navodila za ocenjevanje, ki so bila predhodno moderirana.

Jezikovno znanje in sposobnosti ter besedišće

V tem delu preizkusa se preverja sposobnost uporabe jezikovnih zakonitosti ter bogastvo

besedišća in ustreznost njegove rabe.

Organizacija

Navodila za reševanje so v anglešćini. Vsaka naloga vsebuje rešen prvi primer. Ućenci ne uporabljajo slovarjev.

Vrste nalog:

• urejanje pomešanih delov stavka, • izbirni tip nalog, • besedilo z vrzelmi ( z danim izborom besed ali brez ), • povezovanje delov povedi, • dopolnjevanje povedi ali besedila z danimi iztoćnicami ali brez njih, • razširjanje iztoćnic v povedi ali besedilo.

N.B.: Zgoraj so navedene možne vrste nalog za preverjanje rabe jezika. To pa seveda ne pomeni, da bodo vse vrste nalog zajete v tekmovalni nalogi vsakokrat in/ali da bodo uporabljene vedno v enakem vrstnem redu.

Ocenjevanje

Vrste nalog in vprašanj so ' zaprtega tipa'(, kar omogoća objektivno ocenjevanje). Vsak pravilni odgovor je vreden po 1 (eno) toćko. Naloge ocenjujejo ućitelji mentorji.

Pisno sporazumevanje

Z nalogami pisnega sporazumevanja se preverjajo zmožnosti tvorjenja pisnega besedila v anglešćini. Tekmovalci pišejo s pomoćjo iztoćnic in samostojno ustvarjajo svoja besedila

(kreativno pisanje ). Prebrano književno delo jim služi kot izhodišće.

Tekmovalci lahko preberejo katerokoli izdajo literarnega dela: slovenski prevod, prirejeno in skrajšano besedilo, besedilo v celoti. Mentor ga izbere na podlagi poznavanja znanja in interesov tekmovalcev.

Organizacija

Navodila so v anglešćini. Ućenci ne uporabljajo slovarjev.

Vrste besedil

Ućenci tvorijo eno pisno besedilo izmed naslednjih možnosti:

° razglednico ° sporoćilo, ° zasebno pismo, ° opis osebe, dogodka, kraja itd., ° kratko pripoved, ° zgodbo.

Vrste nalog

Ućenci tvorijo besedilo, ki je dolgo do 250 besed.

Vrste vodenih nalog: ° dopolnjevanje besedila,

° dokonćanje besedila ° opisovanje slik/fotografij in urejanje v besedilo, ° razširjanje zapiskov v besedilo, ° pisanje besedil s pomoćjo iztoćnic,

V nalogah se doloćijo:

° sporoćilni namen, ° dolžina besedila, ° merila za vrednotenje.

Ocenjevanje

Pisna besedila vrednotijo/ocenjujejo ućitelji mentorji. Ker gre za naloge odprtega

(subjektivneg) tipa, jih ocenjevalci vrednotijo po naslednjih kriterijih:

° Vsebina

° Jezikovna pravilnost

° Besedišće

° Zgradba/vezljivost

Pri ocenjevanju uporabljajo ućitelji ocenjevalci analitićno ocenjevalno lestvico po merilih, ki jih pripravi TK za anglešćino.

VODEN PISNI SESTAVEK

Merila za ocenjevanje

VSEBINA

Št. toćk Merila

5 Vsebina je izvirna, ućenec/ka izvirno razvije vse zahtevane dele/iztoćnice. Dolžina besedila je ustrezna in ne odstopa bistveno od predvidene. 4 Vsebina je izvirna, ućenec/ka se v pretežni meri drži navodil / v sestavek vkljući skoraj vse zahtevane iztoćnice. 3 Ućenec/ka pri pisanju uporablja iztoćnice iz navodil in jih povezuje na zelo osnovni ravni ali vkljući v sestavek le eno od zahtevanih iztoćnic. 2 Vsebina je zelo poenostavljena ali prekratka za presojo. 1 Vsebina je v glavnem neprimerna.

JEZIKOVNA PRAVILNOST

Št. toćk Merila

4 Besedilo vsebuje već raznolikih slovnićnih struktur, nekaj osnovnih napak. 3 Raba preprostih slovnićnih struktur, pogoste osnovne napake. 2 Pogoste jezikovne napake, većina slovnićnih struktur je napaćnih. 1 Slovnićne napake moćno ovirajo razumevanje sestavka.

BESEDIŠĆE

Št. toćk Merila

3 Besedišće je primerno, obćasno nadpovprećno bogato. 2 Besedišće je primerno, osnovno in se ponavlja, opazimo nekaj napaćnih rab. 1 Omejeno besedišće, razumevanje sestavka je skoraj nemogoće.

ZGRADBA/VEZLJIVOST

Št. toćk Merila

3 Dobra vezljivost na ravni stavka in sestavka. Misli so jasno izražene. Napak v rabi loćil skoraj ni.. 2 Besedilo je primerno razvito. Misli so obćasno nejasno izražene. Napake v rabi loćil so prisotne. 1 Slaba vezljivost. Misli so nejasno izražene. Napake v rabi loćil so pogoste.

Skupno št. toćk – 15

OPOMBE: Će je vsebina popolnoma neprimerna oziroma sestavek ne ustreza naslovu, nalogo ocenimo z nić toćkami v celoti. Će je vsebina ocenjena z 1 toćko, so lahko ostale kategorije ocenjene najveć z 2 toćkama. Pravopisne napake spadajo v kategorijo besedišća.

Vloga mentorja

• Kar zadeva delo ućiteljev mentorjev v procesu priprave ućencev na tekmovanje,

vidimo njihovo vlogo ne zgolj v podajalcu “snovi”, temveć v usmerjanju ućencev pri

njihovem sicer vodenem, vendar samostojnem delu. Pri tem imamo v mislih delo z

viri, uporabo sodobne raćunalniške tehnologije, sodelovalno ućenje, … in na podlagi

pridobljenih podatkov oblikovanje lastnega mnenja. Ućiteljem mentorjem svetujemo

tudi uporabo razlićnih instrumentov spremljanja ućenćevega napredka (npr. Portfolio:

Skela J. (2004). European Language Portfolio for primary- school learners aged 11 to

15. Obzorja d.o.o., Maribor).

3. ZGLEDI NALOG

Bralno razumevanje

Matilda

Read the story and do the exercise which follows. Decide if the statements below are TRUE (T), FALSE (F) OR NOT IN THE TEXT (NT). Put a tick in the right box beside the statements. The first example has been done for you.

Matilda was originally a very popular book written by Roald Dahl. The film was directed by Danny DeVito and was made by Columbia Tristar. Mara plays Matilda the daughter of Harry and Zinna Wormwood. Matilda is a very intelligent and talented girl, but this is not appreciated by her parents. At a very young age she learns that she must fend and educate herself. When she finishes the books in the house, she finds her way to the library and reads books there. When she brings books home, this idea does not sit well with the Wormwood family, who are a strictly TV-watching household Matilda is very anxious to go to school, but her parents are not particularly interested. Things change, however, when Harry Wormwood, who is a very crooked used car salesman, sells a car to Miss Trunchbull (Pam Ferris), the headmistress of Crunchem Hall and is very impressed with her warlike approach to school, and permits Matilda to go. However Crunchem Hall is not an ordinary school. Crunchem hall, which even though hosts an ordinary teaching staff, is controlled by the iron fist of Miss Trunchbull. Miss Trunchball used to participate in the Scottish sport, thowing the hammar. At Crunchem Hall she has brought this technique to the classroom, throwing students who do not fit with her requests. The school features such delights as the "chokey", which is a dark box sized room, which students are locked in. Matilda's teacher is called Miss Honey who is a total opposite of Miss Trunchball. She is very good with the children and tries very hard to make sure the children know how to act in incidents involving Miss Trunchball. Miss Honey quickly realizes that Matilda is unusually intelligent, and discusses this with both Miss Trunchbull and Matilda's parents, neither of whom are impressed by this. Next we learn that Miss Honey is Miss Trunchbull's step niece, and they live next door to each other. Then, it is learned that Miss Honey's father died in mysterious circumstances, leaving all of his money and his home to Miss Trunchbull. We further learn that several of Miss Honey's treasures, including a doll, are trapped inside Miss Trunchbull's home. Matilda and Miss Honey under protest sneak into Miss Trunchbull's house to retrieve these treasures, but are interrupted by the sudden return of Miss Trunchbull. Fortunately, they manage to escape. We now come to the climax of the movie, where Miss Trunchbull confronts Matilda's class and all sorts of havoc occurs. Matilda wills the chalk to write upon the blackboard, what is supposidly a message from Miss Honey's dead father. The result of this is that Miss Trunchbull leaves town Miss Honey gets her home back. The Wormwood family has to flee the country because the FBI are aware of Mr Wormwood's car dealings. During a last scene, Matilda gets her parents to sign adoption papers, so she can stay with Miss Honey forever.

T F NT 0. Matilda has a great sense of humour. √ 1. The Warmwood family is fascinated by TV.

2. Miss Trunchbull is a Maths teacher.

3. Miss Trunchbull is very nice to children.

4. Miss Honey teaches children how to behave in Miss Trunchbull's presence. 5. Matilda's parents are very proud of Matilda.

6. Miss Trunchbull inherited a house from Miss Honey's father.

7. During Miss Trunchbull's visit to Matilda's class unusual things happen. 8. Matilda stays with Miss Honey for good.

Raba jezika

Roald Dahl

Complete a part of Dahl’s biography with the words from the box below. Write only ONE word in each gap. There are three words too many. One gap has been filled for you.

adult birth death elder in married moved on owner private sell taste

British writer, famous for his ingenious short stories and macabre children's books. Dahl's (0)taste for cruelty, rudeness to adults, and the comic grotesque fascinated young readers, but upset many (1) ______critics. Several of Dahl's stories have been made into films, including Matilda, dir. by Danny DeVito (1996).

Roald Dahl was born (2) ______Llandaff, Wales, of Norwegian parents. His father, Harald Dahl, was the joint (3) ______of a successful ship-broking business, "Aadnesen& Dahl" with another Norwegian. Before emigrating to Wales, Harald had been a farmer near Oslo. He (4) ______a young French girl named Marie in Paris; she died after giving (5) ______to their second child. In 1911 he married Sofie Magdalene Hesselberg. Harald died when Dahl was four years old, and three weeks later his (6)______sister, Astri, died from appendicitis. The family had to (7) ______their jewellery to pay for Dahl's upkeep at a (8) ______school in Derbyshire. When Dahl was 13 he went to a public school named Repton.

Pisno sporoćanje

Letter

You have read the following message on the Internet. You have decided to answer it.

Posted by Tonya Next week I’m writing a test on the relationship between Matilda and her parents. Could you help me with some ideas?

Write a letter (not an e-mail) of 130 - 150 words to Tonya in which you describe:

• the relationship Matilda has with her parents, • her favourite hobby, • your opinion about her relationship with parents.

You will be marked on the following: content, vocabulary, grammar, organisation.

Dear Tonya, ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………

Literatura

• Grosman, M. in ostali. 1998. Ućni naćrt – Anglešćina. • Lesnićar, B. in ostali. 2004. Sestavljanje nacionalnih preizkusov znanja most k evropskim standardom. Državni izpitni center. • Pravilnik o tekmovanju ućencev 9. razreda 9-letne osnovne šole v znanju angleškega in nemškega jezika. 2003. Zavod Republike Slovenije za šolstvo. • Pravilnik o preverjanju in ocenjevanju znanja ter napredovanju ućencev v 9-letni OŠ. Uradni list RS št. 61/1999. • Skupina avtorjev .2000. Izhodišća za pripravo nacionalnih preizkusov znanja v devetletni OŠ. Ljubljana. • http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/Matilda.html • http://www.amazon.com/Matilda-Roald-Dahl/dp/0141301066 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_(novel) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl • http://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/Matilda.html • http://www.roalddahl.com/ • http://www.penguinreaders.com/downloads/9780582401983.pdf • http://www.roalddahlfans.com/books/matirev1.php • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_Wilson • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_%281996_film%29 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telekinesis •

4.PRILOGA 1 Tekmovalna naloga - november 2006, šolska raven

ŠOLSKO TEKMOVANJE IZ ANGLEŠĆINE ZA UĆENCE 9. RAZREDOV OSNOVNE ŠOLE

23. november 2006

ć Šifra u enca:

NALOGA MOŽNE DOSEŽENE % TOĆKE TOĆKE A) Reading Comprehension 1. MATILDA – THE BOOK 10 2. THE PLATINUM – BLOND MAN 7 B) Use of language 1. MARA AND MATILDA 10 C) Writing 1. LETTER 15 Skupaj 42

Ocenjevalci: ______

Drage tekmovalke, dragi tekmovalci!

Pred vami je prva preizkušnja, ki bo pokazala del vašega znanja angleškega jezika. Že dejstvo, da si želite tekmovati, pove, da imate anglešćino radi in da jo nedvomno tudi dobro obvladate. Preprićani smo, da bo tako tudi v prihodnje.

In kako se boste lotili nalog? Svetujemo vam, da najprej preletite vse tekmovalne naloge. Sledijo si po doloćenem redu, vendar se lahko sami odloćite, po kakšnem vrstnem redu jih boste reševali. Će imate kakšno vprašanje glede reševanja nalog, vprašajte to pred zaćetkom reševanja. Kasneje to ne bo već mogoće. Najprej dobro preberite navodila, nato premislite in napravite, kar naloga zahteva. Pišite ćitljivo. Pišite z nalivnim peresom ali kemićnim svinćnikom, nikakor ne s svinćnikom. Slovarjev danes ne boste mogli uporabljati.

Za reševanje tekmovalnih nalog imate na voljo 60 minut. Želimo vam uspešno reševanje!

Nalogo pripravil: tekmovalni odbor

A) Reading Comprehension

1. Matilda - the book

Matilda was published in 1988, interestingly, after Roald had finished his autobiographies: this new story was much deeper than the others, and much more personal, because it finished up the fragments of Roald's life which he still had not yet put into writing. The original draught of Matilda, which is still in the files of the publishing company, Farrar Strauss, is quite different to the final story which you read today. In the beggining, it was Matilda who was the nasty one - she inflicts various tortures on her nice and harmless parents, not for revenge, but because she's truly evil. The principal, Mrs. Trunchbull was vaguely similar, but at this point she was described to have a "shadow of a moustache" and to dress in mens military regalia: where as you know in the movie and the final book she's clearly female. The second half of the book is somewhat similar to the final version. In both, Matilda comes to see the poverty of Miss Honey (originally called Ms Haynes), her teacher. This is where the story varies dramatically: Yes, Matilda does get her magical powers, but Ms Haynes is the daughter of a gambler, and together they use the powers to win at gambling on horse racing. At the same time Ms Haynes pawns a ring of her mothers for Ł2,000, but is saved when the horse wins the race at 50:1 odds and Miss Haynes takes Ł100,000. Towards the end, Matilda had stopped being evil, and Ms Trunchbull disappeared all together.

The editor, Stephen Roxburgh found many problems with these original ideas: He wondered what happened to Ms Trunchbull, the fact that Matilda's parents seemed very similar to Miss Haynes (why’d she feel more compassion for her teacher than her parents?), and the difference was hard to tell between Matilda and her friends Lavender and Hortensina (who were equally as naughty).

Dahl appreciated these comments and the changes went well. Dahl really put the emphasis on Matilda's intelligence and enthusiasm for literature, and her parents were switched into the criminal and idiot we know and love today. Miss Honey was created and strengthened, and the Honey-Trunchbull climax was added, removing the gambling all together.

By the next draught, the problems were mostly minor (i.e. “we've seen her at prayers” - religious and out of date), however by this point Dahl had got displeased with the editing and had been going to parties with other publishing companies and openly complaining about his treatment. For this reason, Roxbough was very light in his critism. Time was running out for Dahl, and his sickness of old age was getting worse. There were disagreements over royalties, and different publishers had different attitudes but in late 1987, the book was going to the press. The final changes were to the last chapter, and then the publishers went ahead and changed a few spelling and punctuation errors. No other book by Roald Dahl ever sold so fast. Half a million copies were sold in the first six months.

Roald Dahl died on November 23, 1990 in Oxford, UK.

T F NT 0 Matilda which was published in 1988 was very personal. √ 1 Today's Matilda is similar to the origunal draught. 2 In the first version Mrs. Trunchbull dressed like a soldier 3 Matilda's teacher was first called Ms Haynes. 4 Miss Haynes and Matilda use magic in gambling. 5 Miss Haynes was afraid of Mrs Trunchbull. 6 The editor was delighted with original ideas. 7 Dahl stressed Matilda's intelligence and love for books. 8 Matilda was Dahl's favourite story. 9 Dahl was not satisfied with his publisher. 10 The book was published after Roald Dahl had died.

2. The Platinum-Blond Man

Read the following text. Parts of sentences have been cut out and jumbled up on the following page. Put them back into the correct place. Write letters (A – J) in the spaces (1 – 7). There are two sentence parts too many. The first one has been already done for you.

In the early morning privacy of the bathroom, Matilda unscrewed the cap of her father’s OIL OF VIOLETS and tipped three-quarters of the contents down the drain. Then she filled the bottle up with her mother’s PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR-DYE EXTRA STRONG. She carefully left enough of her father’s original hair tonic in the bottle so that when she gave it a good shake the whole thing still looked reasonably purple. 0._____ So far so good. At breakfast time Matilda sat quietly at the dining-room table eating her cornflakes. Her brother sat opposite her with his back to the door devouring hunks of bread smothered with a mixture of peanut-butter and strawberry jam. At this point Mr Wormwood came noisily into the room. He was incapable of entering any room quietly, especially at breakfast time. 1. _____ One could almost hear him saying, 'It's me! Here I come, the great man himself, the master of the house, the wage-earner, the one who makes it possible for all the rest of you to live so well! Notice me and pay your respects!' On this occasion he strode in and slapped his son on the back and shouted, 'Well, my boy, your father feels he's in for another great money-making day today at the garage! I’ve got a few little beauties I’m going to flog to the idiots this morning. Where’s my breakfast?’ 2. ______Matilda kept her face bent low over her cornflakes. She didn’t dare look up. In the first place she wasn’t at all sure what she was going to see. 3. ______The son was looking directly ahead out of the window stuffing himself with bread and peanut-butter and strawberry jam. The father was just moving round to sit at the head of the table when the mother came sweeping out from the kitchen carrying a huge plate piled high with eggs and sausages and bacon and tomatoes. She looked up. 4. ______She stopped dead. Then she let out a scream that seemed to lift her right up into the air and she dropped the plate with a crash and a splash on to the floor. Everyone jumped, including Mr Wormwood. ‘What the heck’s the matter with you, woman?’ he shouted. 5. ______‘Your hair!’ the mother was shrieking, pointing a quivering finger at her husband. ‘Look at your hair! What’ve you done to your hair?’ ‘What’s wrong with my hair, for heaven’s sake?’ he said. ‘Oh my gawd, Dad, what’ve you done to your hair?’ the son shouted. 6. ______Matilda said nothing. She simply sat there admiring the wonderful effect of her own handiwork. Mr Wormwood’s fine crop of black hair was now a dirty silver, the colour this time of a tightrope-walker’s tights that had not been washed for the entire circus season. ‘Your’ve ... you’ve ... you’ve dyed it!’ shrieked the mother. ‘Why did you do it, you fool! It looks absolutely frightful! 7. ______You look like a freak!’ ‘What the blazes are you all talking about?’ the father yelled, putting both hands to his hair. ‘I most certainly have not dyed it! What d’you mean I’ve dyed it? What’s happened to it? Or is this some sort of a stupid joke?’ His face was turning pale green, the colour of sour apples.

A A splendid noisy scene was building up nicely in the breakfast room.

B You mean I’m going to lose all my hair?

C He always had to make his appearance felt immediately by creating a lot of noise and clatter.

D And secondly, if she did see what she thought she was going to see, she wouldn’t trust herself to keep a straight face.

E ‘Be careful!’ shrieked the mother.

F ‘Look at the mess you’ve made on the carpet!’

G She then replaced the bottle on the shelf above the sink, taking care to put her mother’s bottle back in the cupboard.

H ‘It’s coming, treasure,’ Mrs Wormwod called from the kitchen.’

I It looks horrendous!

J She caught sight of her husband.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 G

1. Mara and Matilda

and alike as begin excited exterior false in

on returned scenes school script title

Eight-year-old Mara Wilson was the director's first and only choice for the (0)____title______"Mara has the quality and soul of Matilda," he explains. "It was a short list."

"I was in my room reading the(1)______, and I jumped up and yelled to my mom," recounts Wilson. "I was really (2) ______because I loved it. I told my mom it was the best script I had ever read."

"Matilda and I are a lot (3) ______because we both like to read, and we both like (4) ______," she continues. "But her parents are really mean (5) ______weird."

Filming was begun May 8, 1995, in Los Angeles locations. Interior and (6) ______shots in Pacoima, La Habra, Whittier, Long Beach, Altadena and the Disney Ranch in Newhall, California. (7) ______June 1st, the cast and crew moved onto the Sony Pictures Studios lot to (8) ______shooting interior scenes in the Wormwood home (stage 23), the Crunchem Hall classroom (9) ______and the Trunchbull house (stage 27). The company (10) ______to the city streets in early August to complete filming.

C) Writing

Write a letter (not an e-mail) of 130-150 words to Alya in which you:

- describe what you admire the most about Matilda, - describe one of the funny incidents Matilda had with her family/father (but not the incident described in the reading comprehension exercise The Platinum Blond Man), - state your opinion about Matilda's parents' behaviour towards her.

You will be marked on the following: content, vocabulary, grammar and organisation.

You may plan your draft here. It will not be marked.

Dear Alya,

______

Rešitve: A) Reading Comprehension

1. Matilda - the book

T F NT 0 Matilda which was published in 1988 was very personal. √ 1 Today's Matilda is similar to the origunal draught. √ 2 In the first version Mrs. Trunchbull dressed like a soldier. √ 3 Matilda's teacher was first called Ms Haynes. √ 4 Miss Haynes and Matilda use magic in gambling. √ 5 Miss Haynes was afraid of Mrs Trunchbull. √ 6 The editor was delighted with original ideas. √ 7 Dahl stressed Matilda's intelligence and love for books. √ 8 Matilda was Dahl's favourite story. √ 9 Dahl was not satisfied with his publisher. √ 10 The book was published after Roald Dahl had died. √ Število toćk: 10

2. The Platinum-Blond Man

0 G, 1 C, 2 H, 3 D, 4 J, 5 F, 6 A, 7 I

Število toćk: 7 B) Use of Language

1. Mara and Matilda 1-script; 2-excited; 3-alike; 4-school; 5 and; 6-exterior; 7-on; 8-begin; 9-scenes; 10-returned

Število toćk: 10

Vir: www.online-literature.com

C) WRITING - VODEN PISNI SESTAVEK

Merila za ocenjevanje

VSEBINA Št. toćk Merila 5 Vsebina je v celoti ustrezna* in vsebuje elemente izvirnosti*, ućenec/ka vkljući in razvije vse zahtevane *iztoćnice. Dolžina* besedila je ustrezna in ne odstopa bistveno od predvidene. 5 Vsebina je ustrezna, ućenec/ka vkljući in razvije skoraj vse iztoćnice. Dolžina besedila je ustrezna in ne odstopa bistveno od predvidene. 3 Vsebina je većinoma ustrezna, ućenec/ka vkljući ali razvije le del zahtevanih iztoćnic. Dolžina besedila je ustrezna in ne odstopa bistveno od predvidene. 4 Vsebina je delno ustrezna, ućenec/ka vkljući ali razvije samo eno zahtevano iztoćnico. Dolžina besedila bistveno odstopa od predvidene. 4 Vsebina je v glavnem neustrezna ali prekratka za presojo. 0 Vsebina je v celoti neustrezna.

*ustreznost: ustreznost vsebine boste ocenili glede na literarno predlogo, ki so jo prebrali vaši tekmovalci. (slovenski prevod, skrajšano besedilo, …) *izvirnost: presodili boste, v kolikšni je 3. iztoćnica razvita na podlagi tekmovalćeve samostojne presoje in razmišljanja. *iztoćnice: tekmovalec si lahko sam izbere vrstni red iztoćnic, seveda pod pogojem, da je besedilo smiselno in koherentno. Tekmovalec vkljući iztoćnice, će jih samo omeni (prepiše iz navodil) in jih ne razširi. Iztoćnice so razvite, će tekmovalec besedilo obogati tudi z malo širšim opisom (poved ali dve). *dolžina: će je besedilo predolgo in še vedno koherentno, tega ne kaznujemo. Će je besedilo krajše od 60 besed, vsebino lahko ocenimo samo z 1 toćko.

JEZIKOVNA PRAVILNOST Št. toćk Merila 5 Besedilo vsebuje već raznolikih slovnićnih struktur, nekaj osnovnih napak. 5 Besedilo vsebuje nekaj raznolikih slovnićnih struktur, pogoste osnovne napake. 5 Besedilo ne vsebuje raznolikih slovnićnih struktur/većina slovnićnih struktur je napaćnih. 4 Slovnićne napake moćno ovirajo razumevanje sestavka. 0 Slovnićne napake onemogoćajo sporazumevanje.

BESEDIŠĆE Št. toćk Merila 6 Besedišće je primerno, obćasno nadpovprećno bogato. 5 Besedišće je primerno, osnovno in se ponavlja, opazimo nekaj napaćnih rab. 2 Omejeno besedišće, razumevanje sestavka je skoraj nemogoće. 0 Razumevanje sestavka je nemogoće.

ZGRADBA/VEZLJIVOST Št. toćk Merila 6 Dobra vezljivost na ravni stavka in sestavka. Misli so jasno izražene. Napak v rabi loćil skoraj ni. 3 Besedilo je primerno razvito. Misli so obćasno nejasno izražene. Napake v rabi loćil so prisotne. 2 Slaba vezljivost. Misli so nejasno izražene. Napake v rabi loćil so pogoste. 0 Vezljivosti ni

Število možnih toćk: 15

NA DRŽAVNO TEKMOVANJE SE UVRSTIJO UĆENCI/KE, KI SO NA ŠOLSKI RAVNI DOSEGLI 85% MOŽNIH TOĆK, TOREJ NAJMANJ 35 TOĆK.

5. PRILOGA 2 Tekmovalna naloga januar 2007, državna raven

DRŽAVNO TEKMOVANJE IZ ANGLEŠĆINE ZA UĆENCE 9. RAZREDOV OSNOVNE ŠOLE

25. JANUAR 2007

ć Šifra u enca:

NALOGA MOŽNE DOSEŽENE % TOĆKE TOĆKE A) Reading Comprehension 1. "WINNING 'MATILDA' DOESN'T 10 TRY TO BE CUTE..." 2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 10 B) Writing 1. A NOTE IN YOUR DIARY 5 2. THE OFFICIAL ROALD DAHL 15 WEBSITE Skupaj 40

Ocenjevalci: ______

Drage tekmovalke, dragi tekmovalci!

Pred vami je državno tekmovanje, ki bo pokazalo del vašega znanja anglešćine. Že dejstvo, da si želite tekmovati, pove, da imate anglešćino radi in da jo nedvomno tudi dobro obvladate. Preprićani smo, da bo tako tudi v prihodnje.

Nalogo pripravil: tekmovalni odbor za anglešćino

A) Reading comprehension

1. "Winning 'Matilda' doesn't try to be cute..." Read the story and write answers. The first one has been done for you. Roald Dahl was by all accounts a singularly unpleasant person, which may explain why he wrote stories that are so fascinating to children. He nursed the grudges of childhood, he distrusted adults, and he was unmoved by false sentimentality. Kids may not feel cuddled by his books, but they sense Dahl is the real thing: He's writing out of strong emotion and not just to be cute. Consider the character of Trunchbull in the darkly comic new film "Matilda". Trunchbull must be a woman, because she is someone's aunt, but she is never called "Miss" – and we see at once that "Mrs." would be out of the question. She was a champion shot–putter and hammer–thrower in the 1972 Olympics, we learn, before moving on to her current career as the school principal and dominatrix at Trunchbull Hall, a fearsome grade school with the motto "When you are having fun you are not learning."

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0. Who did Roald Dahl distrust? Adults.

1. What was Mrs. Trunchbull before becoming the principal? ______2. How did Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood treat their daughter? ______3. What did Matilda read at the age of 6? ______4. What was the name of the actress who played the principal? ______5. What was Mrs. Trunchbull's reaction to girl’s pigtails? ______6. How do most children feel about Matilda's parents? ______7. How do Matilda's parents spend their free time? ______8. How are the children punished at Trunchbull Hall? ______9. What kind of a film is Matilda? ______10. Who directed “Throw Momma From the Train” and “The War of the Roses”? ______

2. About the author Read the story and do the exercise which follows. Decide if the statements below are TRUE (T), FALSE (F) OR NOT IN THE TEXT (NT). Put a tick in the right box beside the statements. The first example has been done for you.

Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Wales, of Norwegian parents. His father, Harald Dahl, was the owner of a successful ship-broking business, "Aadnesen& Dahl". Before emigrating to Wales, Harald had been a farmer near Oslo. He married a young French girl named Marie in Paris; she died after giving birth to their second child. In 1911 he married Sofie Magdalene Hesselberg. Harald died when Dahl was four years old, and three weeks later his elder sister Astri died, too. The family had to sell their jewellery to pay for Dahl's upkeep at a private school in Derbyshire. When Dahl was 13 he went to a public school named Repton. He later described his years at public schools in Wales and England as a shocking experience because teachers and senior boys were allowed literally to abuse other boys. These experiences later inspired him to write stories in which children fight against cruel adults.

At eighteen, instead of entering university, Dahl joined an expedition to Newfoundland. Returning to England he took a job with Shell, and was working in London and in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. During World War II he served in the Royal Air Forces in Libya, Greece, and Syria. He was shot down in Libya, wounded in Syria, and then sent to Washington as an assistant to British Security (1942-43). He also worked for British Security Co-ordination in North America.

Dahl was badly injured in a crash, and said later: "You do get bits of magic from enormous bumps on the head." While he was recovering from his wounds, Dahl had strange dreams, which inspired his first short stories

The only stageplay Dahl ever wrote, THE HONEYS, wasn't a success. Then Dahl started writing for children. His first book for children was JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (1961), which was first published in the United States, but it took six years before Dahl found a publisher in Britain. It was followed by the very popular tale CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1964), which has inspired two film adaptations. The story dealt with one small boy's search for the prize in competition with other children. It presented the central theme in Dahl's fiction for young readers: virtue is rewarded, bad is punished. THE WITCHES (1983) won the Whitbread Children's Book Award in 1983. The judges described the book as "deliciously disgusting".

MY UNCLE OSWALD (1979) was Dahl's first full-length adult novel, for which he received three Edgar Allan Poe Awards (1954, 1959, 1980). In 1982 he won his first literary prize with THE BFG, a story about Big Friendly Giant, who kidnaps and takes a little girl to Giantland, where giants eat children. In 1983 he received World Fantasy Convention Lifetime Achievement award. Dahl's autobiographical books, BOY: TALES OF CHILDHOOD and GOING SOLO, appeared in 1984 and 1986. The success of his books resulted in the foundation of the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery.

Dahl died of an infection on November 23, 1990, in Oxford.

T F NT 0. Roald Dahl's parents were British. √

1. Dahl’s father died before he was five.

2. The family had to sell some of their fortune to send young Dahl to school.

3. Dahl spent some terrible years at public schools.

4. He went to university when he was 18.

5. He had many jobs, one of them was an assistant to British security.

6. All Dahl's books were published only in Britain.

7. “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” was Dahl's first book for children.

8. In most of his books for children, Dahl rewards the good and punishes the bad.

9. Dahl's favourite award was Edgar Allan Poe Award.

10. “Boy” and “Going Solo” are about Dahl's life.

B) Writing

1. A Note in Your Diary

Imagine you are Matilda who loves reading and dislikes the way of life she was born into. You keep a diary. In your diary write about your enthusiasm about reading books. Write not less than 80 and no more than 100 words.

______

Nadaljujte na strani 8.

2. The Official Roald Dahl Website

On the Official Roald Dahl Website you have come across the following quote:

"My idea of a perfect school is one that has no children in it at all. One of these days I'll start up a school like that. I think it will be very successful."

Participate in the forum and write (180 to 220 words) about:

• your opinion about this quote, • how you feel about your school, • your picture of a perfect school.

You will be marked for the content, vocabulary, grammar and the organisation of your letter.

You may plan your draft here. It will not be marked.

Ljubljana, 25th January 2007

Dear forum friends,

______

Love, Saša

NAVODILA ZA OCENJEVANJE

A) READING COMPREHENSION

1. “WINNING MATILDA DOESNN’T TRY TO BE CUTE …”

1. A shot-putter and hammer-thrower. 2. They neglected her. 3. World's classics (for adults). 4. Pam Ferris. 5. She seized and threw her. 6. They like their portrait. 7. Eating and watching TV. 8. By isolation. 9. A dark family comedy. 10. Danny DeVito. Upoštevajte še druge smiselne odgovore. Pravopisne in slovnićne napake se ne upoštevajo, će bistveno ne ovirajo razumevanja. Število možnih toćk: 10

2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

1 T, 2 T, 3 T, 4 F, 5 T, 6 F, 7 F, 8 T, 9 NT, 10T;

Število možnih toćk: 10

B) Writing 1. Note in Your Diary

5 toćk Vsebina je primerna, besedišće je bogato, pravopisnih in slovnićnih napak ni. 4 toćke Vsebina je primerna, besedišće je bogato, pravopisnih in slovnićnih napak skoraj ni. 3toćke Vsebina in besedišće sta primerna, z malo slovnićnimi in pravopisnimi napakami.

2 toćki Vsebina je većinoma primerna, besedišće je osnovno, z nekaj slovnićnimi in pravopisnimi napakami. 1 toćka Vsebina je većinoma primerna, besedišće je skromno ali neprimerno, z veliko slovnićnimi in pravopisnimi napakami.

0 toćk Vsebina je većinoma neprimerna, besedišće je skromno ali neprimerno, z veliko slovnićnimi in pravopisnimi napakami.

Skupaj – 5 toćk

2. THE OFFICIAL ROALD DAHL WEBSITE

Merila za ocenjevanje

VSEBINA Št. toćk Merila 6 Vsebina je v celoti ustrezna in vsebuje elemente izvirnosti*, ućenec/ka vkljući in razvije vse zahtevane *iztoćnice. Dolžina* besedila je ustrezna in ne odstopa bistveno od predvidene. 6 Vsebina je ustrezna, ućenec/ka vkljući in razvije vse iztoćnice. Dolžina besedila je ustrezna in ne odstopa bistveno od predvidene. 4 Vsebina je ustrezna, ućenec/ka vkljući ali razvije skoraj vse zahtevane izroćnice. Dolžina besedila je ustrezna in ne odstopa bistveno od predvidene. 6 Vsebina je većinoma ustrezna, ućenec/ka vkljući ali razvije samo eno zahtevano iztoćnico. Dolžina besedila bistveno odstopa od predvidene. 7 Vsebina je v glavnem neustrezna ali prekratka za presojo. 1 Vsebina je v celoti neustrezna.

*izvirnost: presodili boste, v kolikšni meri so iztoćnice razvite na podlagi tekmovalćeve samostojne presoje in razmišljanja. *iztoćnice: tekmovalec si lahko sam izbere vrstni red iztoćnic, seveda pod pogojem, da je besedilo smiselno in koherentno. Tekmovalec vkljući iztoćnice, će jih samo omeni (prepiše iz navodil) in jih ne razširi. Iztoćnice so razvite, će tekmovalec besedilo obogati tudi z malo širšim opisom (poved ali dve). *dolžina: će je besedilo predolgo in še vedno koherentno, tega ne kaznujemo. Će je besedilo krajše od 100 besed, vsebino lahko ocenimo samo z 1 toćko.

JEZIKOVNA PRAVILNOST Št. toćk Merila 4 Besedilo vsebuje već raznolikih slovnićnih struktur, napak skoraj ni. 7 Besedilo vsebuje već raznolikih slovnićnih struktur, nekaj manjših* napak. 8 Besedilo ne vsebuje raznolikih slovnićnih struktur, nekaj osnovnih* napak. 1 Besedilo ne vsebuje raznolikih slovnićnih struktur, pogoste osnovne napake. 0 Slovnićne napake moćno ovirajo razumevanje sestavka/većina slovnićnih struktur je napaćnih.

*manjša napaka: napaćna raba predloga, napaćna tvorba nepravilne množine ... *osnovna napaka: napaćna tvorba in neustrezna raba slovnićega ćasa ...

BESEDIŠĆE Št. toćk Merila 4 Besedišće je primerno in nadpovprećno bogato, pravopisnih napak skoraj ni. 3 Besedišće je primerno in nadpovprećno bogato, nekaj pravopisnih napak. 2 Besedišće je primerno, osnovno in se ponavlja, nekaj pravopisnih napak. 1 Besedišće je primerno, osnovno in se ponavlja, pogoste pravopisne napake. 0 Omejeno besedišće, razumevanje sestavka je zelo oteženo.

ZGRADBA/VEZLJIVOST Št. toćk Merila 2 Dobra vezljivost na ravni stavka in sestavka. Misli so jasno izražene. Napak v rabi loćil skoraj ni. 1 Dobra vezljivost na ravni stavka in sestavka. Misli so jasno izražene. Nekaj napak v rabi loćil. 0 Slaba vezljivost. Misli so nejasno izražene. Napake v rabi loćil so pogoste.

Število možnih toćk: 15

6. PRILOGA 3 – ZGLEDI NALOG AVTORICA: Nataša Intihar Klanćar

I.. USE OF LANGUAGE

1.. Vocabulary. a. Read the following vocabulary items. Who or what do they refer to? Justify your answers in class!

1. a scapegoat, 2. crooked, 3. practical jokes, 4. a bluebottle, 5. a genius, 6. a bingo addict, 7. a used-car dealer, 8. quarrelsome, 9. stubborn, 10. strict, 11. courageous, 12. reliable, 13. down- to-earth, 14. sensitive, 15. pessimistic, 16. optimistic, 17. nosy, 18. naïve, 19. childish, 20. intelligent, 21. foolish, 22. sociable, 23. easy-going, 24. shy, 25. lazy, 26. lonely, 27. polite, 28. cruel, 29. cheerful, 30. proud

b. Find the translations for the words above and write them down. Write the Slovene part only.

1. ______11. ______21. ______2. ______12. ______22. ______3. ______13. ______23. ______4. ______14. ______24. ______5. ______15. ______25. ______6. ______16. ______26. ______7. ______17. ______27. ______8. ______18. ______28. ______9. ______19. ______29. ______10. ______20. ______30. ______

c. Choose (any) ten of the expressions above and use them in sentences – write a short paragraph about the book/its characters/events. Try to make it coherent. Use 100-120 words.

______

2. Gap fill. Read the summary of the book carefully and fill in the blanks. Each word can only be used once. Be careful – there are two words too many!

lesson village powers popular believing perfectly problem in children too neither adult however English caring and of bully

Matilda is a gloriously funny ______'s book, written by Roald Dahl, the most successful children’s writer in the ______language. The book was made into a highly ______film in 1996.

The book is about a very clever little girl called Matilda. She can speak ______at the age of one and a half, and can read ______books when she is aged four. But Matilda has a ______: her parents are really horrible. Her father is a dishonest car dealer and ______he nor his wife are at all interested in their daughter. All they want to do is watch TV, and that’s all they want Matilda to do, ______. But Matilda has other ideas. She wants to teach her nasty parents a ______. She glues her father’s hat to his head ______tricks her parents into ______that there is a ghost in the sitting room.

When Matilda is five years old, her parents send her to the local ______school. There she finds a friend ______her kind but poor class teacher, Miss Honey. Miss Honey realizes that Matilda is a genius and tries to help her. It is difficult for her, ______, because the headmistress, Mrs Trunchbull, is a terrible ______and does not like Matilda. Everyone is terrified of Mrs Trunchbull – except Matilda. One day, Matilda realizes that she has “special powers.” She uses these ______to defeat Mrs Trunchbull and help Miss Honey.

3. Gap fill. Read the abstract from the book carefully and fill in the blanks. Each word can only be used once. Be careful – there are two words too many!

buy tiny home bingo welcome than work alone read public hooked librarian send aback away

Nearly every weekday afternoon Matilda was left ______in the house. Her brother (five years older ______her) went to school. Her father went to ______and her mother went out playing ______in a town eight miles ______. Mrs Wormwood was ______on bingo and played it five afternoons a week. On the afternoon of the day when her father had refused to ______her a book, Matilda set out all by herself to walk to the ______library in the village. When she arrived, she introduced herself to the ______, Mrs Phelps. She asked if she might sit awile and ______a book. Mrs Phelps slightly taken ______at the arrival of such ______girl unaccompanied by a parent, nevertheless told her she was very ______.

4. Gap fill. Read the excerpt from Matilda and fill in the blanks. There are two words too many.

SCREAM, BRAND-NEW, OWN, BEING, IN, AT, GASPS, AS, OUT, SOMETHING, LIKE, GREY-BLACK, MOVING, HEARD, BE, SWIFTLY, VERY, PLAYING.

"The chalk! The chalk! Look at the chalk! It's ______all on its ______!" So hysterical and shrill was Nigel's ______that everyone in the place, including the Trunchbull, looked up at the blackboard. And there, sure enough, a ______piece of chalk was hovering near the ______writing surface of the blackboard. "It's writing ______!" screamed Nigel. "The chalk is writing something!" And indeed it was. "What the blazes is this?" yelled the Trunchbull. It had shaken her to see her own first name ______written like that by an invisible hand. She dropped Wilfred on the floor. Then she yelled ______nobody in particular, "Who's doing this? Who's writing it?" The chalk continued to write. Everyone in the place ______the gasp that came from the Trunchbull's throat. "No!" she cried, "It can't ______! It can't be Magnus!" Miss Honey, at the side of the room glanced ______at Matilda. The child was sitting ______straight at her desk, the head held high, the mouth compressed, the eyes glittering ______two stars. For some reason everyone now looked at the Trunchbull. The woman's face had turned white ______snow and her mouth was opening and shutting like a halibut ______of water and giving out a series of strangled ______.

5. Gap fill. Read the excerpt from the end of the book and fill in the gaps. Each word can only be used once. Be careful – there are two words too many!

after as at because by for in into of on through to with

‘I would love to have Matilda,’ Miss Honey said. ‘I would look after her ______loving care, Mr Wormwood, and I would pay ______everything. She wouldn’t cost you a penny. But it was not my idea. It was Matilda’s. And I will not agree ______take her without your full and willing consent.’

‘Come ______, Harry,’ the mother said, pushing a suitcase into the back seat. ‘Why don’t we let her go if that’s what she wants. It’ll be one less to look ______.’

‘I’m ______a hurry,’ the father said. ‘I’ve got a plane to catch. If she wants to stay, let her stay. It’s fine with me.’

Matilda leapt ______Miss Honey’s arms and hugged her, and Miss Honey hugged her back, and then the mother and father and brother were inside the car and the car was pulling away with the tyres screaming. The brother gave a wave ______the rear window, but the other two didn’t even look back. Miss Honey was still hugging the tiny girl in her arms and neither ______them said a word ______they stood there watching the big black car tearing around the corner ______the end of the road and disappearing for ever into the distance.

6. Gap fill. Read Miss Honey’s life story and fill in the blanks. Help yourself with the words from the box. Be careful – there are two words too many.

A ADULT BADLY DO EXCEPT FROM MAKE ON RID TELEKINETIC TOGETHER UNFORTUNATELY

When she is two years old, her mother dies. Her father invites her mother’s sister to look after everything at home. ______, the aunt turns out to be a bad person who treats Miss Honey very ______when her father is not around. Three years later Miss Honey’s father dies. The police decide he'd killed himself. Miss Honey becomes her aunt's slave and does everything her aunt tells her to.

When Miss Honey is an ______, she wants to go to university but her aunt doesn’t let her. However, she can attend a teachers training college – as long as she can still ______all the housework. When Miss Honey finds a job, the aunt demands all the salary for herself (______for 1 pound) and the terrified Miss Honey gives it to her. Finally, she manages to find a little cottage and she rents it ______a farmer for 10 pence ______week.

Matilda helps Miss Honey get ______of the mean aunt by using her ______powers. It is also discovered that Miss Honey is the rightful heiress to her father’s property. At the end of the novel Miss Honey adopts Matilda, they make a loving family and live ______in Miss Honey’s old home.

7.. Vocabulary building. Read the text and find words with the following meanings. Copy them onto the lines below:

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a) ______= having or showing a desire to cause pain and suffering

b) ______= the hard stem of certain plants, used for punishment in some schools

c) ______= an unusual, dangerous or exciting experience

d) ______= even more severe and without sympathy

e) ______= the story of a person’s life written by that person

f) ______= by one person alone, without the company of others

g) ______= a poisonous African snake

II. READING

1. Answer the questions. Read the excerpt from the original Matilda and answer the following questions. Use short answers.

"The chalk! The chalk! Look at the chalk! It's moving all on its own!" So hysterical and shrill was Nigel's scream that everyone in the place, including the Trunchbull, looked up at the blackboard. And there, sure enough, a brand-new piece of chalk was hovering near the grey-black writing surface of the blackboard. "It's writing something!" screamed Nigel. "The chalk is writing something!" And indeed it was. "What the blazes is this?" yelled the Trunchbull. It had shaken her to see her own first name being written like that by an invisible hand. She dropped Wilfred on the floor. Then she yelled at nobody in particular, "Who's doing this? Who's writing it?" The chalk continued to write. Everyone in the place heard the gasp that came from the Trunchbull's throat. "No!" she cried, "It can't be! It can't be Magnus!" Miss Honey, at the side of the room glanced swiftly at Matilda. The child was sitting very straight at her desk, the head held high, the mouth compressed, the eyes glittering like two stars. For some reason everyone now looked at the Trunchbull. The woman's face had turned white as snow and her mouth was opening and shutting like a halibut out of water and giving out a series of strangled gasps. The chalk stopped writing. It hovered for a few moments, then suddenly it dropped to the floor with a tinkle and broke in two. Wilfred, who had managed to resume his seat in the front row, screamed, "Miss Trunchbull has fallen down! Miss Trunchbull is on the floor!" This was the most sensational bit of news of all and the entire class jumped up out of their seats to have a really good look. And there she was, the huge figure of the Headmistress, stretched full-length on her back across the floor, out for the count. Miss Honey ran forward and knelt beside the prostrate giant. "She fainted!" she cried. "She's out cold! Someone go and fetch the matron at once." Three children ran out of the room. Nigel, always ready for action, leapt up and seized the big jug of water. "My father says cold water is the best way to wake up someone who's fainted," he said, and with that he tipped the entire contents of the jug over Trunchbull's head. No one, not even Miss Honey, protested. As for Matilda, she continued to sit motionless at her desk. She was feeling curiously elated. She felt as though she had touched something that was not quite of this world, the highest point of the heavens, the farthest star. She had felt most wonderfully the power surging up behind her eyes, gushing like a warm fluid inside her skull, and her eyes had became scorching hot, hotter than ever before, and things had come bursting out of her eye- sockets and then the piece of chalk had lifted itself up and had begun to write. It seemed as though she had hardly done anything, it had been so simple.

1. Who was the first one to notice the magic chalk? ______

2. What colour was the blackboard? ______

3. What word did the chalk write? ______

4. How did Matilda react to Miss Honey’s glance? ______

5. What happened to Miss Trunchbull after the chalk stopped writing? ______

6. Who was the first one to ask to call for help? ______

7. How did Nigel help the fainted headmistress? ______

8. Did Matilda join the other kids who gathered around Miss Trunchbull? ______

9. What happened to Matilda’s eyes? ______

10. How did Matilda do the trick with the chalk? ______

2. Read and tick. Read about the film adaptation of Matilda and how it differs from the novel. Then decide if the statements below are true (T), false (F) or not in the text (NT). One example has already been done for you.

Matilda is a 1996 film which was directed by Danny DeVito. It is based on Roald Dahl’s children’s novel Matilda. It should be noted, however, that there are some differences between the novel and the film adaptation.

In the film version some plot points are shortened or removed, while new details and action sequences are added. One major difference between the novel and the film is that the novel takes place in England, whereas the film takes place in the USA. Most of it was filmed in Los Angeles, California (the only character who remains British is the vicious headmistress, Mrs Trunchbull, played by a British actress, Pam Ferris).

The film is further Americanized by making Matilda’s friend Lavender African-American (dark-skinned people so not appear in the book). Furthermore, a boy is thrown out of the window for eating M&M's (candy coated pieces of chocolate) in a literature class instead of Liquorice Allsorts (variety of liquorice candies as a mixture) during a Bible study class. Another difference is that the parrot prank is removed from the film version. Also, when the family is moving, the book says they are moving to Spain. But in the film, they are moving to Guam.

In the book Miss Honey is very poor and she lives in a miserable cottage without electricity or running water. In the film her cottage is much nicer and cozier. It is also not mentioned in the film that she pays money to Trunchbull. Miss Honey is given a nickname ‘Bumblebee’ in the film. Another change in Miss Honey is that in the book she wears glasses, but this is not so in the film.

In the book, Matilda's mother is known as Mrs Wormwood only, whereas in the film we know her as Zinnia Wormwood. Matilda’s brother is changed too. In the book, he is seen as a more- or-less ordinary boy, but in the film he is an idiot after his parents. He is mean to his little sister so in the film (but not in the book) Matilda uses her powers for a few punishments: he gets a cake splattered all over him and he gets a carrot shot into his mouth.

Matilda loses her powers in the book. In the film, she still has her powers at the end, but she is a happy girl and she only rarely uses her powers (for trivial things, mainly).

T F NT 0. The novel and the film don’t differ at all. V 1. In the film some things are taken away, others are added.

2. The settings of the novel and the film are the same.

3. Pam Ferris is a famous British actress.

4. In the film Lavender is black.

5. Guam is located in Europe.

6. In the film Miss Honey's poverty is not addressed.

7. In the novel Matilda’s mother is not given a first name.

8. Matilda’s brother is kind to his sister in the film version.

9. In the film Matilda uses her powers against her brother.

10. At the end of the film it is said that Matilda uses her powers twice a year.

3. Read and tick. Read a few fun facts about Roald Dahl, the author of Matilda. Then decide if the statements below are true (T), false (F) or not in the text (NT). One example has already been done for you.

Roald Dahl was born in 1916. His father was Harold, his mother’s name was Sofie Magdalene. He had a dog whom he named Chopper. Throughout his childhood and teenage years, he spent his summer holidays in his parents’ native Norway, enjoying the Fjords.

His childhood is described in his autobiographical work entitled Boy: Tales of Childhood. There we can read about Dahl’s adventures. For example, there is a story about an elderly widow who is also a sweet-shop owner but doesn’t care much about the hygiene. Therefore Dahl and his friends don’t like her and decide to play a trick on her. They put a dead mouse in a sweet jar but are discovered and then caned by the school headmaster for it.

Throughout his life he was injured many times and had eight big operations and lots of little ones. They were mostly on his back. He even had bits of his bone scraped off one of his vertebra, which he kept in a small bottle on his desk.

He was married twice. His first wife was an American actress Patricia O’Neal. They had five children: Olivia (she died of measles encephalitis when she was seven), Tessa, Theo, Ophelia, and Lucy. Their marriage lasted for 30 years. After the divorce Dahl married his ex-wife’s best friend Felicity.

He was a handsome man: his eyes were blue-grey and he was very tall – he was 1.98 m tall. He was good at sports, he played for the football team when younger. He loved watching sports on TV too, his favourites being football, snooker and horse racing. In his free time he also loved listening to classical music a lot. He liked Beethoven best.

As an adult, Roald Dahl had many hobbies. He loved food and wine, and collected French wine. He liked drinking it as well. In one of the interviews he even confessed that one of his vices was drinking. He liked gardening, and he specialised in growing enormous onions.

He wrote his first children’s book in 1943. It was called The Gremlins and it is about naughty and wicked little mythical creatures. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of the then-President of the USA liked it so much that Dahl was invited to the White House. He became friends with the President, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

T F NT 0. When in Norway, he didn’t like the Fjords. V 1. Boy: Tales of Childhood is about Roald Dahl as a child.

2. He and his friends pulled a prank on a sweet-shop owner.

3. Dahl’s big operations were life-threatening.

4. His second wife was a teacher.

5. He was a bit less than 6ft tall.

6. Dahl was a sportsman.

7. He admitted that he had an alcohol problem.

8. He grew small onions in his garden.

9. Dahl wrote his first children’s book at the age of 28.

10. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the thirty-second President of the USA.

III. WRITING

1. Write about Matilda. Use 150-180 words. Consider the following questions:

- What does she look like? - What is she like? - What does she like? - Why is she so special? - What’s her life like? - What would you do if you were her?

This is Matilda:

______

2. Imagine you are Mrs Phelps and you write a diary. Describe the day when you met Matilda for the first time. Use 100-120 words.

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3.Matilda and Miss Honey. Use 120-150 words. Write about:

- their relationship and how it evolves - the reasons why they get along so well - the student-teacher relationship (what do you think it should be like?)

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4.Write about Mrs. Trunchbull and Matilda – help yourself with the clues below. Use 120-150 words.

Describe Mrs. Trunchbull’s behaviour towards her students. How does Matilda react to her? What happens to Mrs. Trunchbull in the end? How would you react if you had a teacher like that?

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5. Here’s an abstract from the original book. Read it and write a short paragraph about it, using 100-120 words. Discuss the following topics:

- Who are the two people involved in the conversation and what is it about? - Why do you think this kind of talk was started in the first place? - How would you react if you heard this conversation? - Express your opinion about people who behave in such a terrible way. How would you help them?

“I have discovered, Miss Honey, during my long career as a teacher that a bad girl is a far more dangerous creature than a bad boy. What’s more, they’re much harder to squash. Squashing a bad girl is like trying to squash a bluebottle. You bang down on it and the darn thing isn’t there. Nasty dirty things, little girls are. Glad I never was one.” “Oh, but you must have been a little girl once, Headmistress. Surely you were.” “Not for long anyway,” Miss Trunchbull barked, grinning. “I became a woman very quickly.”

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6.Describing the characters. Describe the characters from the book, using five sentences for each of them (write about what they are like). a. = Matilda c. = Matilda’s dad e. = Miss Honey b. = Matilda’s mom d. = Mrs. Trunchbull

a. ______

b. ______

c. ______

d. ______

e. ______