Matilda Book Project
After reading the book Matilda by Roald Dahl, you will complete one of the following projects. You can
choose which project you would like to do:
A. The story begins with school reports about different children. Write a school report about two
fictional students at your school. Each report needs to be at least 3 paragraphs.
B. There is a movie based on the book. Watch the film Matilda and write 4 paragraphs discussing
the differences between the book and movie. Make sure you have an introduction, body, and
conclusion
C. Miss Honey doesn't have much success when she tries to talk to Matilda's parents about her
talents. Write a letter from Miss Honey to Matilda’s parents explaining what she was trying to
tell them
D. The author describes Miss Honey’s cottage in great detail. Using these descriptions, draw/create
Miss Honey’s cottage. Then write 2 paragraphs describing her cottage.
You will turn this in with your Matilda packet of questions.
Project Rubric (20 Points)
5 Points
4 Points
3 Points
2 Points
1 Point
0 Points
Grammar
Little to no
mistakes
A few
mistakes
Many
mistakes,
but able to
understand
So many
mistakes, not
understandable
Didn’t do
Creative
Very
creative
Kind of
creative
Little
creativity
Many
mistakes
that make it
hard to
follow
Hardly any
creativity
Not creative
Didn’t do
Follow
Instructions
Followed
instructions
Followed
most
instructions
Followed
few
instructions
Followed
hardly any
instructions
Didn’t follow
instructions
Didn’t do
Packet
Finished the
packet
Finished
most of the
packet
Finished half
of the
packet
Finished a
few pages of
the packet
Didn’t finish the
packet
Didn’t do